These Vegan Banana Pancakes are fluffy on the inside, crisp on the outside, and incredibly easy to make with a mashed banana and a handful of pantry staples! The best 1-bowl breakfast.
Don’t miss out on even more vegan pancake recipes! Start with my Simple Vegan Pancakes, then try my Vegan Blueberry Pancakes and Vegan Chocolate Pancakes.
If I’m not making my Vegan Banana Bread with the browning bananas on my counter, I’m making these easy and fluffy Vegan Banana Pancakes. At this point, I’m buying more bananas than I can handle because our family loves these pancakes so much!
“Delicious! My toddler, preschooler and I couldn’t get enough of them. Thanks for a perfect recipe.” – Megan
To make this recipe as easy as possible, I whipped up a quick batter using only mashed bananas and pantry staples. This gives the cooked pancakes sweet banana flavors that any banana lover will fall for!
When I’m not cooking a fresh batch of banana pancakes, I’m reheating the emergency stash in my freezer. They freeze beautifully and always come in handy during those extra sleepy mornings.
Why you’ll love these easy banana pancakes
- A family favorite! Both kids and adults love these fluffy banana pancakes for breakfast and brunch, especially with maple syrup and banana slices on top.
- Easy 1-bowl breakfast – I kept this recipe as easy as possible, with just a handful of ingredients that are quickly mixed together in one bowl. It’s also easy to double, triple, and quadruple!
- Use up your old bananas – I have a few staple recipes for when the bananas on my counter are getting old and spotty, including these pancakes!
How to make vegan banana pancakes
Find the complete printable recipe with measurements below in the recipe card.
Start by mashing the banana in a medium bowl. Once you have 1/2 cup of mashed banana, add the soy milk, oil, sugar, and vanilla to the bowl and whisk to combine.
Mix the dry ingredients into the wet mixture until just combined.
Cook 1/3 cup of the batter at a time on a hot griddle until bubbles form on top of the pancake. Flip and cook until it’s golden brown on both sides. Repeat with the remaining batter.
Serve the warm banana pancakes with vegan butter, pure maple syrup, a drizzle of peanut butter, and/or more sliced bananas. Enjoy!
Frequently asked questions
This depends on the size of your pancakes, but you should end up with around 6 pancakes when cooking 1/3 cup of batter at a time. The recipe is also easy to double, triple, or quadruple if you need more or want to have leftovers.
Personally, I haven’t tried cooking the banana pancake batter in a waffle iron. Some readers have tried it and had good results! Try it yourself and let me know how it works out.
Yes! Replace the white or whole wheat flour with an equal amount of a quality gluten-free flour mix. I like Bob’s Red Mill 1:1 for this recipe.
You should be okay to leave the batter in the fridge overnight (covered). However, for the best results, cook the pancakes within about 1 hour of mixing the batter.
Yes, the leftover cooked pancakes freeze well for about 3 months. To freeze, stack the cooled pancakes in a large ziplock bag or freezer-safe container (either separated with pieces of parchment or not). Thaw the pancakes in the fridge overnight, then reheat in the oven, toaster oven, or microwave before serving.
Fluffy Vegan Banana Pancakes
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup mashed banana | about 1 medium banana
- 1 cup soy milk
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- optional: 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, mash the banana. Use a measuring cup to make sure you have about 1/2 cup mashed banana.
- Now add the soy milk, oil, sugar and vanilla. Whisk until well combined.
- Add the flour to the wet ingredients, then sprinkle the baking powder, salt and cinnamon (if using) on top of the flour. Mix until just combined with a wooden spoon. The batter will be lumpy.
- Heat a large griddle or pan over medium-high heat. Drop about 1/3 cup of the batter onto the griddle. Cook until bubbles form, then flip and cook until golden brown on the other side, about 1-2 minutes. Repeat with all the remaining batter.
