3-Ingredient Vegan Pancakes

3-ingredient banana oat pancakes that are vegan (dairy-free, egg-free), gluten-free, refined sugar-free, and very easy to make! These oat flour pancakes are perfect for breakfast or as a healthy dessert.

What do you normally eat for breakfast? Granola? Toast? Just fruit? A smoothie? Porridge? Something savory, or nothing at all? What about a delicious and easy breakfast made with plant-based wholefood ingredients, like these healthy vegan banana pancakes?

I love to make pancakes on weekends and serve them with banana, maple syrup or chocolate sauce.  You can add dairy-free chocolate chips or just fruit to make them even healthier.

Some people might fear that pancakes contain too much fat, sodium, and calories. But don’t be afraid because these banana oatmeal pancakes are pretty healthy!

3-Ingredient Oat Flour Pancakes

Turn your regular “boring” oatmeal into pancakes! This recipe contains only 3 simple main ingredients and is furthermore very easy to make. The total time to make this vegan breakfast is about 20 minutes. Check the printable recipe below for measurements!

The three basic ingredients are:

• Oat flour
• Plant-based milk
• Banana

Oat flour: I always use regular oats, which I process in an electric spice/coffee grinder. It works like a charm and is also cheaper than store-bought oat flour. If you are a celiac, make sure to use certified gluten-free oats. Check the recipe notes below for an oat substitute!

Plant-based milk: I prefer using lite coconut milk, however, you could also use any other plant-based milk with the addition of one tablespoon oil.

Banana: If you can’t have bananas (or don’t like the flavor), I would suggest giving applesauce a try. I haven’t tested it myself, but it should work fine. 2 flax “eggs” (2 tbsp ground flax seeds mixed with 5 tbsp water) or chia eggs should work as well, but the pancakes will be less sweet.

You can also add maple syrup (or any other liquid sweetener) to make the oat flour pancakes sweeter (or drizzle it later on the finished stack). Baking powder makes the pancakes a little fluffier.

Why Oats?

You might ask why I use oats/oat flour to make pancakes instead of all-purpose flour? Oats taste good, they are healthy, rich in fiber, protein, magnesium and especially manganese. They also contain lots of phosphorus, selenium, zinc and vitamin B1.

Oats contain beta-glucans which have been shown to contribute to the maintenance of normal blood cholesterol levels. Beta-glucans is also a type of soluble fiber that slows down the absorption of carbohydrates into the bloodstream.

Oats are furthermore very affordable. All together, there are so many reasons to consume oats more often.

How To Make Vegan Banana Oat Pancakes?

Below you can see 6 process shots. These oatmeal pancakes are really simple, everyone can make them:

PHOTOS 1+2: Mash the banana with a fork.

PHOTOS 3+4: Mix all ingredients together in a bowl. It works best with a whisk.

PHOTO 5: I use a heaping ice cream scoop for one small/medium-sized pancake. You can make larger pancakes, but they will be thinner.

PHOTO 6: Bake until golden brown, then serve with your favorite toppings and enjoy!

These Oatmeal Pancakes Are:

• Dairy-free
• Egg-free
• Gluten-free
• Refined sugar-free
• Moist
• Soft
• Easy to make
• Quick

Should you give these vegan banana oat pancakes a try, please leave a comment and rating below and don’t forget to tag me in your Instagram or Facebook post with @elavegan #elavegan because I would love to see your remakes!

Make sure to also check out my other gluten-free & vegan pancake recipes:

• Chocolate Stuffed Pancakes
• Caramel Chocolate Pancakes
• Blueberry Sheet Pan Pancakes
• Vegan Chocolate Chip Pancakes
• Pajeon – Korean Scallion Pancakes
• Apple Cinnamon Pancakes (Gluten-Free)

Banana Oat Flour Pancakes

Author: Michaela Vais

3-ingredient banana oat flour pancakes that are vegan (dairy-free, egg-free), gluten-free, refined sugar-free, and very easy to make! They are perfect for breakfast or as a healthy dessert.

4.96 from 42 votes

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Prep Time 5 mins

Cook Time 15 mins

Total Time 20 mins

Course Breakfast, Dessert

Cuisine American

Servings 5 pancakes

Calories 140 kcal

Ingredients

 

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• 1 cup (90 g) oat flour (gluten-free if needed) (see notes)
• 2/3 cup (160 ml) lite coconut milk (canned) (see notes)
• 1/2 (65 g) banana (see notes)

Optional ingredients

• 1-2 tbsp maple syrup for sweeter pancakes
• 3/4 tsp baking powder for fluffier pancakes
• pinch of salt

Instructions

 

• I recommend measuring the ingredients in grams on a kitchen scale.
• In a bowl, mash the banana with a fork, add the other ingredients and stir with a whisk until just combined.
• Heat a little oil in a skillet over medium heat. Spoon some of the batter (I use one heaping ice cream scoop) into the hot skillet and cook the pancake on low to medium from both sides until golden brown.
• Serve with either fruit, maple syrup, a chocolate sauce, caramel sauce, or whatever you prefer. Enjoy!

Notes

This recipe has been updated with new photos and helpful tips, the recipe is exactly the same as published in November 2016.

Video Of The Recipe

 

• Oat flour: If you don't have oat flour, simply process oats (regular or certified gluten-free oats) in a blender or electric spice/coffee grinder until you have oat flour.
• You can use buckwheat flour instead of oat flour. You might need to adjust the amount of plant-based milk though.
• Canned coconut milk: If you don't want to use canned coconut milk, you can use any other plant-based milk instead with the addition of 1 tablespoon oil!
• Banana: Applesauce might work as well in this recipe but I haven't tried it yet.
• Please don't compare these pancakes with regular pancakes that are made with wheat flour (gluten!) and eggs. They can't be as fluffy as regular pancakes, but they still taste amazing!
• Recipe makes about 5 pancakes. Nutrition facts are for one pancake.

Nutrition Facts

Banana Oat Flour Pancakes

Amount per Serving

Calories

140

% Daily Value*

Fat

 

4

g

6

%

Saturated Fat

 

2

g

10

%

Carbohydrates

 

22

g

7

%

Fiber

 

2

g

8

%

Sugar

 

4

g

4

%

Protein

 

4

g

8

%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Nutrition information is an estimate and has been calculated automatically

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