These simple vegan pancakes are light, fluffy and make the perfect weekend morning breakfast. Best of all, they are made with just 6 easy ingredients and 1 bowl! The recipe is easily doubled, tripled or even quadrupled.
This is the perfect vegan pancake recipe. They are light, fluffy and are made with just 6 ingredients (+ water) that you probably already have on hand right now. Did you know that you don’t need eggs or milk to make delicious pancakes? It’s true! And it’s not hard AT ALL.
I wanted to create a recipe for vegan pancakes that was easy to double, triple, or even quadruple. I have spent many weekend mornings trying to calculate ingredients to accommodate my large family, and it can be such a headache! I’ve made it much easier for you. The recipe as written will serve about 3 people. I usually triple it for my family of 5, and then we have some leftover as well.
Can vegans eat pancakes?
As I said before, of course they can! It’s a lot easier than you think. You just don’t need eggs, milk or real butter to make delicious pancakes. No one would ever know these are vegan! And honestly, these are just as easy as the boxed pancake mixes you can buy.
How do you make vegan pancakes?
First, whisk together the dry ingredients in a bowl (flour, baking powder, salt and sugar.)
Next, pour in the wet ingredients (non-dairy milk, water and canola oil.) No need to mix the wet ingredients separately first, just add them straight to the dry.
Mix until just combined. Some small lumps are fine. Do not over mix, or you will have very tough pancakes, instead of light and fluffy.
Pour about 1/3 cup of the batter onto a heated griddle or pan. Cook until bubbles appear, then flip and cook on the other side until golden brown, about 1-2 minutes. Repeat until all the batter is used.
Serve with vegan butter, pure maple syrup and some fresh fruit if desired.
Can I freeze vegan pancakes?
Yes, I freeze them all the time. Let them cool completely, then stack them in a large ziplock plastic bag. Try to get most of the air out of the bag, close and freeze. To re-heat, pop them in a toaster oven or the microwave until warm.
Want more vegan breakfast recipes?
Simple Vegan Pancakes
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1 cup soy milk
- 1/2 cup water
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
Instructions
- In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar.
- Pour the milk, water and oil into the bowl with the dry ingredients, and stir with a large spoon until just combined. A few lumps are okay; do not over mix or your pancakes won't be as fluffy.
- 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 perhaps some fresh fruit. These pancakes freeze well, and the recipe can be easily double, tripled or quadrupled.
Recipe Notes
- For whole grain pancakes, substitute whole wheat flour. I prefer whole wheat pastry flour or white whole wheat flour, as it produces lighter tasting pancakes compared to regular whole wheat flour. I haven't tried them gluten free.
- May use any kind of non-dairy milk, such as cashew, almond, soy, hemp, rice or oat milk.
- For oil free, omit the oil and substitute more non-dairy milk. May also use melted coconut oil or vegan butter.
Lisa
This recipe made perfect pancake recipe! My family and I devoured them! The changes I made:
I doubled the recipe and used 2 cups regular flour and one cup whole wheat.
I also used plain oat milk.
Nora
Thank you! So glad you enjoyed them.
Michelle
These were good, but your banana pancakes are my all time favorite!!
Janet E Oates
Since I am diabetic any other flour and or milk I can use ?
Nora
I don’t know what flour you are okay to use so it’s hard for me to say. But a whole grain flour (white whole wheat, whole wheat pastry, spelt) will work. I don’t think almond flour would work here. I’m not sure what would not be okay about non-dairy milk, but use what you feel comfortable with, any non-dairy milk will work, unsweetened is fine.
Michael
Really nice and fluffy. Would not be able to tell there is no dairy in these at all! Loads left over for breakfast tomorrow and Friday!
Nora
Fantastic!
Maureen
I just made a batch of these pancakes for the first time. Fast, easy, and delicious! Light and fluffy. I will use this recipe over and over. I used EVOO and they were perfect! I also got 10 good sized pancakes.
