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Our buttermilk pancake recipe is so simple that even the little ... purpose flour and add 1/4 cup oat bran, wheat bran, or toasted wheat germ.

Place the oats, flaked bran or wheat germ, barley or rye flakes ... this should take only about 10 minutes. Mix the toasted ingredients with the sultanas, apricots and figs.