Adventure #3: Oreo Pancakes

          
           This week, Garrett and I did what we do best; we waited until the last possible minute to start cooking. The recipe for this week was found on Pinterest yet again, and I’m starting to think that either we’re just really bad cooks or the people of Pinterest are out to get us. Nevertheless, this is what happened when we tried to make Oreo pancakes.

To put it lightly, adventure #3 was somewhat of a challenge. It started out the same as usual. We found a recipe on Pinterest and made a grocery list. We would have started cooking at a fairly decent time had our desire to see the new Clint Eastwood movie, Trouble with the Curve, not gotten in our way. (Worth it!)

We left the movie theater around 9 o’clock and went straight to Wal Mart to begin step 1, grocery shopping. Now is probably a good time to mention that Garrett and I are not vegans and unbeknownst to us, we were following a vegan recipe. Here are the ingredients for Oreo pancakes:

Pancakes:
½ cup non-dairy milk
½ cup flour
1.5 teaspoons baking powder
Scant ¼ cup dark chocolate cocoa powder (or regular)
Pink of salt
1 tablespoon sugar (or other sweetener)
1 tablespoon oil (canola)
½ teaspoon vanilla

Frosting Filling:
1.5 cups unsweetened coconut flakes
¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
2-3 tablespoons coconut milk (or other non-dairy milk)
2-3 tablespoons powdered sugar (optional)

Per usual, there was one item on the list that posed a real problem for us. In this case, it was the coconut milk. We searched numerous aisles trying to find either the milk or an employee who could be of some assistance. It was by pure luck that the one aisle in which an employee could be found was also the aisle that housed the coconut milk.

Having paid for the groceries, we left Wal Mart and went home to begin step 2, cooking. It was at this point in the night that Garrett and I came to the conclusion that from now on we should read the recipe in full prior to choosing it. In the case of the braided spaghetti from adventure #1, we didn’t know that we had to thaw anything, and that caused a huge delay in the cooking process. In this case, we didn’t know that we needed to use a food processor, a key component for making the filling and an appliance that we did not have.

We decided that we would try and do our best with what we had, so I attempted to make the filling while Garrett prepared the pancakes. It was not until later that I discovered Garrett had set me up for failure. He claimed that he didn’t want to use the mixer, but really he knew the filling would be a disaster. (Cool, Garrett.)

This brings me back to the coconut milk. I do not recommend ever using it. The label was in another language, there were questionable chunks in it, and the stench it emanated was enough to make us gag.

 

  

As for the pancakes, Garrett did a good job of combining the ingredients. However, the batter was really thick and resembled brownie batter rather than pancake batter. We ended up with really thick pancakes that were not entirely cooked in the middle and a filling that was more like coconut flakes marinated in coconut milk and vanilla extract. (Gross!)

 

I’m not sure if we will ever choose another recipe from Pinterest, so we’re open to suggestions!

 

 

Find the full recipe for Oreo pancakes here http://minimalistbaker.com/oreo-cookie-pancakes/.