Hands down THE best Vegan Banana Pancakes. They are soft, fluffy, super delicious and so simple to make, from scratch, in a blender. This is an essential, keep handy in your back pocket, recipe that everyone needs for an easy, yet decadent breakfast!
Today is dedicated to simple, made from scratch, soft, fluffy and delicious Vegan Banana Pancakes that are just the right amount of sweet, and are hands down, melt in your mouth, YUM.
I usually like all the toppings when I eat pancakes but I like to serve these quite simply. We're talking a generous knob of vegan butter and a heavy handed drizzle of maple syrup. The banana flavour comes through really well and is enhanced by the cinnamon and hint of nutmeg. It's almost like eating sticky, syrupy, banana bread.
As you are probably well aware, the not so perfect vegan pancake situation is all too common, especially when you add extra moistness in the form of banana. They often end up gummy and slightly damp.
My banana pancake game is strong though, and the texture of these is absolutely spot on.
If you aren't into bananas though, check out my Vegan Pancakes for One, my Gingerbread Pancakes, or my Vegan Gluten Free Pancakes instead and if you prefer savoury breakfasts why not make my Vegan Scrambled Eggs?
For now though, we have breakfast heaven right here and once you've tasted a plate of this hot, banana-y, syrup soaked fluffy goodness, your ordinary, plain pancakes might well become a thing of the past.
We're talking a maximum fluff situation. Just call me the fluff-master.
Ok, maybe not ...
HOW TO MAKE VEGAN BANANA PANCAKES
SEE MY VIDEO FOR A VISUAL GUIDE. FOR INGREDIENTS & FULL INSTRUCTIONS PLEASE SEE THE RECIPE CARD AT THE END OF THIS POST
Want to know how easy it is to make my Vegan Banana Pancakes?
Well here's how:
Step 1 - Dump everything in a blender and blend it all up.
Step 2 - Leave the batter to sit for 10 minutes while you preheat the pan/griddle.
Step 3 - Grease the pan/griddle. See my recipe notes regarding what works best.
Step 4 - Pour the batter into rounds on the griddle/pan and let cook until bubbles form, then flip and cook a bit more.
Once the batter is fresh on the griddle/pan, if you want to you can add some optional extras. Chocolate chips or blueberries work particularly well. Just poke them into the uncooked batter before flipping.
Serve with toppings of choice like:
- vegan butter and maple syrup
- vegan yogurt
- fresh fruit
- date caramel
These Vegan Banana Pancakes are:
- Fat, soft and fluffy
- Full of yummy banana, cinnamon and nutmeg flavour
- Super easy and quick to make
- Hearty
- Satisfying
- And I think the best pancakes I have ever made!
A NOTE ON MEASURING FLOUR FOR BEST RESULTS
As always with any of my recipes involving flour, I highly recommend that you weigh it. Cup measurements are not accurate enough to get the best results.
If you do need to use cups, spoon the flour into the cup then level off the top with a knife without compacting it or shaking it down. By doing it like this you will get roughly the correct amount. If you scoop the flour up into the cup, you will end up with much more than is needed and it will affect the outcome of the recipe. Digital scales are available at most big superstores now and you can pick one up for around $10. They are a great investment and are so worth having!
Hungry for more?
Love pancakes? Then be sure to check out my:
- Vegan Blueberry Pancake
- Vegan Spelt Pancakes
- Vegan Pumpkin Pancakes
- Gingerbread Pancakes
- Vegan English Pancakes
- Vegan Sweet Potato Pancakes
Ooops. I think I might have a slight pancake obsession....
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The Best Vegan Banana Pancakes
Ingredients
- 240 ml / 1 cup unsweetened non dairy milk
- 2 tablespoons + 1 teaspoon oil of choice , or cashew butter for oil free but they won't be quite as light and fluffy
- 1 medium banana, peeled , weighing around 170 g in it's skin
- 200 g / 1½ cups + 2 tablespoons all purpose flour , or spelt flour (see the recipe notes re measuring the flour). If you are in the UK use plain flour
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda (bicarbonate of soda in the UK)
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
INSTRUCTIONS
- Add all of the ingredients to a blender . It blends up much easier if you add the liquid ingredients first, followed by the dry ingredients. If you don't have a blender you can make them by hand. I will include instructions at the end.
- Blend the ingredients until smooth. Don't over blend. turn it off as soon as everything is smooth and combined. It should take less than a minute.
- Leave the batter to rest for at least 10 minutes. It will be thick. Don't be tempted to thin it. While it rests, preheat your griddle to medium (about 325 °f) or use a skillet or frying pan .
- Lightly grease (with a little oil or vegan butter) the pan/griddle with a brush, then pour the batter on in rounds, about 1 ladle full per pancake or roughly ⅓ of a cup. Leave to cook until bubbles appear all over the top and begin to pop, then flip very gently.
- Allow to cook for another 2 to 3 minutes until golden then remove from the pan and serve immediately.
To make by hand:
- Mash the banana really, really well until it is a puree consistency. Beat it together with the milk and oil until combined well.
- Add all of the dry ingredients to a bowl, whisk them together, then gradually pour in the milk, stirring as you go to work out the lumps. Stir until all of the flour is absorbed and the batter is smooth, then leave to rest for 10 minutes before carrying on as above.
NOTES
NUTRITION
Nutritional information is provided for convenience & as a courtesy. The data is a computer generated estimate so should be used as a guide only.
Helen says
This is the best recipe for banana pancakes I have ever made , delicious!
A Virtual Vegan says
Thank you Helen. So pleased you're enjoying them!
Pam says
i made a couple substitutes... needless to say i’m going to follow the exact recipe next time!
