Quite a few years ago I found a recipe in Countryside magazine for 5 grain pancake waffle mix. All of my old magazines were destroyed by a leaking water heater, so I no longer have the recipe. I haven't made it for a long time but I remember it had buckwheat flour in it. Seems to me it was in an article on 'homemade mixes'. It made kinda heavy pancakes so I mixed it half & half with homemade bisquick. It was delicious! Please, does anyone have the recipe? I'm keeping my fingers crossed! Thanks, Jane

-- Jane Gauch (Sewbears4u@aol.com), March 16, 2000

Answers

Jane, how awful loosing your old CountrySide Magazines! I would be quite upset! I just had a chance to go through mine and found this recipe, I hope it is the one you were looking for. I think I will try it. Five Grain Pancake Mix 1/2 cup buckwheat flour 2 cups whole wheat flour 3/4 cup cornmeal (yellow) 1/2 cup rice flour 1/2 cup oat flour 1 pkg. powdered milk (5 pkts to box) 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder 2 teaspoons baking soda 1 teaspoon salt (quoting) we mix approximately 1 cup mix to 1 cup water, add 1 teaspoon vegetable oil. No egg. Cook as you would any pancakes..Hint: I grind oatmeal to make oatmeal flour and whole rice for rice flour, but the rice makes a somewhat gritty final product as my machine doesn't grind it finely. I found this in the Nov/Dec. 1995 issue and do hope it is what you are looking for! If you don't have a grinder, you can make oatmeal flour with a blender but I don't think that would work for rice! Good luck.

-- barbara (barbaraj@mis.net), March 17, 2000.

Thanks Barbara, but that's not quite it. The recipe I'm looking for is probably from the '80's. You cut shortening into it along with baking soda etc. To use it you add milk & egg. I do not remember putting dry milk in it, but maybe I did? I always stored it in the fridge & it keeps forever. I will give yours a try tho, who knows maybe it is even better than the other one? Thanks again neighbor! Jane

-- Jane (Sewbears4u@aol.com), March 17, 2000.

you can grind raw grains in an electric coffee bean grinder, too.

-- Rachel (rldk@hotmail.com), March 18, 2000.