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Vegan pancakes, made easy! These 3-ingredient vegan pancakes require just a blender and a pan, and the batter is ready in just a few minutes! Plus, they are gluten-free, oil-free, and perfect for meal prep.
*Updated September 2020*
An easy and no-fuss recipe that is filling, comforting and does not skimp on flavor? Count me in!
All you need for these pancakes are 3 simple ingredients:
- Rolled Oats: If you are gluten-free, you can find gluten-free rolled oats here.
- Ripe Bananas: The riper the bananas are, the sweeter they get! We know our bananas are ready when they become nice and spotty (as pictured above).
- Plant-Based Milk: We use unsweetened almond just because it’s usually what we have, but feel free to use any plant-based milk of your choice! You can even use a sweetened and/or vanilla variety to give the pancakes that extra oomph.
Pop all of these into a blender, blend until smooth and voila, your 3-ingredient vegan pancake batter is ready!
To take these pancakes to the next level, consider adding things like:
- Cinnamon or Pumpkin Pie Spice
- Vanilla Extract
- Sugar (or sweetener or choice)
- Chocolate Chips
- Nuts
- Blueberries
A few more delicious pancake recipes to try out:
- Savory Corn Pancakes w/ Cilantro Dill Cream Sauce
- Fluffy Sweet Potato Pancakes
- Fluffy Vegan Buttermilk Pancakes
Make sure you tag me on Instagram @sweetsimplevegan and hashtag #sweetsimplevegan if you recreate these 3-Ingredient Vegan Pancakes, I’d love to see your photos!
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3-Ingredient Vegan Pancakes (Gluten-free)
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 4
- Diet: Gluten Free
Description
An easy, no-fuss pancake recipe that is filling, comforting and does not skimp on flavor one bit. Plus, this recipe requires just 3 simple ingredients.
Ingredients
- 3 cups gluten-free rolled oats
- 2 1/4 cups unsweetened almond milk (or plant-based milk of choice)
- 2 medium spotty bananas*
Recommended add-ins:
- 2 tablespoons sugar or 2 medjool dates, pitted
- 1/2–1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup of: chocolate chips or blueberries or crushed nuts, etc (or a combination of each) – stir in at end
Instructions
- Heat a non-stick pan on medium low.
- Add all of the ingredients to a high speed blender and blend until smooth.
- Use a 1/3 cup measuring up to scoop the batter onto the heated pan. We recommend only cooking 1 pancake to start to see if you need to modify the heat of the pan. Allow the pancake to cook until bubbles appear around the edges, then flip and cook until golden.
- Serve immediately.
Notes
- This batter will be quite thick. If you would like to thin it out for thinner pancakes, add more plant-based milk, 1 tablespoon at a time, until it reaches your desired consistency.
- Nutrition facts are taken for 4 servings and does not take into account any additional add-ins or toppings.
- We recommend a non stick pan for best result but if you do not have one, cook them on medium to low heat with an oiled pan.
- These pancakes can be frozen in an airtight container or bag for future consumption. When doing this, we like to reheat them in a toaster or toaster oven.
- If you would like to fluff these pancakes up, try adding 3 teaspoons of baking powder.
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 15 mins
- Category: Breakfast
- Method: Blender and Stovetop
- Cuisine: Vegan
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How do you cook them without oil? I tried the recipe and used a nonstick pan but the top and bottom of the pancake would burn before the middle cooked and I ended up just making “pancake scramble” because I couldn’t flip them. The middle never cooked. Please help the batter was delicious but I really want to make actual pancakes. Thanks!
I am so sorry! I would suggest spreading out the pancake more and if that does not work on your non-stick pan, then a pinch of oil may be necessary :/
Hey, I dnt have a non stick pan, can I use olive oil to make this, do u guys think it will come out the same?
Yes I think it will! 🙂
Jasmin! I made this recipe and the batter was a little thick, I tried making a thin pancake but they still came out mushy. I added some water and blended the batter again now it’s a better consistency and the pancakes aren’t mushy anymore. Maybe in the future you can edit the recipe and add water or more almond milk to ensure they aren’t mushy? Just a suggestions, thanks for the recipe, the syrup was delicious!
