Tender, delicious, and nutritious, these vegan buttermilk pancakes are quick and easy to make with simple wholesome ingredients. Drizzle them with the fruit-sweetened syrup and top with you your favorite toppings. These pancakes will be a crowd-pleaser and will quickly become your favorite pancake recipe!
Buttermilk Whole Grain Pancakes (Vegan, Gluten-Free, Oil-Free)
These vegan pancakes are healthy, delicious, moist with a touch of sweetness!
Ingredients
Vegan Buttermilk
- 3/4 cup Plant-based Milk, unsweetened (I prefer Soy milk)
- 1 Tbsp Apple Cider Vinegar
Flour
- 1¼ cup Old Fashioned Rolled Oats (quick oats will work too)
- ⅛ cup Yellow Polenta
- 2 Tbsp Date Sugar
- ½ tsp Cinnamon
- ½ tsp Baking Powder
- ½ tsp Baking Soda
Additional Wet Ingredients
- ½ cup Applesauce, unsweetened
- ½ tsp Pure Vanilla Extract (or 1/4 tsp Vanilla Bean Powder
Optional Add-Ins
- ⅛ cup Walnuts or Pecans (chopped)
- ¼ cup Frozen Wild Blueberries or Fresh Strawberries
- ⅛ cup Enjoy Life Mini Chocolate Morsels
Instructions
- Preheat a non-stick griddle to 325F. (See note for oven option)
- Whisk the Milk and the Apple Cider Vinegar together in a bowl and set aside for 5 minutes.
- Add the Rolled Oats to a blender and process for about 10 seconds to make flour. Transfer to a large bowl. Add the Polenta and all of the remaining dry ingredients. Whisk together until well combined.
- Add the Buttermilk, Applesauce, and Vanilla Extract to the flour. Mix well.
- Stir in optional add-ins.
- Pour ⅓ cup scoops of batter onto the griddle. Cook for 8 minutes. Flip and cook for an additional 7 minutes. NOTE: If fruit was added to the batter, allow an additional 2 minutes of cooking time. Transfer the pancakes to a parchment-lined cookie sheet. Allow to cool and firm up for 3-5 minutes.
- Drizzle with Maple Syrup, Date Syrup, or Berrilicious Syrup (recipe below)! Enjoy!
- NOTE: These pancakes freeze nicely. Recommend wrapping each pancake individually with parchment paper then place inside a zip lock freezer bag. They will keep in the freezer for at least a couple of months. Simply defrost them using the microwave or allow them to thaw to room temperature.
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Notes
Oven Option: These pancakes can be cooked in the oven. They will not have that nice brown color, but they taste just as good! Simply preheat your oven to 400F. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Scoop six 1/3 cup dollops of batter onto the pan. Bake for 12 minutes. Flip and bake for an additional 8 minutes. Allow cooling for 3-5 minutes. Serve as desired. Enjoy!
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Berrilicious Syrup
This syrup is made of fruit and nothing but the fruit. Perfect for pancakes, donuts, or hot cereal.
Ingredients
- 2 large Medjool Dates, pitted and chopped
- ½ cup Fresh/Frozen Strawberries
- ½ cup Fresh/Frozen Blue Berries
- ½ Lemon, zest
- 1 Tbsp Lemon Juice
- ¼ cup Apple Juice, unfiltered
Instructions
- Add all of the ingredients EXCEPT the apple juice to a glass bowl.
- Microwave the ingredients for 3 minutes.
- Add the Apple Juice to the bowl. Use an immersion blender and blend until smooth. Serve as desired.
- NOTE: Syrup will thicken the longer it sits. May add additional juice to thin out.
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The vegan buttermilk whole grain pancakes were a simple make that left my palate yearning for more. The recipe was to follow, and I had all the ingredients on hand.
Hey big bro! So glad you enjoyed the pancakes!