Healthier Vegan Spelt Pancakes. No eggs, no dairy. You can be vegan and eat fluffy pancakes!
Mmmmm pancakes!
Before I became vegan I had no idea that you could make pancakes without eggs and milk!
I thought that I would never be able to have them again :o(
Boy was I wrong!
I have been experimenting with pancake recipes for a while now and have had some epic fails. None that were inedible but nothing that I would want to make again.
I eventually made some decent pancakes with white flour but wanted to come up with a slightly healthier recipe so started experimenting with spelt flour.
I know that no pancakes are good for you but as long as you aren’t eating them every day then these Healthier Vegan Spelt Pancakes aren’t going to do you too much damage and they do include good wholesome ingredients and no eggs or cow’s milk.
These Vegan Spelt Pancakes are delicious and the nutty flavour of the flour pairs perfectly with the bananas, walnuts and maple syrup.
If you love pancakes but don’t want to make a whole batch, check out my Healthy Vegan Pancakes for One.
Vegan Spelt Pancakes
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon ground flax seed
- 3 tablespoons luke warm water
- 120g | 1 cup spelt flour
- 240mls | 1 cup non-dairy milk
- 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon coconut oil (in liquid form) + 1 tbsp extra for cooking the pancakes
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
To serve
- sliced banana , optional
- maple syrup , optional
- chopped walnuts , optional
Instructions
Mix the flax seed with the water and set aside to gel.
- In a dry frying pan toast your walnuts for a few minutes then set aside.
- Put the flour, the baking powder, baking soda and salt into a mixing bowl.
- Pour your milk into another bowl or jug. Add the vinegar and leave for a few minutes.
- Add the vanilla extract, liquid coconut oil and flax mixture to the milk mixture and stir well.
- Pour the liquid mixture into the dry mixture and stir together well. You do not want to over mix it and a few little lumps here and there are fine.
- Warm 1 tablespoon of coconut oil in a frying pan over a medium heat.
- When the oil is very hot spoon some of your pancake mixture into the pan. I used 1/3 of a cup per pancake and made 4 but if you want to make them smaller and make more then use 1/4 of a cup.
- Leave them alone until you start to see lots of small bubbles appearing on the top.
- When you see the bubbles flip your pancake over gently.
- Cook for another minute or two then transfer to a plate and pop in the oven to keep warm while you cook the rest unless you have someone on hand to eat them right away!
- When ready top your pancakes with banana slices and chopped walnuts and drizzle over some maple syrup.
I know what you mean about how vegan pancakes seem impossible because eggs seem so essential. Clearly, it’s do-able because you’ve mastered it! I think worse is the combination of vegan and gluten-free. I like to experiment with gluten-free baking because I want to explore alternative flours (as opposed to health benefits because I still love gluten), but I hate using all-purpose GF mixes. And I don’t like xanthan gum. So getting a cake (or pancakes) to rise and hold that rise without tearing/collapsing can be quite difficult, especially when you also remove those structure-building eggs from the recipe. I think that should be your next pancake challenge 😉
Challenge accepted Janice! I’m going on vacation for a couple of weeks soon but will work on that after.
Check out this Instagram post from a follower who made my Banana Walnut Pancakes! https://instagram.com/p/52RPrkn-xn/