Oh no, thank you so much for letting us all know! 🙂
I tried this recipe with coconut flour instead of oat flour and it went horribly. Super dry, tasteless, couldn’t even keep a viscous consistency. I had to add way more than the recommended amount of liquid. What went wrong?!
Hi Bryn! Unfortunately it was the coconut flour that was what went wrong 🙁 I wouldn’t recommend substituting coconut flour 1:1 in recipes as it absorbs a great deal of liquid, so you’ll need plenty of extra moisture when using it. I have read that a good rule of thumb for using coconut flour is to use at least a 1:1 ratio of coconut flour to liquid in recipes. If you attempt the recipe again using it, I would try that as opposed to substituting the oat flour 1:1 with coconut flour. I apologize for that, thanks for letting us all know here.
I wish I had read this before making it with coconut flour too! The same thing is happening to me. Well, off to brunch we go! Next time I’ll use oat flour!
This is a great recipe and it has become a favorite in our house. Does anything need to be added to make it work as a waffle batter?
Hi Eric! Aww yay I am glad 🙂 Yes yes yes https://sweetsimplevegan.com/2016/02/vegan-neapolitan-waffle-sundaes/I actually made waffles inspired by/based off of this, they can be found here: https://sweetsimplevegan.com/2016/02/vegan-neapolitan-waffle-sundaes/
These looked beautiful on the outside, but no matter how long I cooked them, they were mushy on the inside. The texture was a bit too dense in my opinion. They were okay for a healthy breakfast, but I didn’t care for the gummy texture of the pancake.
oh no!! I wonder why that is I apologize for that :/ I would suggest a thinner pancake, or try cooking on a lower temperature for a longer time so that the outside does not cook too much faster than the inside. Thanks for the feedback!
Since the batter was so thick, it didn’t spread out naturally on my pan like other recipes. Maybe I needed to add additional liquid to thin? I did use the back of a spoon to spread some out and those turned out a bit better. I am not sure what I did wrong. :/ Maybe baking powder would have made them less dense?
Hi Haley! Baking powder would be used to make it rise, and you can attempt that! You can also try baking soda + a squeeze of lemon juice for rising, but I have not tried that option. If you would like to use the recipe as is, I would add more liquid into it and it should spread out more! Lower heat to cook slower so it will be more even as well. I apologize again for the mishap and I do hope that it works out if you try it again! I appreciate the feedback for others to read here in the comments, too.
Thank you so much! I try to eat low fat vegan most of the time and I have also recently realised that I need to be gluten free too. These were amazing and delicious. I sat down to eat pancakes with my family and didn’t compromise my health or make myself ill.
Hi Mandy! This made me so happy to hear, thank you so much for sharing 🙂
This was great! I was craving pancakes and live near a diner.. I was actually tempted to eat those nasty things until I found your recipe! I used coconut oil instead of your berry syrup recipe bc I lacked any of the ingredients but blueberries. Still tasted great! Thanks
Awesome Kate!! That makes me so happy to hear. This definitely hit the spot 🙂
So actually not oil-free…?
This recipe is oil free 🙂
Hi, Jasmine. I’ve seen these all over Intagram, too. I don’t like pancakes, but you make them look delicious, and they are flourless. I would like to make these for my son to reheat before school during the week. Do you know if they would freeze well, and if not, how long the batter would be okay to stay in the fridge? It has the bananas, so I’m guessing not too long. Thank you for your time, and for sharing the recipe.
I have never frozen them or kept the batter in the fridge, sorry :/ It would thicken up a bit overtime though, so that may be something to consider you might have to add a couple tablespoons of water after refrigeration.
Not sure if you have tried these already, but I froze them and they thawed perfectly. I made a huge batch by accident and find myself thawing them for many uses outside of breakfast. Quick post workout snack with peanut butter, chia seeds and a little honey, quick dessert with butter and cinnamon, etc. Hope that helps!
Wow, I had no idea that would work! Thank you so much for letting me know I am pumped to make more 🙂
What if you don’t have a processor or a blender?
That would be the best way to prepare these! You can certainly mash the banana but keep in mind that the pancakes will have more texture.