Oatmeal pancakes

Name: Oatmeal pancakes
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 19 min
Total time: 29 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Venezuela
Ingredients: 1 medium Egg; 80 ml Milk; 1 tablespoon Sugar; 1 tsp Baking Powder; Pinch Salt; 1 dash Vanilla Extract; 150g Ground Oats; 150g Butter; 1 tablespoon Sugar Syrup; 3 Strawberries

By The Spice & Simmer Kitchen · Published May 3, 2026

A one-pot Breakfast recipe with Venezuela flavors, built for busy weeknights when you want real food without a sink full of dishes. Comes together in roughly 47 minutes, serves about 4, and uses ingredients you can find at any normal grocery store. The technique is simple: build a base in your pot, layer in the main ingredients, simmer until everything has had time to talk to each other, and serve straight from the pan. If you're cooking for picky eaters, this one tends to land — the flavors are recognizable, the texture is comforting, and there's nothing weird hiding in the ingredient list. Perfect for the kind of evening where you want dinner on the table by 7pm and the kitchen empty by 7:30.

Ingredients

Makes 4 servings · 29 min total

1 medium Egg
80 ml Milk
1 tablespoon Sugar
1 tsp Baking Powder
Pinch Salt
1 dash Vanilla Extract
150g Ground Oats
150g Butter
1 tablespoon Sugar Syrup
3 Strawberries

Step-by-step instructions

Place all the ingredients in the glass and beat.
Let the mixture stand for 10 minutes.
Grease a hot frying pan with a little butter and pour a little of the mixture.
When it starts to bubble on the surface, turn over with a spatula. Cook over medium-low heat so that they do not burn.
Finally, add the caramel and strawberries.

Why this works on a weeknight

Oatmeal pancakes genuinely fits a 30-minute weeknight window, which is why it earned a spot in our Skillet & One-Pan collection. The technique is forgiving, the ingredient list is grocery-store standard, and the active cooking time is short enough that you can answer a text message in the middle without ruining dinner.

Cleanup notes

This is a single-pan recipe, so the cleanup is exactly one pan, one cutting board, and one knife. While the dish rests, fill the pan with hot soapy water — by the time you are done eating, the residue lifts off with a single pass of a sponge. Skip the steel wool on cast iron; a stiff brush and warm water are all you need to keep the seasoning intact.

Make-ahead and leftovers

Leftovers keep covered in the fridge for up to three days. Reheat in a dry pan over medium-low with a splash of water or stock to loosen the sauce. Oatmeal pancakes actually improves overnight as the flavors keep talking to each other, so doubling the recipe and packing tomorrow's lunch is a high-leverage weeknight move.

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