Low-Carb, Gluten-Free Almond Pancakes

Controlling cravings when you've cut carbs or gluten can be especially hard when it comes to breakfast or brunch. Between baskets of muffins and stacks of pancakes, there's often enough on the table to make your dietary restrictions dampen the morning fun. Luckily, you don't have to pass on a pancake breakfast if you whip up a batch of these wheat-free pancakes. Using almond flour and flaxseed means these dense, filling hotcakes are high in fiber (three grams per serving) as well as protein (six grams per serving). 

Wheat-Free Pancakes

Makes 14 four-inch pancakes

Ingredients:

• 3 cups almond meal
• 1 tablespoon ground flaxseed
• 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 3 large eggs
• 3/4 cup unsweetened almond milk, light coconut milk, or milk
• 2 tablespoons extra-light olive oil, walnut oil, coconut oil, or butter, melted

Instructions:

1. In a medium bowl, combine the almond meal, flaxseed, salt, and baking soda.
2. In a large bowl, whisk the eggs, then add the milk and oil or butter and whisk thoroughly.
3. Gradually whisk the flour mixture into the egg mixture. Add more milk as necessary, one tablespoon at a time, to reach pancake-batter consistency.
4. Lightly oil a skillet and heat over medium heat. Pour 1/4 cup batter onto the skillet. Cook for three minutes, or until bubbles form and edges are cooked. Flip and cook for three minutes or until underside is lightly browned. Repeat with remaining batter.
5. Serve with desired toppings.

Note:

These pancakes have almost no sugar, so serve with Greek yogurt, fresh fruit, or your favorite maple syrup if you'd like to sweeten them. 

Old-Fashioned Pancakes

Anybody can add water to a boxed pancake mix, but you're better than that! These pancakes are not too thick, not too thin, but tender, light, buttery, and delicious

Old-Fashioned Pancakes

makes 12 pancakes 

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon white sugar
• 3 tablespoons butter, melted
• 1 egg
• 1 1/4 cups milk
• cooking spray

Instructions:

1. Sift together flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar in a large bowl.
2. Whisk in melted butter, egg, and milk until combined. Let batter rest for 5 minutes.
3. Preheat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Spray with cooking spray. Pour batter into the hot skillet, about 1/4 cup of batter for each pancake. Cook for 2 to 3 minutes, until bubbles appear on the sides and center of each pancake. Flip and cook until golden, about 1 to 2 minutes.

Weight Watchers 1pt Pancake - Best Ever!

Well, after lots of searching I finally found a recipe for a LARGE, yummy, fluffy, high fiber, filling 1 pt pancake!

Weight Watchers 1pt Pancake - Best Ever!

Serves: 2 Yield:6

Ingredients:

• 3/4 cup whole wheat flour
• 1/3 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 1/2 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/2 cup fat-free buttermilk or 1/2 cup skim milk, with 1/2 tsp lemon juice mixed in
• 1 egg white, lightly beaten
• 1/2 tablespoon cinnamon
• 1 -1 1/2 teaspoon no-cal artificial sweetener

Instructions:

Mix all ingredients until smooth.

Note: Batter will be kinda thick. If it is too thick for you, add a tablespoon of water at a time until desired consistency.

Heat a large skillet or griddle that has been sprayed with non-stick butter flavored cooking spray.

Spoon two good sized heaping tablespoon fulls of the batter into the skillet per pancake and spread out slightly. Let cook like a regular pancake and then flip, allowing to cook another minuet or so. Serve!

Dietary Info:.

Per pancake: 67 calories; 2 gm fiber; trace fat (1pt).

for three pancakes: 202 calories; 6 gm fiber, 1 gm fat (3pts).