Reviewed: May 1, 2012

This pancakes are very good.. Although I'm not crazy about buckwheat, as other reviewer said it's taste like a burned egg, well that's buckwheat.. I made this pancakes for my husband who's on a no carb diet & he loves this pancakes. I did change all purpose flour with 1 scoop of protein powder for extra nutrient and adjust the milk until I got the right consistency and I add 1/4 tsp of cinnamon powder. I got 4 large pancakes. Perfect...

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christi

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Mar. 18, 2012

After researching several buckwheat pancake recipes, I settled on these with a few straight out substitutions for the "less healthy" ingredients. These were surprisingly tasty, light, and fluffy. I thought they would need to be a bit sweeter, but with the blueberry syrup I made, they were perfect. They were a tad salty for my tastes, so next time I will reduce the salt to 1 tsp. I made the following substitutions: spelt flour for the the all-purpose, applesauce for the butter (all of it) and rapadura (evaporated cane juice) for the white sugar. I also let it sit for 30 min. I had hoped based on other reviews that they would not rise so well as I was trying to use our Star Wars pancake forms, unfortunately they rose considerably. My son and husband (who are hesitant to eat anything healthy) requested more while commenting several times how good these were. That deserves 5 stars.

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r-me_grl

Cooking Level: Expert

Living In: Converse, Texas, USA

Reviewed: Mar. 3, 2012

Hi! I made this recipe today, I substituted several of the ingredients and I really liked how they turned out and tasted. For the Buttermilk I used 1-1/2 cups 2% milk and a half cup of plain soymilk and I added 2 T. apple cider vinegar and I let it sit for five mins. to become the buttermilk version. I also, used Almond Meal Flour in place of the all purpose flour and I had to add an extra 1/2 cup of buckwheat flour using the four serving calculations. I used Earth Balance spread in place of the butter in the frying pan. I also used coconut spread in place of the butter in the batter. I used organic coconut sugar in place of the sugar. I only added 1/4 t. of salt since the coconut spread tastes salty. This is the first time for me using these substitutes in baking. Delicous!! I am on an Organic kick and very healthly eating kick. The four servings made a lot of pancakes, I am freezing the rest of the made pancakes.

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Daisywine

Home Town: Spring Valley, Minnesota, USA

Living In: Santa Rosa, California, USA

Reviewed: Feb. 5, 2012

I scale this recipe up to 12 servings and substitute the all-purpose flour for more buckwheat flour to make it gluten-free. Way better than the gluten-free mixes at the store. I prefer to use whole milk buttermilk when I have it, but regular works just fine.

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love to cook hate to clean

Reviewed: Jan. 12, 2012

This is my go-to pancake recipe. I've been making them for years. My boyfriend asks for them all the time. He recently bought some local maple syrup while up in NY and what did he do? He brought it home and begged me to make "those pancakes." The batter is very runny so I prefer to use a small pan to make the 4-inch pancakes the recipe suggests. I find it very hard to make small cakes with a large pan.

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Kendra

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Elkhorn, Wisconsin, USA

Living In: Houston, Texas, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 12, 2011

I substituted white flour for gf flour mix, substituted melted butter for melted earth balance vegan butter, added 1/8 tsp of xanthan gum, added 1/2 tsp. cinnamon, substituted white sugar for raw sugar. GF alternative/healthy version... yum

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Sara

Reviewed: Nov. 20, 2011

Horrible. Worst pancake recipe ever. I followed it exactly, save for using a gluten free flour mix in lieu of white flour, which I have used before many times with no problems. The batter was so thick I ended up using an entire carton of buttermilk to thin it out to pourable consistency. And then it wouldn't hold together. I added extra oil and two more eggs just to make it into something that might look like a pancake.

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glutenfreegirl

Reviewed: Oct. 20, 2011

These were delicious! I mashed a banana and added it to the batter along with chopped walnuts. I did as others suggested and let the batter set for a little over two hours. Medium high heat proved to be too high (they kept burning before they were cooked through), but medium to medium low worked. Also, don't try to make them too thick - after making a few large ones, I discovered they come out better a little smaller, and much thinner, than regular pancakes.

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Sunshine

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Oct. 14, 2011

Great Recipe! I doubled the recipe except for the salt which I left at 1 tsp. I also subed virgin coccnut oil for the veg oil and white whole wheat flour for the AP flour. (3/4 c. white ww) and 3/4c. buckwheat) I let the batter sit for about 10 min and the pancakes were light, fluffy and delicious!!

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Oakrunner

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Portland, Oregon, USA

Reviewed: Sep. 22, 2011

Very good recipe - thank you. My pancakes turned out very nice, but I did some modifications and would like to share my experience. I doubled the recipe, skipped butter in the mixing stage, but slightly smeared it on ready hot pancakes. Also, I squeezed about 1 teaspoon of lemon juice on my baking soda. Noticed how very important it was not to burn the pancake - I made mine on 4 (electric stovetop) and they turned very pretty. Original setting of 7,6 or 5 slightly burned the pancakes and left quite an unpleasant taste. Ah, I also covered my frying pan with a cover. On the second try I wanted to make exactly 8 pancakes - so, my proportion was 1cup of plain kefir, or laban, 4 tbsp buckwheat flour and all purpose each, some salt, 1 egg. After mixing, leave it for some time (overnight for me), add 1 tsp. baking soda and lemon juice each, mix and start making pancakes!

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