3Oct/090
Spelt pancakes
This past week, I picked up some white spelt flour from my local Whole Foods. For the past year, I have avoided baking due to the complexities of avoiding wheat flour, but have become determined to get back into the game. I have been pondering two questions:
- In what applications can spelt flour be used as a direct substitute for all-purpose wheat flour?
- Are there recipes for wheat-free baked goods that don't involve mail-ordering exotic ingredients?
My pancake adventure is the first of a three-part series that attempts to shed light on these inquiries. I took the spelt pancake recipe from the Our Big Earth website, which in turn claims to have adapted it from a Better Homes & Gardens cookbook. It's no secret how to make pancakes. Looking at Alton Brown's pancake mix recipe, the ingredients and proportions are mostly the same.