In the opening of The Homemade Flour Cookbook, before diving into all the different flours, I share a pancake recipe. It's a generic recipe but there's a solid reason behind it: it's one the best way to test the flavor of flours. Pancakes are forgiving and the perfect way to see how flour flavors will come together. These rye pancakes have long been a favorite, primarily stemming from my grandmother's rye bread. I to do a 50/50 blend of rye and wheat as rye can be a bit overpowering.
Rye Pancakes
Easy weekend rye pancakes made from wholesome rye flour, wheat flour, and flavorful sorghum syrup.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 2 servings 1x
- Category: Breakfast
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 tablespoon sorghum syrup
- ½ cup rye flour
- ½ cup white wheat flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 2 large eggs
- ¾ to 1 cup whole milk
- Butter (for frying)
Instructions
- Combine butter and sorghum syrup in a small saucepan or microwavable bowl. Heat until butter is melted and set aside to let cool slightly.
- Stir the dry ingredients together in a medium bowl. Whisk together the egg, milk, and cooled butter mixture. Stir into dry ingredients, just until combined. Let batter sit while skillet or griddle heats.
- Heat a skillet or griddle over low to medium-low heat and grease with butter or oil if need be. When skillet is hot (if you flick water onto the skillet, it should sizzle), melt a bit of butter and take a scant ¼ cup of batter and pour onto skillet. Let cook for 1-2 minutes (until the pancakes begins to bubble slightly. Flip and let cook for another 1-2 minutes until pancake is cooked through.
Notes
Tips & Tricks: Add just enough milk to loosen the batter. You don’t want the batter to be too thick (should be able to be poured slowly) but also shouldn’t be too thin.
Maple syrup or molasses can serve as a replacement for the sorghum syrup.
Stock up: get the pantry ingredients you will need: rye flour, sorghum syrup, milk
Nutrition: get the information.
Nutrition
- Calories: 480
- Sugar: 14.6
- Sodium: 756
- Fat: 20.9
- Carbohydrates: 57.7
- Fiber: 3.9
- Protein: 16.2
- Cholesterol: 228.7
Find it online: https://naturallyella.com/rye-pancakes/
Rye Pancakes
variations
These rye pancakes are a year-round staple. During the spring and summer, fresh berries and whipped cream are a go-to topping. For fall, I love sautéed apples and pears. And in winter, it's all about citrus curd and pomegranate seeds.
Flour: You could easily make these pancakes with a multigrain mixture. A few of my favorite combinations include rye with sorghum and oat, rye with barley flour, and rye with with spelt flour. Making these pancakes gluten-free kind of defeats the purpose so I recommend checking out this buckwheat pancake recipe.
Toppings: I used yogurt, cinnamon, hemp seeds, and pomegranate seeds for this version. However, berries or citrus curd are also really nice with the rye flavor.
Waffles: If you would like to make waffles with this recipe, add 2 tablespoons more butter and start with ½ to ¾ cup of milk.
Explore Rye Berries
Rye flour was one of the first I began to grind at home. My grandmother's bread was best with a specific grind of flour and the stores around us stopped carrying the flour. So I set off to grind it at home. Since then, I always have rye berries on hand, primarily to make flour. However, the hearty earthy flavor is wonderful as a whole grain in salads and risottos.
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Melissa | Insider The Kitchen says
These were great! The batter is very thick, but the pancakes turned out nice and fluffy. The rye flour gave them a great flavor. My kids liked them too.
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Debs says
Love these so much. I never really use rye flour apart from bread. These were a great variation on the traditional old pancake!
Isabel says
Looks delicious. Today is great day to try it, so thats what I am going to do haha. I never tried rye flour or the... syrup you've mentioned but i will give it a go.
Deborah says
I made these with all-purpose gluten free flour in place of wheat because I had no wheat in my pantry. OMG, they were so delicious and made 8 medium pancakes which was just right for three people. Used the maple syrup in place of sorghum and just 3/4 cup milk - cooked at 375 on electric griddle. A real keeper recipe - Thank You!
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Nirmala says
Am gonna try as well...i bought some rye..have milk n honey at home!
Tq for sharing!
Love from Malaysia!!🇲🇾
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Jennifer says
These are so tasty. Got my wisdom teeth out and made these as a soft sub for the grainy chewy things i always eat. These at least some nutritional value. Thanks for the recipe.
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