Nourish Your Children

Pancakes are a favorite breakfast here.  Now we have this season’s fresh Maple Syrup.

4 cups freshly ground spelt flour

1 cup all purpose flour (sometimes I use oats or another kind of flour)

4 cups of water

4 Tablespoons of whey (I use kefir whey from homemade cottage cheese you can use yogurt, buttermilk, kefir, or apple cider vinegar)

Combine these ingredients in a large glass bowl and leave overnight covered with a towel.

In the morning I usually have a layer of water on top of the soaked flour so I pour that off into the sink.

In a separate bowl combine -

4 eggs, beaten

1 stick of butter melted

1 cup of buttermilk (more or less depending on the consistency you want)

2 teaspoons of vanilla

Mix well and add to the bowl of soaked flour.  These are difficult to combine, just keep stirring.

Add -

4 teaspoons of baking soda

1 teaspoon real salt

1 teaspoon cimmamon

1/4 teasoon of nutmeg

Pour onto a griddle.  Serve with butter and maple syrup.  We also like nut butter, bananas, and cottage cheese.   Soaking the grain breaks down the phytic acid and unlock nutrients making the food easier to digest and absorb.  The Nourishing Traditions book has much more information and recipes using soaked flours and grains.

This post is part of Real Food Wednesday