The ongoing quest to expand my pancake recipe repertoire continues today with Nutella oat pancakes! I once again have Erika at Southern Soufflé to thank for this recipe. I couldn't resist the sound and look of these pancakes made with a little Nutella chocolate-hazelnut spread and I just wanted a taste as soon as I saw them (I also love her five year old son's adorable artistic rendition of an ice cream cone made with the pancakes, and it really made me smile).
We always have Nutella on hand but I didn't have the quick-cooking oats needed for this recipe. So I put it on my grocery list and then with oats in hand, made a batch of these Nutella oat pancakes for my family this past long weekend. It didn't disappoint and we all give it two-thumbs up!
The buttermilk-based pancakes are moist and fluffy. Two tablespoons of Nutella stirred into the batter essentially takes the place of butter and sugar typically included in a pancake recipe. The quick oats (I realized that I'd never had/made pancakes with oats before and I was concerned that they'd be too overbearing in pancakes) easily soften in the liquid and meld right into the pancakes.
At first bite, my 11-year old said it tasted like an oatmeal cookie, which I thought was a very good sign. My husband and I thought they were fantastic - pancakes with a familiar fluffy texture, but with a subtle hint of Nutella flavor. The only thing that could make them even better was a little more Nutella spread over each pancake. I don't know about you but at our house, Nutella gets spread on top of pancakes often so it's a familiar routine. In this way, we get more of our favorite thing!
For that true diner vibe, we often deploy the whipped cream in the canister, too. That's my husband's preferred way to roll when pancakes and Nutella are involved.