Eva says
Best vegan pancakes ever, thank you, just what I needed.
A Virtual Vegan says
Glad you enjoyed them Eva! I've just finished eating some myself!
Lisa says
The absolute best pancakes ever! Easy, fluffy, perfection ❤️
Melanie McDonald says
Thank you Lisa. I'm really pleased you are enjoying them!
Hoku says
These are sooo good! My toddler is picky and pancakes are always so hard for me. I think what really helped was a great recipe and FRESH baking soda and higher quality baking powder So it doesn’t leave that nasty after taste. I do have one question. My pancakes were kind of liquidy in the middle. Then I started pushing them down to cook but looses that fluffy texture it originally had. Do you think my pan is too hot? It didn’t burn but I used a cast iron and an outdoor cooking stove because that’s what I have. Thank you for an awesome recipe
A Virtual Vegan says
So pleased you enjoyed them! The trick to vegan pancakes (because there's no egg to set everything like non-vegan ones) is to cook them slowly so that the insides dry out and become fluffy, which means your pan shouldn't be too hot. If it is they will be done on the outside before they are in the middle. That sounds like what happened. If you start pushing them down then you'll lose the air in there and they'll become gummy and not fluffy. Just cook them slow and let them be.
Other factors that might have contributed are using a banana that was too big (too much banana affects the texture) and over blending/mixing.
Hope that helps!
Talya says
I think someone else commented that they don't normally post reviews of recipes, but this was an exception.. And totally exceptional! I've never made pancakes and wanted a quick, pain-free option. This delivered! They looked incredible and tasted yum! Perfect served with vegan butter and peanut butter. Yummy!!! Thanks for a fab recipe.
A Virtual Vegan says
Thank you so much for coming back to leave a review and I'm really pleased you enjoyed them!
Valerie Vanasse says
This is my first time commenting on a recipe. These are the only vegan pancakes I make. They are hands down the best I've ever had and so easy to make!!
I was just wondering if you've ever doubled the recipe?
A Virtual Vegan says
I'm really pleased you enjoyed them! I take my vegan pancake game very seriously ;O) You can safely double or triple the recipe. I do regularly.
Sherry says
These pancakes were the best ones I’ve ever tried. My 6 year old loves them and is now requesting them all the time. I’ve always struggled with making vegan pancakes fluffy, but these ones turned out so big, fluffy and delicious they are now on rotation.
A Virtual Vegan says
I'm really pleased you enjoyed them Sherry!
Kim says
So delicious! I followed the directions and these came out beautifully. The only changes I made were to add a little less sugar because I don’t like things very sweet and I added blueberries. This was also my first time using spelt flour. It was so quick and easy to make this in the blender. Love this recipe. Thank you! I shared this recipe with a Facebook group “Pampered Chef Deluxe Cooking Blender” which is the blender I used for this recipe. Worked great.
A Virtual Vegan says
I'm so pleased you enjoyed them Kim and thanks so much for coming back to leave a review/rating. It's much appreciated!
Myrtle says
These pancakes were a bit too salty for me, but other than that they were completely delicious and easy to make! I will definitely make these again, probably adding less salt.
A Virtual Vegan says
The ratio of salt to flour/bananas in this recipe is pretty low so you really shouldn't be able to taste it. Just in case you didn't, be sure to weigh the flour and use measuring spoons for the salt, baking powder, soda etc. If you don't you can end up with the ratios of everything being slightly off and too much baking soda or powder can have a kind of "salty" taste. You can certainly decrease or omit the salt though. It won't affect how the recipe turns out. Hope that helps!
Naomi Simpson says
Lovely pancakes, think I added to much baking powder as I was out of bicarbonate but still tasted amazing! So fluffffy
Yvette A says
Can you make the batter ahead of time and have it in the fridge?
A Virtual Vegan says
No. The baking soda will lose its power and they won't be as fluffy. This pancake is great for making ahead. Cook as per the recipe and it reheats beautifully in the oven or microwave because it's so big and fluffy, almost like a cake! https://avirtualvegan.com/giant-blueberry-vegan-pancake/
Also the batter for these English pancakes can be made ahead the night before if you want to because they aren't fluffy: https://avirtualvegan.com/vegan-english-pancakes/
Hope that helps!
Leah says
I’ve literally never commented on a recipe but I feel I absolutely have to after seeing a few negative reviews... I had to come and say - these pancakes are flipping incredible!!! Best vegan ones I’ve ever made. I used spelt and followed every step (including weighing flour) - wow. Thank you. Love love love!!!
A Virtual Vegan says
Thank you Leah!
Carmen Guzman says
I will try this. Are the calories per pancake? Or the whole batch?
A Virtual Vegan says
per pancake
KJ says
Amazing recipe! The pancakes turned out perfect, I think the banana to flour to milk ratio is spot on here.
Ciara Lowe says
I don’t know how these pancakes turned out well for anyone. There seemed to be way too much liquid and fat used so my “pancakes” were more like soup that spilled onto the pan and instantly started burning. I had to do a lot of tweaking on my own just so they would form on the pan. They are still too oily and not fluffy at all. I used almond flour and coconut oil and have not had issues with these substitutes before.
A Virtual Vegan says
Well there you have it. You didn't follow the recipe. You can't complain a recipe doesn't work if you didn't actually make it as written. Almond flour is not a direct substitution for all-purpose flour. Its qualities are totally different and it will not work well in this recipe or most others that call for all-purpose flour. It's nowhere near as absorbent and it has no gluten or strength so I'm not surprised the batter was runny and didn't make fluffy pancakes. Make the tried and very well tested version as it's written, and you'll have thick fluffy pancakes that work and are fluffy and delicious.