Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Pancakes

Course Breakfast, Main Course

Cuisine American, Southern

Keyword chocolate-chip-pancakes, easy-pancake-recipes, oatmeal-chocolate-chip-pancakes

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 15

Total Time 30

Servings servings

Calories 200kcal

Author Melissa Sperka

Place oats and milk in a large bowl. Set aside for 8-10 minutes until softened.
To the softened oatmeal add flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. Mix until fully combined.
Add egg, melted butter and chocolate chips, mixing until blended.
Heat a skillet over medium-high heat add 1 Tbsp oil and 1 Tbsp butter, melt together.
Using a standard size 4 ounce ice cream scoop or 1/4 cup measuring cup divide the batter for each pancake into approximately 3 inch rounds.
Cook for 2 minutes per side, carefully turn when tops are covered with bubbles and edges are browned and cooked. Add more chocolate chips, if desired before turning. Cook in batches adding more oil and butter to the pan between each batch, as needed.
Serve immediately with butter and maple or chocolate syrup and whipped cream.
**Special Note** When frying in batches, place pancakes on a parchment paper lined sheet pan and into a 200 degree f oven to keep warm.

Flour Substitutions - You can make these pancakes with whole wheat flour or almond flour. When doing so you may need to add more milk or buttermilk to the batter. You could also adapt using gluten-free flour.
Milk Substitution - You can also use almond milk in place of whole milk.
Sugar - You could use light brown sugar in the pancake batter in place of white sugar.
Chocolate Chip Variations - You can make oatmeal chocolate chip pancakes with milk chocolate chips, dark chocolate chips or swap out chocolate chips with half peanut butter chips.
Nuts - As with most pancake recipes, you can add add pecans or walnuts for crunch.
Flavorings - You could add a teaspoon vanilla extract.
Soak the Oatmeal - Soaking the oats prior to incorporating with the other ingredients allows them time to soften and absorb the liquid. It's an important step, don't skip it.
Yield May Vary Slightly - Depending on how you divide the pancake batter, the yield may vary. If you make the rounds large, you'll have less pancakes and if you make them smaller, you'll end up with more. Adjust the size according to how many servings you need and you can't go wrong.