Light, fluffy and perfect vegan pancakes. Perfectly sweet, super easy and ideal for breakfast. These are the best pancakes, vegan or otherwise!
These vegan pancakes are light fluffy and utterly perfect!
They are also just so easy. If you ever thought you needed eggs and dairy to make good pancakes then this recipe is here to throw all of that out the water.
Light and perfectly fluffy, deliciously satisfying, and with just the right amount of sweet.
Fabulous served with melted butter and lots of syrup, of course, but something a little more weird that I like with pancakes is to serve them with some jam and vegan whipped cream too.
Some fresh fruit on the side is also a winner. Or how about all of the choices! And if you love pancakes then definitely check out our vegan banana pancakes too.
How to make Vegan Pancakes from Scratch
This recipe is a simple mix of all purpose flour, sugar, baking powder and salt mixed up in a bowl. To that you add some soy milk (almond milk works great too), a flax egg and some coconut oil.
If you’ve never heard of a flax egg don’t worry it’s really easy. It’s just a mix of ground flaxseed meal with some hot water. We have a full tutorial on how to make a flax egg if this is sounding too weird to you. It works GREAT as an egg replacer in things like pancakes.
I don’t always use egg replacers, in our recipe for vegan waffles, there is no egg replacer in sight! But I find the flax egg works really nicely in this recipe. And flax is a good addition a lot of the time, it adds a great wholesomeness to these pancakes.
Coconut oil provides the perfect level of moistness, but only a little is needed.
Mix it into a batter and then heat up the frying pan with a little oil. Pour out around 1/4 cup of batter into the frying pan. When you see small bubbles start to appear on the surface of the pancake and the edges are starting to look dry then you flip it and cook the other side.
How to make Vegan Pancakes Fluffy
The baking powder creates amazing fluffiness in these pancakes! We use a whole tablespoon, which is quite a lot of baking powder for a recipe this size, but it really works.
These pancakes are fluffy to the max!
This recipe makes around 8 pancakes, depending on the size that you make them. So if you’re serving more people, it’s easy enough to do a double or even a triple batch.
I use soy milk in the recipe, but you can easily substitute this for almond milk or another non-dairy milk if you prefer.
I used regular granulated white sugar, but I imagine coconut sugar would also be great, though I haven’t tried it this way.
Can Vegans Eat Pancakes?
Yes! This is one of the questions I came across online when looking up how I can answer ALL the questions you may have about pancakes, and oh yes, you can most definitely eat pancakes as a vegan.
You will often need to make them yourself though, because the standard way to make them is usually with dairy milk and regular eggs.
They are so easy to make yourself, that you’ll soon be a pancake master! And no one will be able to tell the difference. Well, they might tell you these are the best pancakes they’ve ever had.
Can you make these Vegan Pancakes Gluten-Free?
I recommend you use a gluten-free all purpose flour blend that is meant to replace regular all purpose flour. If you use that, you’ll have the best results.
How long do Vegan Pancakes keep in the fridge?
You can keep leftovers for around 5 days in the fridge. Reheat in the frying pan with a little oil, or you can heat them in the microwave or toaster.
Can you Freeze Vegan Pancakes?
Yes! They are freezer friendly. Let them cool completely before freezing.
More Vegan Breakfast Recipes!
- Vegan Blueberry Muffins
- Vegan Banana Muffins
- Vegan Tofu Scramble
- Vegan French Toast
- Vegan Scones
- Vegan Omelette
Vegan Pancakes
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 30 mins
- Total Time: 40 minutes
- Yield: 8 Pancakes
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Light, fluffy and perfect vegan pancakes. Perfectly sweet, super easy and ideal for breakfast. These are the best pancakes, vegan or otherwise!
Ingredients
- 1 and 1/4 cups (156g) All Purpose Flour
- 3 Tbsp White Sugar
- 1 Tbsp Baking Powder
- 1/4 tsp Salt
- 3/4 cup (180ml) Soy Milk (or any non-dairy milk)
- 1 Flax Egg (1 Tbsp Ground Flaxseed Meal with 3 Tbsp Hot Water)
- 1 Tbsp Coconut Oil
Instructions
- Sift the flour into a mixing bowl.
- Add the sugar, baking powder and salt and mix together.
- Prepare your flax egg by mixing 1 Tbsp Ground Flaxseed Meal with 3 Tbsp Hot Water and allowing to sit for a minute or so to thicken.
- Add the soy milk (or other non-dairy milk), flax egg and coconut oil to the dry ingredients and mix in.
- Heat up a pan and grease lightly with a little coconut oil.
- The pan should be very hot, but not smoking, before you pour in your first batch of batter.
- Add batter to the pan in roughly 1/4 cup measures.
- You will see small bubbles appear on the surface of the pancakes and the edges will dry, that is when it’s time to flip over onto the other side.
- Cook until nicely browned on both sides.
