Chocolate Brownie Spelt Pancakes

These Spelled Chocolate Brownie Pancakes look rich, but they’re a whole grain breakfast without refined sugar, with spelled flour and maple syrup.

This position was created in partnership with One Degree Organic Foods. All opinions are ours.

When I was young and idealistic, I was anti-business. As anti everything Company. News of big companies with unethical labor practices led my teenager to decide that all companies were downright bad. In addition, companies tried to sell you things you didn’t want. Bad again. What I didn’t know was that business can be a force for good and a vehicle for positive change. Just like individuals, businesses can have morals and ethics. They can provide valuable products that people want and need, and take care of their producers and suppliers. Businesses can be mission driven. Read on to find out how this relates to Chocolate Brownie Spelled Pancakes and the recipe!

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About One Degree Organic Foods

Alex and I work in the food industry and have the pleasure of working with a new wave of mission-driven companies working toward positive change in the food system. One Degree Organics is one such company. When I first spoke to Sondra, the daughter of the founders, I could see that this is a company based on mission and values. She’s a new mom and our son Larson was only a few months old at the time, so we chatted about the joy of being moms to little boys.

Sondra spoke about her family’s business and how their goal is to bring food straight from a farm to your table so there is only one degree of separation between you and the person who grew your food (like at a farmers market) . You can also learn the story of the family farmers who grow every ingredient in every product via a QR code on the packaging. All One Degree products are sprouted, traceable, organic and non-GMO. All of their products (germ flours, like the flour in these spelled pancakes, cereals, breads and granolas) are handled with incredible care and it was easy to see the passion that drives this company.

What is spelled flour and why is it used?

As I browsed through their product offerings, I was drawn to the rungs spelled flour. Why cook with spelled flour? Alex and I love to bake and cook with whole grains. However, we have found that using whole wheat flour can make things very dense and almost bitter. We did some research on spelled flour and found it to be a great alternative to baking whole grains. This is how we were inspired to use flour in these spelled pancakes! Here is some information about spelled flour:

• Spelled flour is a whole grain flour that contains a sweet and nutty taste against the bitterness of whole wheat flour
• canned spelled flour texture your fluffy-soft baked goods and does not weigh them down
• Since spelled flour contains a good amount of gluten-forming protein, it makes a good all-purpose flour substitute in baking. You can use up to 100% in less textured pastries like these pancakes (and 50% in muffins and breads). Compare that to the substitution rate for whole wheat flour, which is typically 25%.
• The spelled flour we’ve been working with here is sprouted spelled flour. Sprouted flours are less processed than typical flour, have increased nutritional value, and are easier to digest.

How to make spelled pancakes

And now the recipe. To use this whole grain flour, we have developed a recipe for healthy pancakes: these 100% spelled flour pancakes. We wanted the vegan pancakes to be special, so we went for a chocolate brownie spelled pancake! They are lightly sweetened and made with maple syrup and cocoa powder. The resulting pancakes were so fluffy and chewy that we settled on the name “Chocolate Brownie,” although of course they weren’t quite as sweet as a brownie! Be sure to drizzle with maple syrup as this adds a final touch of sweetness. What about spelled flour? It gives our spelled pancakes a subtle nutty note How. Spelled flour is great for baking with whole grains because it can be 50% to 100% underprocessed and has added nutritional value.

For the topping of these spelled pancakes, we added another specialty: coconut bacon. It’s easy to make just before pancakes, or make it a few days before and store in the freezer. The smoky, salty, crunchy topping on the fluffy pancakes is perfect: but they’re almost as good when just topped with fresh raspberries and drizzled with maple syrup.

So it’s mission-based business at its finest. You can search for One Degree Organics products at a store near you. Also, they have a beautiful and creative Instagram feed.

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This recipe for spelled pancakes is…

Vegetarian, vegan, plant-based, dairy-free, naturally sweetened and free from refined sugar.