MAKE-AHEAD MORNING MIXES

Nothing beats having a make-ahead mix for pancakes or waffles on hand any morning you have a craving. Here are three of our favorites to stock your pantry.

Keep this in mind: These mixes include whole grains. They’ll keep for a while but will go rancid in a couple of months (particularly the gluten-free mix). Store them in a tightly sealed container in a cool, dark pantry. Always smell them before you use them, just to be sure. They shouldn’t have that acrid, slightly sour smell of grains gone bad.

If you’re bleary-eyed in the morning, consider writing out the directions for a batch and keep it right in the container with the mix. Before coffee, any mistake is possible.