Yummy Pancakes! A Couple of My Favorite Recipes

Around here, pancakes are the ultimate breakfast food.  My kids snap them up just as fast as I can make them.  Since we usually eat pancakes at least once  a week, I've played around with my recipe to find ways to make them a little more nutritious.

I absolutely love Bisquick to make pancakes with (It's just makes it so simple and easy to make pancakes, among other things.).  I use the "Ultimate Pancake" recipe provided on the back of the box as my basis for my recipes.

Ultimate Pancake recipe
2 cups Original Bisquick mix
3 tbsp sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1 cup milk
2 tbsp vegetable oil
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla (optional)

This recipe makes pretty good pancakes as is, But I usually add in protein powder to change up the flavor, as well as add in extra protein which keeps you fuller longer.

Vanilla Protein Pancake recipe
2 cups Original Bisquick mix
3 tbsp sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1 scoop MusclePharm Combat Vanilla**
1 cup Silk Unsweetened Almond Milk*
2 tbsp vegetable oil
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla (optional)

OR

Chocolate Protein Pancake recipe
2 cups Original Bisquick mix
3 tbsp brown sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1 scoop MusclePharm Combat Chocolate Milk**
1 cup chocolate milk (8 oz. milk plus 2 tbsp Ovaltine Chocolate Malt mix)*
2 tsp cocoa powder
2 tbsp vegetable oil
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla (optional)

To Make:
Add dry ingredients into a bowl and mix.  Add milk and mix until smooth.  Add in eggs one at a time, mixing well after each.  Stir in remaining wet ingredients.  Pour roughly 1/4 cup amounts onto preheated skillet (I use the heat setting 3 on my stove) and cook until edges are dry or bubbles start forming.  Flip and cook until golden.  Makes about 14 pancakes.

Want more flavors?  MusclePharm has 11 different flavors to choose from!  From Cinnamon Bun, to Mint Chocolate Chip, to Snickerdoodle, they have it!  (And I'm sure they would all make excellent pancake flavors with just a few tweaks to the Bisquick recipe.)

Now, I have one last recipe for you.  This is my Oatmeal Pancake recipe that I use when I want pancakes with a little more chewiness.

Oatmeal Pancake recipe
2 cups Original Bisquick mix
2 tbsp honey
1 tbsp Greek yogurt
2 tbsp baking powder
1 scoop MusclePharm Combat Vanilla**
1 cup Silk Unsweetened Almond Milk*
2 tbsp vegetable oil
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 cup rolled oats

To Make:
Add dry ingredients into a bowl and mix.  Add milk and mix until smooth.  Add in eggs one at a time, mixing well after each.  Stir in remaining wet ingredients.  Pour roughly 1/4 cup amounts onto preheated skillet (I use the heat setting 3 on my stove) and cook until edges are dry or bubbles start forming.  Flip and cook until golden.  Makes about 14 pancakes.

Feel free to take these recipes and change them to your liking!  As you can see, the original recipe is quite forgiving.  Maybe add in some chocolate chips, or M&Ms, or maybe some almond slivers.  Experiment and have fun!

*Notice, I did not increase my liquids in any of these recipes.  I've found that, even with the extra dry ingredients, I don't need more liquid ingredients as the pancakes turn out just the same (if not better).

**I have only tried MusclePharm protein powders in my pancakes.  Different protein powders may produce different results.