Reviewed: Apr. 7, 2006

I also tried the recipe and it is way off. I was determined to make it work, so i tried it with 1/2 the baking powder, 1/2 the liquid, added 1/2 cup of water, 1 apple diced very small. I didnt make the sauce as i thought it was way too fattening, i just put light syrup on top. They were thick, and very hearty pancakes, very filling, but good after the modifications.

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DaisyKelly

Reviewed: Jun. 16, 2007

With some modifications, this recipe could be a good one. I used 2 cups whole wheat flour, 4 teaspoons baking powder (1/4 cup of a rising agent is way too much), the 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1 1/2 cups milk, 1/4 cup honey (pancakes need sweetener in my opinion!), 2 eggs, and 1/4 cup canola oil. This at least will give you a good basic pancake recipe. From here, add or omit the cinnamon, apples, etc. Didn't do the glaze, but a brown sugar glaze sounds intriguing.

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coloradojill

Reviewed: Sep. 21, 2007

I'm glad I didn't read any reviews first or I might have been scared away. GLAD I WASN'T! I halved everything in the recipe to feed fewer ~ I thought they turned out great but I had to add a little more milk to thin them out since I like thinner pancakes. I'm not sure why so many people feel they need to modify this recipe... I think you should take them at face value. With whole wheat flour and no sugar, this recipe will only appeal to a few people. Our family was one. Everyone devoured them! I didn't make the brown sugar glaze but if I did I sure wouldn't want sugar in the cakes PLUS this glaze on top.

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KDOTS3

Home Town: San Diego, California, USA

Reviewed: Feb. 9, 2006

This recipe did not work at all. There is far, far too much baking powder, too much liquid, and the apple chunks are too large. It took quite a bit of doctoring to make it edible.

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Basg

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Living In: Jerusalem, Mehoz Yerushalayim, Israel

Reviewed: Jan. 4, 2007

this was a hard lesson for me in reading the reviews of others before making a recipe. you definitely don't need that much baking powder.

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rachel

Reviewed: Aug. 18, 2008

I made this exactly the way the recipe called it, except I used sea salt instead of salt. Pretty good except I agree, way too much baking powder, the batter was very "fluffy" but it helped to encompass the apple chunks. Pancakes were a little dry but the brown sugar glaze was SO good and helped. I used light brown sugar because I didn't have any dark on hand.

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Elie

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Hillsboro, New Hampshire, USA

Reviewed: Oct. 24, 2009

These are really good, not sure why there are all these negative reviews! The consistency was good, not too sloppy at all. The only change I made based on the reviews was to reduce the baking powder to 2 1/2 tsp. I didn't miss a sweetener and served them with regular syrup. Yum! Thanks for the recipe.

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emmwaller

Reviewed: Sep. 28, 2009

This looked like a lovely recipe, but there was WAY too much baking powder. I would say use half the required amount at most. Otherwise, though, they were great, and with a modification or two I would probably make these again.

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Peace69

Reviewed: Aug. 11, 2008

not bad! I also tried using 2 cups ground whole oatmeal rather than flour, I ground it in my coffee grinder. Yummo!! Thanks for sharing!

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ZESTYGIRL30

Reviewed: Apr. 1, 2008

the thought is good, but i don't see how this could be a healthy alternative with a whole cup of butter and a whole cup of brown sugar --its probably worse that regular pancakes! will definitely try this recipe with some modifications. perhaps with a topping of a cinnamon topping made with applesauce.

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