Ted King Skillet Cakes

So a while back Ted King created a make it work Breakfast Oatmeal+Muesli Pancake.

I tried it.  Wicked eggy.  But I didn't use a gallon of maple syrup.  But it did give me an idea.

I made it a couple times for myself for breakfast.  And then once for my daughter.  She didn't like the eggyness and you know everything is about finding the balance.  If they don't like it, well they won't eat it.

We do pancakes in the house quite a bit.  the same one who didn't like this has also started making pancakes and she's gotten pretty competent.

But teaching her i realize how much goes into making them that I take for granted.  Texture, consistency, needs more of this, more of that reasoning why it is critical to measure somethings precisely and others not so much.

Bigger issue with making a batch of pancakes is even if you cook half a batch, well it takes time.

Doing this Ted King Skillet Cake is quick, simple and good.

Ingredients:

1 egg
1/3 cup whole milk (yes, milk, whole homogenized cows milk, experiment with others at your own risk)
dash of salt (1/8 tsp maybe less)
1/3 cup organic whole wheat flour
1 tsp Bob's Red Mill ground flax meal
1 tbsp quick cooking organic rolled oats
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tbsp melted organic unsalted butter

Put pan on med to med-low heat to warm up (i use a 8-10" all clad stainless skillet for this).

Beat egg and milk together with the salt.

Add flour, flax, oats, baking soda and powder.  Add all these w/o mixing until the last one is in there.

Mix just enough so there are no lumps.  Then put just a bit more than 1 tbsp of butter in the pan to melt it.  Then pour the melted stuff into the batter, mix.

Now: Add frozen blueberries, chocolate chips, nuts, fruit, anything fruity/nutty/chocolately that you want but they should be cut small enough that they allow the batter to do its thing and not turn into a big jumble.  Mix the additives in and pour the mix into the pan.

Let it cook until the edges are dry and the center is bubbled.  Flip, finish cooking and then pop onto a plate, drizzle with some maple syrup and eat.

serves 1.

Takes almost no time at all to make.  Esp with practice.

Stick it in the breakfast rotation.

And always: Eat Good Food.

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