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Healthy Strawberry Spelt Pancakes and Bradley Kountry Acres Strawberry Picking

May 21, 2012 by Angela Roberts 18 Comments

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Strawberry Spelt Pancakes by Angela Roberts

Have you ever picked your own strawberries? We did a few years ago, and it was one of best field trips we’ve done.

Bradley Kountry Acres, a family owned farm, less than an hour outside of Nashville in Cottonwood, Tennessee is celebrating a lengthy and glorious strawberry season thanks to our early warm spring. I didn’t bother to call ahead and as we were making the hour long drive, I was just hoping they had plenty of strawberries. Once we got there, we immediately knew it was worth the trip. Our baskets were filled in a short time because they had ripe and ready strawberries everywhere we turned.

Strawberry Spelt Pancakes

They are expecting to be open for picking through the first week of June, but do check with them through their site or facebook.

Strawberries are close to the ground grown in patches, but the joy of picking big delicious juicy strawberries that need not a drop of sugar is worth all that bending over. No matter where we looked in these patches, there were strawberries ready to go home with us.

We bought 15 pounds of strawberries, tarragon and sage and  flowers and then headed to Cross Plains to a special drug store that has been operating an old fashioned soda fountain since 1930. Thomas Drugs is located next to the Historic Corner Store. Both were special enough to share in the next blog post with a special announcement about a Cross Plains event at the end of the month.

We brought home a lot of strawberries. I froze some of them individually in ice cube trays, and some in mason jars with a technique I talked about here. You can freeze them in jars, just make sure you leave about an inch of space for expansion.

If you live in the Nashville area, you can make it a fun day driving up to Bradley’s, then heading to Cross Plains for an old fashioned soda fountain experience at Thomas Drugs and a stop in at the Historic Corner House for antiques, soaps, food products and more. Both are a real delight, and deserve their own separate post.

Bradley’s has an open house in May (which we plan on attending next year) and is also part of the Portland Strawberry Festival which took place over this past weekend. We missed that too, but we have marked our calendar for future events in the area, including a huge community yard sale that is held over two days in Cross Plains at the end of June.

Healthy Strawberry Pancakes

On Sunday, I made these strawberry pancakes with spelt flour. I didn’t use any oil or butter, substituting apple sauce, for a healthy exchange. My best pancake tip is not to pour any oil in pan, but to merely wipe the pan with oil using a paper towel between each batch, and keep the heat on medium low. This will make for a non-greasy, evenly cooked pancake.

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Low Fat Strawberry Spelt Pancakes

Healthy strawberry pancakes, made with fresh strawberries, spelt flour.

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups spelt flour
  • 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoons salt
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 egg
  • 1/4 cup applesauce
  • 1 cup finely diced strawberries
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla

Instructions

  • Mix dry ingredients together.
  • Fold in milk, applesauce, egg.
  • Add strawberries.
  • Heat a cast iron pan or griddle to medium low. Wipe griddle or pan with some grapeseed oil or canola oil. Pour two tablespoons of batter in pan and wait until they bubble up. Turn, cook for about another minute.
  • Wipe pan with oiled paper towel between each batch.
  • Serve with warmed syrup or yogurt.

Notes

I substituted 1/4 cup of applesauce for a recipe that usually uses 3 tablespoons of melted butter.

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Comments

  1. Tania says

    June 4, 2012 at 1:08 pm

    5 stars
    Made these this morning and they were amazing! Thanks so much for this recipe. In case you’re interested in skipping the white sugar, add in about 2 tbsp coconut nectar. It has a lower glycemic index than agave and has a very mild sweet flavour.

    Reply
  2. Platanos, Mangoes and Me! says

    May 30, 2012 at 5:05 am

    Me liked this very much.

    Reply
  3. bellini says

    May 28, 2012 at 8:13 am

    Look at all of those strawberries, ripe and ready for picking. I am sure with our late Spring it will be late June before we have strawberries this year but in the meantime I am loving California strawberries.

    Reply
  4. Peter G | Souvlaki For The Soul says

    May 22, 2012 at 7:50 pm

    What good fun Angela! I’ve never been strawberry picking before. Love the pancakes…mmmm!

    Reply
  5. Kiki D. says

    May 22, 2012 at 3:11 pm

    Thanks so much for sharing.. Our neighbor spoke of the festival this past weekend (her family is there in Portland), but it was blazing hot.. so we didn’t go out with the little ones. Maybe we will try this weekend. Mmmm.. Mmm!

    Reply
  6. Jenny @ Ichigo Shortcake says

    May 22, 2012 at 11:13 am

    I love your photos! And I love pancakes…never tried making them with fruit, but you make it sound easy. 🙂 I feel like I have the same site theme as you 😀

    Reply
  7. Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella says

    May 22, 2012 at 10:56 am

    These would be absolutely amazing and yes I’ve picked strawberries. They’re great for kids as they are so low to the ground! 😀

    Reply
  8. sippitysup says

    May 22, 2012 at 10:30 am

    The boys are getting so big! GREG

    Reply
  9. Nic@diningwithastud says

    May 21, 2012 at 8:18 pm

    Ooh healthy pancakes 🙂 love it!!

    Reply
  10. amy @ fearless homemaker says

    May 21, 2012 at 5:28 pm

    sounds like you had a wonderful time picking strawberries + i love these healthy pancakes that you made out of them. sounds like the perfect springtime brunch dish!

    Reply
  11. Grishma @ZaikaZabardast says

    May 21, 2012 at 3:36 pm

    Fun fun! But the place is sooo far 🙁 May be next year!

    Reply
  12. Shanna | FoodLovesWriting.com says

    May 21, 2012 at 3:32 pm

    The farm looks like so much fun, just as you described it! What a great local field trip–and your pancakes look delicious.

    Reply

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