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vraiblonde

vraiblonde

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I want to make pancakes out of pumpkin, applesauce, oatmeal, and yeast. It will have other things in it, too, like eggs or milk or oil, salt, cinnamon, whatever. But the main profile will be those 4 ingredients.

I can't find an already recipe so I'm making one up. Any tips or suggestions? I have wheat pastry flour, too. In fact, I have all sorts of ingredients, I just don't know how to put them together because I don't have a handle on baked good type of things.

Help?
 
Bay_Kat

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vraiblonde said:
I want to make pancakes out of pumpkin, applesauce, oatmeal, and yeast. It will have other things in it, too, like eggs or milk or oil, salt, cinnamon, whatever. But the main profile will be those 4 ingredients.

I can't find an already recipe so I'm making one up. Any tips or suggestions? I have wheat pastry flour, too. In fact, I have all sorts of ingredients, I just don't know how to put them together because I don't have a handle on baked good type of things.

Help?
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Seems like a lot for pancakes. I use the Hungry Jack complete, makes the best pancakes and you can add the extras for flavor.
 
vraiblonde

vraiblonde

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Bay_Kat said:
Seems like a lot for pancakes. I use the Hungry Jack complete, makes the best pancakes and you can add the extras for flavor.
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Cooking is like art for me - the process is just as enjoyable as the end result. Adding water to mix doesn't make me happy, but I will be all kinds of ecstatic if I can get a batch of yummy pancakes out of pumpkin, oatmeal, applesauce, and yeast. I just have to figure out how to do it without a lot of ingredient wasting.
 
Chasey_Lane

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Knock out the yeast. I would try pumpkin, smashed bananas, 2 eggs and some seasoning (pumpkin pie, vanilla, almond, etc.).
 
vraiblonde

vraiblonde

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This is why I don't care to bake: it's chemistry and everything has to be just so to interact and make a successful product. Regular cooking isn't like that and you can just add whatever you think sounds good and it will turn out.
 
wittykitty

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My rule if thumb is always "less is more". I personally would ground the oatmeal in a food processor and use that for flour. Wheat flour is bitter and makes a pasty consistency.

I would use egg, very small amount of real butter (unsalted), applesauce, pumpkin, spices, and salt or baking soda. Leave out the yeast.

Top pancakes with walnuts or pecans, maybe toasted and sugared/spiced.

Please share with us your result of whatever you try!! ...and good luck :)
 
Bay_Kat

Bay_Kat

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vraiblonde said:
This is why I don't care to bake: it's chemistry and everything has to be just so to interact and make a successful product. Regular cooking isn't like that and you can just add whatever you think sounds good and it will turn out.
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That's why I gave up on making bread, I can never get it right.
 
wittykitty

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Another one of my cooking "secrets" is to let the batter rest at room temp for at least 30 minutes. This will give the dry ingredients a chance to soak up the wet ingredients, especially the oatmeal which WILL expand a little, so be careful how much you use.
 
vraiblonde

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Okay, here's what I did:

  • 1 pk yeast proofed with 1/4 C water and 1/2 tsp sugar until foamy
  • 1/2 C of steel-cut oats made with 1 C water
  • 1/4 C milk
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 C applesauce
  • 1 C pumpkin
  • 2 C whole wheat pastry flour
  • 2 T honey
  • 1/4 C oil
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp cinnamon

It made weird pancakes (Apollo thought they were delicious, but he licks his butt so....:shrug:). They were tasty, but gooey in the middle rather than pancakey.

However, when I used the batter in the Belgian waffle maker.....SCORE!

Not sure why there would be such a difference in outcome but there was. If I knew more about baking type of things I'd be able to figure it out. But I'm happy with the waffles. :yay:
 
acommondisaster

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vraiblonde said:
Okay, here's what I did:

  • 1 pk yeast proofed with 1/4 C water and 1/2 tsp sugar until foamy
  • 1/2 C of steel-cut oats made with 1 C water
  • 1/4 C milk
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 C applesauce
  • 1 C pumpkin
  • 2 C whole wheat pastry flour
  • 2 T honey
  • 1/4 C oil
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp cinnamon

It made weird pancakes (Apollo thought they were delicious, but he licks his butt so....:shrug:). They were tasty, but gooey in the middle rather than pancakey.

However, when I used the batter in the Belgian waffle maker.....SCORE!

Not sure why there would be such a difference in outcome but there was. If I knew more about baking type of things I'd be able to figure it out. But I'm happy with the waffles. :yay:
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Cut out the yeast and use baking powder or baking soda. Think of pancakes in the same vein as a quick bread (ie banana bread, etc) If you think of them in that context, but with more liquid and direct heat, you'll get a "cakeyier" texture, which if you think about it, is the texture of a pancake, rather than a "bready" texture.

I believe that baking powder will make them softer and has a neutral taste and baking soda will make them ...I don't know...probably more "puffy". OR you could probably self rising flour and skip the yeast/powder/soda part altogether.
 
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