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An egg-less breakfast dish made with oatmeal flour, quick cooking oats, semolina, dessicated coconut, flavorings and raisins. Only 1 tablespoon of sugar and oil are used

A Delicious Plate of Oatflour Crumpets

Oatflour Crumpets, Egg-less and Vegan

Recently we have been having oats for breakfast. I make this Vegan style, with almond or soy milk and vegan butter. In addition to oatmeal, we sometimes have semolina and mealie meal/corn meal porridge as well. So I used oatmeal, oatmeal flour and semolina to make something different.

Combined with powdered cinnamon and a few other ingredients I was quite pleased with these Vegan oatsflour crumpets. I enjoy them buttered but you may add fruit to make it a really special dish. Please note that a non-stick pan is recommened so that you can use just the slightest amount of oil. I microwaved some dried apricots with water until it was just soft, mashed it a bit, and added bananas and blueberries. These fruits do add sweetness to the crumpets. The best part is that it can be made in about 20 minutes.

Here is the recipe for Oatflour Crumpets.

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INGREDIENTS

  1. ½ cup oatmeal flour
  2. ¼ cup quick cooking oats
  3. ¼ cup semolina
  4. ¼ tsp. baking soda/bircarbonate soda
  5. a pinch of salt
  6. 2 tsps. baking powder
  7. 1 tbls sugar
  8. 1 tblsp oil, plus about 2 tblsp. See explantion below* (I used canola oil)
  9. ½ cup mix of dried craberries and raisins
  10. 1 tblsp. dessicated coconut, unsweetened
  11. 1 tblsp. crushed flax seeds** combined with 3 tblsp. water
  12. 1-1½ cups milk as needed to make a batter that is not too thin.(I used almond milk)

METHOD

  1. Mix crushed flax seeds with 3 tblsps. water & microwave for about 15 seconds. Mix well*
  2. Mix all the dry ingredients together
  3. Add flax seed mix, 1 tblsp. oil, 1 cup of water and milk mix, to make a thick batter
  4. The batter should be thick but not stodgy. Add more milk to make it a batter that flows, but remains thick
  5. Heat a non stick pan/griddle until it is hot, add a few drops** of oil at a time
  6. Take about a small ladle full of batter and pour small batches of batter onto pan, until the pan is full. All space for crumpets to spread
  7. Cook then flip & cook the other side
  8. Make all the crumpets this way
  9. Serve with butter and top with fruit, if you like it that way

Crumpet topped with fresh and stewed fruit

Crumpets topped with stewed and fresh fruit

Crumpets cooking in non-stick pan with minimal oil

Crumpets cooking in non-stick pan with minimal oil

Minimal Oil smeared on pan

Non-stick pan smeared with minimal oil

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View the consistency of the batter

Stewed Fruit for topping crumpets. Dried apricots and raisins were microwaved with some water to soften the fruits

Stewed Fruit to top Crumpets


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About Making the Crumpets

I used just 1 tablespooon of sugar. You may substitute this with artificial sweetener. If you prefer to use regular butter or milk, the recipe should still work.

*You many not use all of the extra 2 tablespoons of oil. Use a spatula to just dip into the oil and then smear the pan. This way you use a real minimum amount of oil. You could add a few drops to the edges of the crumpet if you think it looks too dry.

**Flax seeds may be used as a substitute for egg. Use 1 tablespoon of crushed flax seeds and soak in 3 tablespoons of water. Microwave for about 15 seconds and mix well. It should now have a thick consistency. Add this mix to the rest of the ingredients

Oats Crumpets are a very healthy way to enjoy breakfast. It will make a good start to your day.

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