Notes
*Weigh your flour for the most accurate results. If you are only using cups to measure the flour then make sure you are using the spoon and level method which is the correct way to measure flour if using cups. If you have used too much flour, then you will need extra non-dairy milk (which is also not the end of the world if this does happen). See our video and process photos for how the batter should look, it should not be too thick.
*Nutritional estimate is based on 1 pancake (of 8) without vegan butter or syrup.
- Category: Breakfast, Dessert
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Vegan
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 Pancake (of 8)
- Calories: 118
- Sugar: 4.6g
- Sodium: 281mg
- Fat: 2.5g
- Saturated Fat: 1.5g
- Carbohydrates: 20.9g
- Fiber: 0.8g
- Protein: 2.9g
Keywords: vegan pancakes
Are flaxseed meal and flax meal the same? I can only find “flax meal” in my grocery store.
It should be the same thing! Sometimes if it’s more finely ground they call it ‘flax flour’. It works okay but I prefer it to be a little bit more roughly ground so I often make my own just putting whole flaxseeds in the blender and just pulse blend until it’s broken up but not so well done that it’s a flour. But either way should still work fine in a recipe! All the best! 🙂
Looking forward to trying for my son with egg and dairy allergies! Would chia seeds work as an egg replacer also?
Hi Chloe, yes you can make a chia egg the exact same way you make a flax egg and you can use it in place of the flax egg. All the best! 🙂
I really love this recipe. The first time I made a single batch and they were very good. Nice and fluffy. Wished I had made a double batch. So the next morning I did! Just as wonderful. Just make sure your baking powder isnt old.
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Delicious! We made these in bulk and they were even great reheated.
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Awesome! Thanks for sharing and the great review. 🙂
My 23 year old son LOVES pancakes so decided to make these. They were so delicious, he made a 2nd batch and brought me some. We are hooked! Thank you for this fantastic recipe. He also makes your vegan vanilla cupcakes! lol.
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Awesome! I’m so happy to hear that! Thanks so much for the awesome review Syndey! 🙂
Hi, the recipe looks lovely! But is brown sugar and white sugar vegan?
I normally add brown sugar to my pancakes, Thanks, Laken
Hi Laken, yes sugar is usually vegan. But if you’re in the USA it’s safest to get one marked organic. All the best! 🙂
I used whole wheat pastry flour, all I had. The mix was more like dough, added more almond milk, to help, batter was still thick, but made great blueberry pancakes. My non vegan hubby loved them.
Glad to hear they worked out in the end! 🙂
Oh my gosh this recipe is just delish. I used 1 cup almond milk instead and just 2 tbsp of sugar because I wanted to use syrup. But ahhhhmazing flavor and consistency. I love it. This is gonna be my go to recipe.
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So happy you enjoyed the recipe Joanna! Thanks so much for the awesome review. xo
The Batter was a little thick but, my family enjoyed it. I highly recommend using this recipe
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Thanks for the awesome review! 🙂
My “no new food Mantra” wife loves these. I even got the flax egg past her. Will experiment next time w oat flour and AP. Oh and I used water not a “milk”. They are definitely going to get made in repeat. Oh I also dbld the recipe and needed to add 2tsp more of baking powder.
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Thanks for sharing and the awesome rating Alex! 🙂
I think the proportions are perfect! I don’t know what everyone else is talking about 🙂 Yes it is a thick batter, but it makes the pancakes super fluffy and perfect!!! Thank you! We love the recipe!
Thanks Tiffany! xo
Can I use a gluten free flour like cassava flour instead of white flour? How about in all recipes that call for all-purpose flour?
Hi Kay, if you want to switch flours for gluten-free the best choice is going to be a gluten-free all purpose flour blend that is meant to replace regular flour. All the best! 🙂
Can this batter be used for waffles?
Hi Janette, I have a very similar batter that I used for our classic vegan waffles. 🙂
Worked out really great, also had to add a bit more milk, although i wasn’t exact with the measurements.
So glad it worked out great, thanks for sharing! 🙂
I added apple cider vinegar to almond milk to make buttermilk and the pancakes turned out even better!
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Great! Thanks for sharing! 🙂
The pancakes were very nice but I also found 3/4 cup of almond milk did make the batter pasty. Added about 1/4 cup more. Would it be the flour has an impact on the consistency. What brand of flour would you recommend?
Hi Trich, all purpose flour should be the same irrespective of brand. I would recommend weighing the flour so you definitely don’t use too much, this is the most usual problem when using only the cup measure is accidentally using too much. But even if you do, if you’re flexible with the amount of non-dairy milk added, it can still work fine in a recipe like this. Glad they were good! 🙂
Clearly it’s 1 and 3/4 cup soy milk: as 3/4 makes paste. Fingers crossed.
Hi Adrian, no it definitely isn’t, it’s 3/4 cup (180ml). My guess would be you used too much flour. Hope they worked out anyway! 🙂
I use hydrated chia seeds as the egg substitute. Works out great.
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Awesome! Thanks so much for sharing! 🙂
I added an extra 1/4 c almond milk and 1/2 c water and they turned out great! thanks!