A nice rise and good browning make pretty pancakes. Photo by Floortje | IST.
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November 2009
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Whole Grain & Multigrain Pancake Reviews
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1) Fiddler’s Green Farm Pancake & Baking Mixes
2) Green Mountain Sugar House Old Fashion Buckwheat Pancake Mix
3) Gaukel Grown & Ground Whole Wheat Pancake Mix
You are reading part of a review of 99 different whole grain and multigrain pancake mixes from 44 different manufacturers. You can return to the index of all of the pancake mixes, go to Page 1 of the complete article on pancakes or continue to the next page of reviews.
Pancake Mix Reviews:
Fiddler’s Green Farm Pancake and Baking Mixes
- Captain Dave’s Pancake Mix. Grain mix: organic whole wheat pastry flour, organic corn flour, organic buckwheat flour. I used the optional egg. When prepared according to package directions, the batter was so thin I had to add more mix to it. The batter is attractive, with specks of grain, an excellent rise and delicate browning. You’ll know these aren’t white flour pancakes, but the grain flavor isn’t too heavy-handed, either. They’re rather flat if eaten plain but very good with maple syrup.
- Oats ’n Barley Pancake Mix. Grain mix: organically grown barley and oats. When prepared according to package directions (which include the addition of 1/4 teaspoon salt), the batter was so thin I had to add more mix. There was excellent rise and good browning. The finished pancakes were fluffy with a mild taste, but too salty.
- Organic Fiddle Cakes. Grain mix: organic corn, organic oats, organic barley, organic brown rice. Curiosity: This was the only mix I found that uses either apple juice or orange juice as the liquid. I used orange juice (and the optional egg). Directions call for “Heaping cup of mix”; I’d like a more precise measurement. When prepared according to package directions, the batter was so thin I had to add much more mix. The batter was a beautiful golden color from the corn and orange juice, with attractive speckles of grain. A good rise and fine browning. The finished pancakes were somewhat fluffy with a cornmeal texture, but the flavor, which tasted like burnt orange juice, was awful. Even syrup couldn’t correct this. FiddlersGreenFarm.com
Green Mountain Sugar House Old Fashion Buckwheat Pancake Mix
Grain mix: wheat flour, buckwheat flour, rye flour. I used the optional egg. When prepared according to package directions, the batter was of a near-perfect consistency, with excellent rise and delicate browning. The finished pancakes were fluffy and not gummy, with a mild grain flavor—but too salty. GMSH.com
Gaukel Grown & Ground Whole Wheat Pancake Mix
Grain mix: stone ground whole wheat flour, white flour. When prepared according to package directions, batter was on the thin side, but not bad. Excellent rise, good browning. Finished pancakes were fluffy, with a cornmeal-like texture and slightly sweet flavor. These pancakes were not strong-tasting and might be a good introduction to multi-grain foods for kids. A favorite. GaukelWheat.com |
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Another winner! Just 10% of the mixes tried made the podium. Photo by Hannah Kaminsky | THE NIBBLE. |
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