Pancakes

Category: Breakfast & Brunch
  • 180 g flour (1 1/2 cups)
  • 3 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • 10 oz milk (1 1/4 cups)
  • 1 egg
  • 42 g butter, melted (3 tbsp)
  1. Combine dry ingredients in large bowl.
  2. Combine wet ingredients in small bowl.
  3. Dump wet ingredients into bowl with dry ingredients and mix gently, only until mostly smooth.

Yield: 4 pancakes

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Published Nov 02, 2017

Pumpkin Pancakes

Category: Breakfast & Brunch
  • 1 1/4 c flour (150 g)
  • 2 T sugar (25 g)
  • 2 t baking powder (8 g)
  • 1/2 t  cinnamon
  • 1/2 t ground ginger
  • 1/2 t salt
  • 1/8 t nutmeg
  • a pinch of ground cloves
  • 1 cup milk
  • 6 T pumpkin puree
  • 2 T melted butter
  • 1 egg

Combine wet and dry ingredients separately, then fold together. Serves two.

Note for next time: Try to increase pumpkin flavor

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Published Jul 14, 2013 and last updated Oct 07, 2017.

Apple-Cranberry Muffins

Category: Breads, Breakfast & Brunch
  • 2.5 c brown rice flour
  • .5 c tapioca flour
  • .5 c turbinado sugar
  • 2 t baking powder
  • 1.5 t xanthan gum
  • 1 t baking soda
  • .5 t sea salt
  • 2 t cinnamon
  • .5 t ground ginger
  • .25 t ground nutmeg
  • .25 t ground cloves
  • 2.25 c applesauce
  • .25 c melted virgin coconut oil
  • 1 t vanilla
  • 1 small tart apple, diced
  • 1 c fresh or frozen cranberries

Heat oven to 375°.

In large bowl, combine brown rice flour, tapioca flour, sugar, xanthan gum, baking soda, baking powder, sea salt, and spices.  Mix well.

In medium bowl, wisk together applesauce, coconut oil and vanilla.

Combine wet and dry ingredients. Fold in diced apples and cranberries.

Spoon batter into lined muffin pans. Bake 25-30 minutes.  Cool in pans 10 minutes, then on rack to cool completely.

Best served warm.

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Published Jun 30, 2011

Banana Bread

Category: Breads, Breakfast & Brunch
  • 1 c sugar (200 g)
  • 1/2 c unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 2 eggs
  • 3 ripe bananas
  • 1 T milk
  • 1 t cinnamon
  • 2 c flour (240 g)
  • 1 t baking powder
  • 1 t baking soda
  • 1 t salt

Preheat oven to 325°. Butter a 9x5x3″ loaf pan.

Cream sugar and butter in large mixing bowl until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.

In small bowl, mash bananas with fork. Mix in milk and cinnamon. In another bowl mix together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.

Add banana mixture to creamed mixture and stir until combined. Add dry ingredients, mixing just until flour disappears.

Pour into pan and bake 70 min;  toothpick test. Cool on rack 15 min. Remove from pan, cool on rack completely before slicing.

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Published Apr 22, 2011 and last updated Nov 28, 2016.

Waffles

Category: Breakfast & Brunch
  • 1 3/4 c flour
  • 2 t baking powder
  • 1/2 t salt
  • 1/4 c butter, melted
  • 1 3/4 c milk
  • 1/4 c vegetable oil
  • 1/2 t vanilla
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 T sugar

Heat oven to 200° for holding cooked waffles.

Combine flour, baking powder and salt in small bowl.

Separate the eggs into two large mixing bowls.

Beat the yolks and whisk in the milk, oil, butter and vanilla. Stir in the dry ingredients just until combined.

Whip the egg whites to soft peaks. Add the sugar and whip to stiff peaks. Fold into batter.

Yield: 4-5 waffles

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Published Mar 17, 2011 and last updated Aug 11, 2024.