Recipe: Chunky Apple Oatmeal Pancakes with Maple Cream (using yogurt)

CHUNKY APPLE OATMEAL PANCAKES

3/4 cup whole wheat flour
1/8 cup oats, uncooked
2 tablespoons oat bran
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup chopped apple
1/4 cup raisins
1 cup apple juice
Maple Cream (optional, for serving, recipe follows)

Combine dry ingredients. Add apple and raisins. Gently stir in juice until dry ingredients are completely moistened.

Pour batter by 1/4 cupfuls onto a nonstick skillet or griddle. Cook until bottom is brown and spatula slips easily underneath. Turn and brown other side.

MAPLE CREAM
For a tasty and nourishing pancake topping, mix together equal parts of pure maple syrup and plain yogurt.

Makes 8 plump pancakes
Source: Denise Gaunt, 1995