Sharing our favorite whole wheat pancakes recipe today! My Healthy Whole Wheat Pancakes make the perfect breakfast any day of the week!
Whole Wheat Pancakes
You are in for a treat with my whole wheat pancake recipe today! I used a white wheat flour, ground flaxseed and no sugar. I use honey as the sweetener and no oil. I am not kidding when I tell you that my 7 year old can NOT tell the difference between these and my original pancakes from my cookbook. If you’d like a healthier option for a pancake, I highly recommend my recipe. You literally add all the ingredients to one mixing bowl and you are ready to go. Easy and fabulous! Enjoy friends!
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Add your white wheat flour and flaxseed right to the bowl.
How To Make Whole Wheat Pancakes
- Place all ingredients into a large mixing bowl, stirring to combine.
- Heat a medium non-stick skillet to medium heat. Spoon a few tablespoons of batter into the center of your skillet. With a spoon, form your batter into a nice round pancake. Let cook for about 2 minutes or until bottom is golden brown. Flip and cook for an additional minute or so until browned and cooked through. Transfer each pancake to a plate until all batter is used up.
- Serve these healthy pancakes with pure maple syrup and sliced/chopped fruit. We like to spread a thin layer of peanut butter on our pancakes and top with berries then syrup.
Add your baking soda, pinch of salt, buttermilk and egg.
Had to take a photo of the swirling ingredients. I’m officially a foodie nerd.
Vanilla and honey time! Give it all a good mix and we’re ready to make some pancakes.
Spoon your batter into a nice hot non-stick skillet, form it into nice circle and let it cook until golden.
Flip your pancake when golden brown like so.
Once cooked on both sides, stack your pancakes onto a plate and get ready to eat!
Tips For Making The Best Pancakes
- Mix lightly and give batter a rest! Mix pancakes minimally to avoid forming toughening gluten. There are a few ways to ensure that you mix pancake batter well without overmixing it. Have all your ingredients at room temperature. Mix cold buttermilk and eggs with melted butter and you get clumps of butter—not the end of the world, but not optimal for even distribution.
- Mix the wet and the dry ingredients separately before combining.
- Give the batter a rest before cooking. A rest of at least five minutes allows for the even hydration of the batter and also allows the gluten you created—which will develop even with careful, minimal mixing—to relax. The lumps will smooth out somewhat during this rest.
- Test a small pancake in the hot skillet/griddle to make sure temperature is good. No need to waste a full size pancake.
- Cook until bubbles cover the surface; flip before they all break.
Healthy Honey Whole Wheat Pancakes
Ingredients
- 1 cup White Wheat Flour
- 3 tablespoons ground flaxseed
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 3 tablespoons honey
Instructions
- Place all ingredients into a large mixing bowl, stirring to combine.
- Heat a medium non-stick skillet to medium heat. Spoon a few tablespoons of batter into the center of your skillet. With a spoon, form your batter into a nice round pancake. Let cook for about 2 minutes or until bottom is golden brown. Flip and cook for an additional minute or so until browned and cooked through. Transfer each pancake to a plate until all batter is used up.
- Serve these healthy pancakes with pure maple syrup and sliced/chopped fruit. We like to spread a thin layer of peanut butter on our pancakes and top with berries then syrup.
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I have been using this recipe for the past 2 years. It is the best and the only way I make pancakes now. I use almond milk with a little apple cider vinegar instead of buttermilk. They come out perfect every time.
I made a double batch of these a few weeks ago, they were great! I topped them with peanut butter, sliced strawberries, and syrup, it was like eating dessert for breakfast!!
Thank you for this recipe!
I am making them for breakfast tomorrow and I’m excited to see what the kiddies think.
(Love your blog, btw – I’ve been using some recipes of yours for the past week and they’re all winners!)
Have you made waffles with this batter?
I just made these for lunch for my 2.5 year old and she (and I) loved them!!
These were delicious, I didn’t use buttermilk and used Greek yogurt then plain milk till it was the right consistancy. Satisfied my pregnant pancake craving and felt pretty good about what I ate.
Just made these for a late-day snack. I used unbleached all-purpose flour, and had to make my own buttermilk with the milk + lemon juice method, but they turned out so yummy! Mine came out a bit thinner (I got 14 pancakes out of this), which may have been because of my swaps, but delicious all the same!
I love how easy & healthy these are! I have all these ingredients, Saturday pancakes!! 🙂
These look incredible!!
I love pancakes! And I love them even more if they are of the healthy kind! This sounds great.
I made a batch of these this morning and topped them with strawberries! I used half whole wheat flour and half all-purpose flour. They were great!
Will be perfect for breakfast this weekend!
they look healthy AND yummy – great combination!!
These look so good!!
This definitely justifies the quantity that I’m allowed to eat, right? 😀
Making these for breakfast tomorrow!
So smart to add flaxseed to a morning favorite like pancakes… I’ve got to try this! Thanks, Jenny!
Mmm these sound so tasty!!
My children ask me to bake pancakes. I think one day, I have to try. REALLY !!
I think I need these in my life!!!
I NEED a stack of these to go with all my syrup. 😉 We need to get together, Jenny. Happy Easter!
I’d like these on my easter menu for sure!! And love that addition of flax seeds. I’ve been adding it to everything recently!
Do you think it’ll give the same result if using milk instead of buttermilk ?(not sure ti have it here…)
You can substitute for buttermilk with milk and lemon juice or white vinegar. It works just as well. Here are the instructions. http://frugalliving.about.com/od/condimentsandspices/r/Buttermilk_Sub.htm. Enjoy!!
Hello! I stumbled upon this post on Pinterest, and I wanted to invite you to share this recipe – or any healthy meal/snack you’ve enjoyed over the past month – at my link-up (http://bit.ly/YCpeHq) to celebrate National Nutrition Month. I’m inviting people to come together to celebrate all of the different ways to eat healthfully, and I think my readers would love these pancakes!
Yum! I will making these this weekend. Of course served up with a giant glob of PB ; )
Oooo, what a gorgeous stack!
a healthy stack of pancakes only means i can have a larger stack haha!! i love these, Jenny. they’re so fluffy and perfectly round 🙂
I love pancakes lately. They are just so tender and fluffy! Loveyour healthy version, it means I get to eat twice as much, right?
Those pancakes look so good and sound so nice and healthy!
We loved these even though I accidentally left out the egg! I am guessing that all of the flax saved the day:).
Ha! You didn’t even need the egg? Too funny. Glad you enjoyed 🙂 xoxo
These look so good! And I love when the kids can’t tell the difference!
Me too Deborah, that means mom scores big time, lol!
Love that these are chocked full of goodness!!
Me too Laurie! Happy Friday to you!
oh these look good! Honey whole wheat is the best and I love the addition of the flax seeds!
Thanks Tieghan!
Oh how I would LOVE these pancakes ~ ALSO love the new skinny/healthy recipes 🙂 XO
Thanks sweet Marla! Miss you around the OC!! xoxo
These look so yummy. I have bags of ground flaxseed in my freezer so I will be making these quite often.
Good idea to keep the flaxseed in the freezer. I will be doing that today!
I want a big stack of these babies!
I’ll share 🙂 xoxo