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Help! Thrive blueberry pancakes were a disaster.
This morning I tried the Blueberry Pancake recipe from the Thrive book and they were a total bust. I followed the directions exactly but the batter was so thin and it just spead in the pan like a watery mess. I thought only 1/2 cup buckwheat flower for all of the liquid in the recipe didn't seem like enough so I added more to no avail. The batter thickened up of course but the pancakes were still terrible, sticking to the pan burning on the bottom. I'm a pretty decent cook and have made plenty of pancakes in the past. Any ideas on what went wrong here? It sounds like some people love this recipe.
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Permalink Reply by Michelle on -
This may be an altitude issue where are you from? Also, I have found that for some recipe's I have had to adjust the ingredients. One thing I have done is add in 1 cup of cooked or sprouted quinoa. This seems to help a lot. If you are burning you are cooking on too hot a flame go down by 1 or 2 notches and give it more time to cook. Hope this helps:)
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Permalink Reply by Kat Hopkins on
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I'm in western North Carolina, maybe 2500 ft, not really "high altitude". I dunno, I definitely turned the heat down when cooking, but at that point was getting pretty frustrated because they kept sticking to the pan too. It was just a mess. Anyway, I'll definitely try adding more quinoa next time (if there is one) to see if that helps. Thanks for the advice!
PS - I noticed that I wrote Buckwheat "flower" earlier instead of flour.... grrr!
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Permalink Reply by Erin Eden on -
I had a similar problem with the wild rice and yam pancakes. A friend absolutely raved about them, but mine just pooled in the pan and refused to cook through enough to firm up and be flipped like a regular pancake. It was more like a weird porridge in the end, I basically just pushed it all around until it heated through. I was on my way to work and didn't have time to remake it so I tried to eat it. It was not my fave.
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Permalink Reply by Michelle on
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The altitude could be reversed. Since he lives in Canada, and you live in an area of high humidity. Have you found the coconut oil spray like PAM? That would help too, Flour? white? or wheat? the flour should be buckwheat or chickpea flour. This could also be the problem wrong ingredient?
Hope it works out well for you any way.
Kat Hopkins said:I'm in western North Carolina, maybe 2500 ft, not really "high altitude". I dunno, I definitely turned the heat down when cooking, but at that point was getting pretty frustrated because they kept sticking to the pan too. It was just a mess. Anyway, I'll definitely try adding more quinoa next time (if there is one) to see if that helps. Thanks for the advice!
PS - I noticed that I wrote Buckwheat "flower" earlier instead of flour.... grrr!
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Permalink Reply by Trailrunner4life on
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hey! I made pancakes yesterday too but mine were with spelt flour! I have had the same experience though with watery batter and have found that if I make the batter the night before and put it in the fridge it thickens up over night, it really makes a huge difference. The next morning you have thick batter waiting in the fridge : )
hope this helps!
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Permalink Reply by Jill on -
Hi Kat,
I would suggest that you experiment with moisture levels. Different grains will have different moisture levels depending on planting dates, yield, climate, etc, etc. I suggest you start with less water, and add more as needed.
All the best - for me, adding less water really helped!
Jill
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Permalink Reply by Kris Hawkins on
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Me too! I had the exact same problem with the Wild Rice/Yam pancakes... not sure what the solution is...
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Permalink Reply by Justin Fitzgerald on
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I had the same problem with my first batch. I was using a cast iron pan and ended up using A LOT of coconut oil to get the pancakes cooked. For the second batch I used a non-stick pan (Green Earth brand, no chemicals) and they turned out great! Yes, the batter is watery and will not form perfectly round pancakes like you're used to, but if you pour the batter and let it cook (medium heat) for 5 minutes on one side, they should come out as expected.
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Permalink Reply by Karlee Diesing on -
Are you using any coconut oil on your pan to prevent sticking? I find that always helps a lot!
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