- Serve with vegan butter, pure maple syrup and more sliced bananas. These pancakes freeze well, and the recipe can be easily double, tripled or quadrupled.
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Notes
- May sub any non-dairy milk for the soy milk.
- May omit oil if needed, or sub more milk or mashed banana.
- For gluten free, try a gluten free mix such as Bob’s Red Mill 1:1.
Delicious recipe! I love how easy these are to make. I used 1 C whole wheat and 1/2 C all-purpose flour and they still turned out fluffy and delicious. Thank you!
You are welcome, Natalie! I’m so glad that you love the pancakes! Thank you for sharing your recipe experience and stellar review!
Hi Nora I have just mixed up the recipe for your banana pancakes minus the oil but with the cinnamon and popped the batter into my waffle maker . Wow !! Absolutely delicious nice and crunchy on the outside and soft inside I ate it without any toppings it was that tasty . I shall be taking a couple of these when I’m out and about as a snack with some fruit !! I shall definitely be trying some of your other recipes !! You have a new fan from the UK !!💕
Super delicious!
I added chocolate and berries to the mix.
Very delicious pancakes! I cut the ingredients in half and still ended up with 5 small/ medium pancakes. I omitted the oil and added chia seeds and topped with chocolate chips! Came out great! Thanks for the recipe!
Sounds like delicious pancakes, Traay! I’m so glad that you enjoyed the pancake recipe! Thank you for sharing your stellar review and comments! Happy cooking!
Thank you for sharing this recipe – it is now my go to for pancakes. Make at least once a week and never dissapoints.✌️🙏🫶
Hi Jan. I’m thrilled that you are loving the pancake recipe! Thank you for sharing your awesome review! Happy cooking!
I was craving some vegan banana pancake and all I have to say is OMG!!!!
They are so easy to make and light and fluffy. The recipe was easy so to follow. This will be my go to recipe. Adding that touch of cinnamon was the best idea even. I can eat them even with adding maple syrup or vegan butter.
Thank you so much for creating this recipe. I will be making extra to freeze and eat later.
You are welcome, Gloria! I’m so thrilled that you love the banana pancakes. They are great to have in the freezer! Thank you for sharing your terrific comments! Wishing you happy cooking!
Correction: the best ever
This is my go to pancake recipe. Everything is perfectly portioned and cooks very beautifully. I found you when I was looking for a strawberry cake recipe last month for my daughter’s birthday and I have been cooking your creations ever since! Trying the hummingbird cake and vegan chili later today!
Absolutely delightful! Maple syrup on top. Paired with fresh, winter strawberries from a local farm. And hot cocoa. The perfect Sunday breakfast.
Hi Carissa. Oh my, your pancake breakfast with fresh strawberries and hot cocoa sounds dreamy and delicious! Thanks for sharing your terrific review and fun comments! Happy cooking!
These turned out beautifully! A very happy 4 year old with mini vegan chocolate chips in his. Blueberries in Grandpa’s. Delicious on their own, too! I used oat milk and did include the cinnamon.
Thanks for another great recipe, Nora!
Also, my sister just gifted your new cookbook to me!! I love it!
You are welcome, Debbie. Thank you for taking time to share your fun and terrific review and feedback! I’m so glad that the pancakes were a hit! I hope you enjoy your cookbook! Wishing you lots of happy cooking!
My whole family loves these! My youngest son has food allergies to dairy, egg, and wheat and finding recipes the whole family enjoys can be tricky – thank you for such a wonderful recipe and for including the allergy swaps too! Can’t wait to try more of your recipes!
Ps – for anyone making them with gluten free flour, I’ve found adding a splash of apple cider vinegar helps make these extra fluffy. I also forgot to add the sugar and they were still delicious!!
Can I substitute oat flour?
You could try, but the outcome will be quite different. The pancakes will probably be thin and you may need to add more liquid, oat flour can be a little funny to work with.
