Vegan pancakes – that is pancakes with no eggs or dairy – are just as light, fluffy and are as easy to make as their more traditional counterparts!

We are HUGE pancake fans. Is it weird that we even have a dedicated Pancake Sunday each week?  But what’s one more vegan pancakes recipe to add to the arsenal?!

Every weekday morning is a complete blur for me. Phil and I are opposite ends of the sleep spectrum, because he’s a morning person and I most definitely am not.  I would really love to be, but I find myself better able to stay awake at night than wake up in the morning.  In any case, for us, weekend breakfasts, especially Pancake Sunday ones, are sacred.

Instead of the rush rush rush, it’s leisurely and relaxed and vegan banana pancakes are a thing to be savoured with many, many cups of tea.

These are the secrets behind how to make vegan pancakes.

They’re actually the same as the secrets to any of those thick, American style fluffy pancakes.

• Allow the batter to rest for just a few minutes before cooking
• When cooking, let the bubbles on the uncooked side fully form before attempting to flip them over
• Be BRAVE when flipping!  Don’t hesitate – I use a fish slice type spatula to really get underneath the pancake and flip in one quick movement

For instance, one of the things that makes pancakes so popular is the ease of making to sheer yummyness ratio, after all,who doesn’t love a big stack of pancakes oozing syrup, fruit, chocolate or nuts?

And this easy vegan pancakes recipe honestly couldn’t be easier.

Just 6 ingredients and one blender are required for these pancakes to be whipped up super quick. One of the best parts is that they can easily scaled up to feed a crowd or down if you just fancy some vegan banana pancakes for your breakfast.

I’ve used banana for a couple of reasons – flavour and natural sweetness. Oats are in there because they’re pretty bloomin’ good for you, filling and delicious, they also keep these vegan oat pancakes gluten free.  Neither Phil nor I are gluten intolerant but it’s something I’m becoming increasingly aware of. More and more people are taking charge of their diet and not every ingredient agrees with everyone.

So why make them vegan?

I became vegan for ethical and environmental reasons rather than out of dietary need, so converting our usual easy pancake recipe into an eggless pancake version seemed like a “no brainer”. As we were both already big fans of vegan american pancakes, I knew I had to give it a try.

Boy oh boy were we not disappointed!  This vegan pancake recipe was a success from the start and needed no tweaking whatsoever and, if there’s one thing we love, its an easy vegan pancake recipe that is so simple, tasty and creates so little washing up!

Looking for more Vegan Pancake Recipes?

Searching for more vegan pancake recipes? We’ve a stack of them (see what I did there…eh?)

• Coconut Vegan Pancakes
• Gingerbread Pancakes
• Summer Fruits Pancake Tacos

For the topping for these fluffy vegan pancakes I’ve used a very simple mixture of blueberries and maple syrup.  Simply warm them together in a small pan and spoon over your pancakes – an extra squeeze of syrup gives that perfect drip too 😉

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