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I have achieved pancake success with the soaked flour!

After 4 attempts at making pancakes with the soaked flour I described in My Nourishing Traditions Experiment I have finally made delicious pancakes, quite similar to my regular spelt pancakes -- healthier too! For full recipe instructions, see the Recipes section of this blog.

Here's what I did:

I soaked whole spelt overnight (12 - 24 hours is ideal, but I only managed to get in about 11 hours; 7 hours is the bare minimum) in slightly less water than called flour, with lemon juice. Then, this morning, I carefully added cinnamon powder, ginger powder, the baking soda (I wanted to make sure to sprinkle it evenly so there would be no bad-tasting baking soda clumps in my pancakes) and chopped pear. I folded together, being careful not to over mix, but also mindful of the fact that I had to make sure the baking soda was well distributed. And that's it. Because the soaked flour seems to make a moister pancake, I left out the oil and egg that the recipe called for. The oil and egg, incidentally, also add richness, but don't worry -- I put some richness back in later.

I cooked them on a skillet brushed with coconut oil (I will be posting about this soon - coconut is one of the best oils to cook with -- much better for any kind of heating than olive oil and far, far better than safflower or canola). Once on the plate, I spread on some coconut oil, a touch of Himalayan salt (to make a salted butter-like taste) and a bit of agave syrup. Agave syrup is low-glycemic and one of the best choices for any type of sugar-containing sweetener (much better for you than honey or maple syrup). They were delicious! I think this would be a wonderful weekend treat for kids as well. And on a regular basis, they would be great with some berries, my Easy Applesauce, low-fat organic yogurt or even just with some coconut oil and a touch of salt.

And, since the flour has been soaked, they are much, much more digestible than pancakes made with flour that has not been soaked.

TC