Multigrain Pancakes

We're still in soft food mode here, trying to work around the new braces causing pain for our teen, so last night it was pancakes at our house!  I tried this recipe from Cook's Illustrated last year and fell in love.  These pancakes are hearty, healthy, and sooo tasty.  It's worth the extra step to find the muesli and grind until smooth.  It adds great flavor and texture to these yummy pancakes.  We made them a bit less healthy by topping them with homemade apple pie filling!  Delish!

Multigrain Pancakes
from Cook's Illustrated, Holiday Baking 2010

4 t. lemon juice
2 c. milk
1 1/4 c. (6 oz.) plus 3 T. no sugar added muesli* (see note below)
3/4 c. (3 3/4 oz.) unbleached all purpose flour
1/2 c. (2 3/4 oz.) whole wheat flour
2 T. brown sugar
2 1/4 t. baking powder
1/2 t. baking soda
1/2 t. salt
2 eggs
3 T. butter, melted and cooled
3/4 t. vanilla


1.  Whisk lemon juice and milk together in a medium bowl or 4-cup measuring cup; set aside to thicken while preparing other ingredients.
2.  Process 1 1/4 c. muesli in food processor until finely ground, 2-2 1/2 min.; transfer to large bowl.  Add remaining 3 T. unground muesli, flours, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt; whisk to combine.
3.  Whisk eggs, melted butter, and vanilla into milk until combined.  Make well in center of dry ingredients in bowl; pour in milk mixture and whisk very gently until just combined (few streaks of flour and lumps should remain).  Do not overmix.  Important:  allow batter to rest while pan heats (5 min. or more), otherwise the batter will be too runny. 
4.  Heat skillet or griddle or medium-low heat for 5 min.  Spray with non-stick spray.  Pour 1/4 c. batter onto griddle, using bottom of measuring cup to spread batter out if necessary.  Cook pancakes until small bubbles begin to appear evenly over surface, 2-3 min.  Flip pancakes and cook until goldern brown on second side 1 1/2-2 min. longer.  Repeat with remaining batter.

*Familia brand no sugar added muesli is the best choice for this recipe (I found this at Whole Foods).  If you can't find Familia, look for Alpen or any no sugar added muesli.  Muesli with sugar added will work but you'll need to reduce the brown sugar in the recipe to 1 T.