These are delicious. Because I’m watching sodium, I’m sometimes hesitant to make recipes due to the amount of baking powder. I cut the baking powder in half in this recipe, and the pancakes turned out fine. I expect they’d be lighter with the full amount, but they were still very good, so it was win win for me. Thanks for this and so many of your other recipes that I’ve enjoyed.
This was AMAZING so fluffy I put choc chips and peanut butter chips in there YUM. Also very easy to make !
I tried this replacing the sugar with a decent squirt of maple syrup
It’s a delicious recipe and this amount made lots of batter. I had a hearty breakfast with berries etc and left the remaining batter in the fridge for the next morning and it was just as good!
These are going on the menu 😋
Holy cannoli AMAZING work on these Nora! I’ve made them twice now, once for my son, nieces and nephews and another time for my parents when they visited me and everyone raves about them. My parents couldn’t believe how delicious they are for egg free pancakes. They kept complimenting them. My nephew is allergic to egg and he couldn’t stop eating these, he was so happy to have egg-free pancakes. My son just loves pancakes in general so he was very happy with them as well. I added a splash of apple cider vinegar in the milk mixture and let it sit for 5 min, so they fluff real nice and interact with the baking powder well. They’re a hit! Def love the cinnamon added in them 🙂
Hi Heather. Wow, how fun to read what a hit these pancakes are with your family! I’m so thrilled that you all love them! Thank you for taking time to share your terrific review and feedback! Wishing you lots of happy cooking!
So delicious. I subbed 1/4c of flour with 3/4c oat bran. Topped with banana & a crumpled slice LiteLife vegan bacon. It’s a keeper!!
Make these pancakes! Best banana pancake recipe ever! They cook up so well too! My husband who’s usually anti pancake liked them too. Will make again!
Hi Carrie. I’m so glad that you and your husband love the pancakes! We love them as well! Thank you for taking time to share your stellar review and feedback! Wishing you happy cooking!
Do you think you could substitute flour for almond flour?
Unfortunately, I don’t think almond flour will work well here. It doesn’t absorb liquid the same at all, so the pancakes will probably be quite wet. It might work if you adjust other ingredients, but I’ve never tried it myself.
Hi Nora. Thx for another easy pancake recipe! They are very good!!
You are welcome, Susie! I’m glad you loved the pancakes! Thanks for sharing your terrific review!
Can you please tell me about how many pancakes there are in the recipe that says it is for 6 servings? I intend to make some for a neighborhood pancake breakfast and want to make sure I have plenty of batter for however people follow a vegan diet. Thank you!
This will very much depend on how large you make your pancakes, but I get around 6 pancakes with the recipe as written. I often double or triple it for my family of 5, so we have some leftover. So you can plan accordingly. I hope everyone enjoys them!
Delicious 😋. Made breakfast 🥞 for dinner and saved the rest for future breakfasts. Thank you for sharing your recipe with us!
I tried a vegan avocado banana recipe from somewhere else earlier and it was a complete disaster. So happy I came across your recipe!
This recipe was DELICIOUS and was super popular with a 15 month old toddler who has egg and milk allergy. Can’t believe he inhaled two mini pancakes with berries in 15 minutes!! Is it possible to decrease/omit the sugar to reduce sweetness by any chance?
Will definitely try out your other recipes in the near future.
Love from Norway
Hi Stacy! How wonderful to hear from you! I am so glad that you came upon my recipe and tried it! My heart smiles imagining your 15 month old gobbling up pancakes! Yes, you could reduce the sugar. Thank you for sharing your stellar review and fun feedback! Wishing you happy cooking!
These are perfectly fluffy and soft! Delicious ❤️
The whole fam loves these pancakes! Quick, easy and delicious. Thank you!
They look delicious. How many pancakes are in one serving please?
These sound wonderful. I can’t wait to try them. I have a quick question. Can I use regular milk instead of soy milk? I don’t buy other kinds of milk.
You can, yes. Enjoy!