Healthy Fluffy Pancakes with Canadian Maple Syrup

I have never been much a fan of pancakes but I married a man who IS a great fan of pancake and waffle. Of course, armed with a bottle of lovely Canadian maple syrup, that was a sure motivation to search for 'the' recipe. Simple criterion: Healthy and Fluffy.

We bought a great pancake mix when we were in Japan but feeding the family with plenty of white flour was not my idea of a good homemade breakfast. 

Found a recipe here and adapted it with a healthy twist. With this batter, I made 8 good medium-size pancakes (about 4 inch wide) and 2 tiny pancakes. 

• 1 cup organic wholemeal flour
• 1 cup unbleached flour
• 2 teaspoon organic brown sugar [this can be varied]
• 4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 6 tablespoon yoghurt [if this is flavored, then you can reduce sugar]
• 1.5 cup low-fat milk
• 2 organic eggs

The batter did look heavy after the mixing and I had my doubts about whether it would be fluffy. Well, but let's not give up here. There was a man who was eagerly anticipating my first pancake foray and a hungry boy sitting patiently at our dinning table at 6 am.

Following the recipe, one important tip was to separate the egg whites from the yolk and whip it till soft peaks form. That gave me a real good work out. The other tip was to let the batter sit for 10 mins before making the pancakes.

Method (taken from here) :

1. Sift the dry ingredients in a bowl (flour, sugar, baking powder, salt)
2. Whisk egg white separately till soft peaks form. Add yolk, milk and yoghurt.
3. Add dry ingredients slowly, whisking briefly after each addition, just until smooth. 
4. Let batter sit for 10 mins
5. Scoop a ladle of batter onto heated, lightly greased pan. Add slice banana at this stage if you wish. And cook for 2-3 mins till bubbles appear
6. Carefully flip pancake with spatula to cook the other side
7. Cook other side for another 2-3 minutes.

Here, we have it. Healthy wholemeal pancakes waiting to be drizzled with maple syrup! Verdict, it was a good recipe and I was glad the yoghurt modification worked, maybe not as well as if I were to use sour cream. Dan would have loved it if it were fluffier but nevertheless a good first attempt for healthy wholemeal pancakes. Pancake Daddy and Hungry Sammy ate four altogether:)