SILVER DOLLAR OAT PANCAKES

 If I had any doubts that summer is here, all I have to do is look at the thermometer. We enjoyed crazy up and down temperatures in spring, and all of a sudden we were in the 90s. We didn't get a chance to work up to the 90s. That means I've not been in the kitchen very much lately so that means I haven't been sharing any new posts with you. I have been quilting, but haven't taken the time to share any tutorials with you.

As we used to say a few years ago, "I'm bad." Sorry.

I have been very busy helping to organize a food drive for three organizations in the northern part of our county. The group held one in the southern part of the county back in March that I just volunteered at. It was extremely successful and I wanted to group to do one for the northern part. Anyway it will be this Saturday and then I can take a breath and get back to my new normal. (My new normal doesn't include heading up the Cafe Treats at the church anymore. After doing so for a little over two years, I decided I would let someone else have the fun. I will be making treats for them some though. In fact I signed up to make some banana bread for this coming Sunday.)

I also decided to start going through some of my cookbooks and donate them to Hillcrest Thrift Shop. So far I have 25 picked out. I was checking out a cookbook that I had tagged a few pages and I found one recipe I had not made. The other four I had made and shared with you so I wrote it down so I could add the cookbook to the pile.

The recipe is called Silver Dollar Oat Pancakes. When I was young, my parents and I went to Silver Dollar City in Branson, MO a number of times. There was a cafe we would eat at that served Silver Dollar Pancakes. They were just regular pancakes but small. We loved them. I always wanted my pancakes small like that after that. This recipe wasn't theirs of course because they used just a regular pancake recipe. This one had flour, oats. and applesauce so I decided to use whole wheat flour instead and make them heartier and healthier. I had some natural chunky applesauce and just added some cinnamon to it to make cinnamon applesauce. They were good but I decided what I didn't like was they tasted salty. The recipe called for 1/2 teaspoon salt. Next time I will either skip it all together or just use 1/4 teaspoon. We don't eat a lot of salt, so I can really taste it especially if there is too much.

I made larger ones and smaller ones for my husband and me since he likes bigger ones than I do. I made eight larger ones and four small ones.

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SILVER DOLLAR HEALTHY PANCAKES

1/2     cup whole wheat flour

1/2     cup quick cooking oats

1-1/2  teaspoon sugar

1        teaspoon baking powder

1/2     teaspoon baking soda

1/4     teaspoon salt (optional)

1        egg

3/4     cup buttermilk

1/2     cup cinnamon applesauce (I added 1 teaspoon cinnamon to natural chunky applesauce)

2        tablespoons melted butter or oil

Combine the dry ingredients in a medium size bowl.

Whip the wet ingredients in a different bowl.

Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients just until moistened.

Spoon batter onto a hot griddle coated with cooking spray for the size you wish...2 tablespoons for silver dollar size.

Cook as normal for pancakes.

Serve hot with butter and syrup.