Thank you Nora! ❤️
Maureen
Nora
You’re welcome! I’m so glad they were good! We make them all the time at our house. 🙂
Kerri Isaacs
This has become my new pancake recipe. I use stone-ground whole-wheat flour and honey instead of the sugar and I only use half the amount in the recipe. I also use coconut oil and I heat the coconut oil and honey together before adding to make them blend in easier. As long as I use stone-ground wheat and not pastry whole wheat flour they turn out nice and fluffy and big. My whole family loves them. I have a family of four that loves pancakes so I double the recipe and we have enough usually for at least 2 days and heat them up in the toaster. Thank you for a great and easy recipe!
Nora
You’re welcome! I’m glad that they turn out well for you and everyone enjoys them. 🙂
Emily Ryall
Would it still work if u divided everything’s by 3 to get one very serve
Nora
I think it will work, yes. If you see in the recipe card, where it says “Servings” you can hover over the “3” and change it to “1” to have it divide the amounts for you. Thank you!
Anna
I’d like to make these sugar free. Any suggestions on how? Will just simply omitting the sugar mess with the consistency?
Nora
No, it won’t be a problem if you just leave out the sugar. It shouldn’t affect anything other than they won’t be sweet.
Katie P.
I love your blog! I’m meal prepping for my 2 year old before I have surgery. I used chocolate almond milk instead of soy milk and added a handful of chia seeds for extra nutrients. I’ve tried a million vegan pancake recipes, and I can never get them to be fluffy! These ones are cooking right now and they are SO fluffy!
Thanks for the recipe!
Nora
Thank you so much Katie! I’m so glad they came out fluffy for you and I hope your little one enjoys them. Blessings for a quick recovery!
Hayly
Very tasty and simple-I used King Arthur GF flour and subbed melted coconut oil for the canola since I didn’t have it. Also used coconut sugar instead of white (again, didn’t have it.) They turned out great, and my 2 kids loved them too!
Nora
I’m glad everyone enjoyed the pancakes, even gluten free that’s wonderful!
Andeea
I tried these, and they were amazing. I cooked them a second time and used buckwheat flour. I’m very happy, and my son loved them.
Mel
These were so fluffy!! I have never had fluffy pancakes before so these blew my mind. I added 1/2 tablespoon of cinnamon and it tasted amazing 😀
Nora
I’m so happy to hear that! Thanks!
Alba
Hello! This morning I cooked this pancakes and they were DELICIOUS and so EASY to make! perfect for a lazy saturday 🙂
I was wandering if I could change the whole purpose flour for rice flour to adapt them for celiac people (and want to cook all my non-vegan friends a cool breakast and one of them is celiac). Rice flour or any other flour. Thank yoy so much! 🙂
Nora
So glad you enjoyed the pancakes! You could probably use a gluten free flour mix, I’m pretty sure it would work. I don’t know if you could just sub rice flour, I have a feeling that wouldn’t work so well. Maybe oat flour, or a mix of almond flour and oat or rice flour, but your best bet would be a quality gluten free flour blend. 🙂 Thanks!
alice
Delicious SIMPLE pancakes! Made these this morning and both my 13 year old son and I agreed, better than our usual recipe! We added tons of fresh blueberries as well! I am so grateful for your blog and the wonderful recipes you share!
Nora
I’m so glad you enjoyed the pancakes! Thank you so much, I’m happy you and your son enjoyed them. 🙂
Caroline
My old go-to recipe was good, but this one makes fluffier pancakes so I’ll use it from now on! Thanks!
Nora
I’m so glad! 🙂
Cristine
Hello! Love these recipes!
Wondering if I could substitute almond milk for soy milk? Thanks!
Nora
Thank you so much Christine! Yes, that is no problem at all, you can use any milk you like and they will turn out just fine. 🙂
Jenn cramer
Would it work if. I wanted to add a scoop of protein powder to this receipe?
Nora
I’m sure it would be fine, yes. 🙂
Daureen
Can I substitute avocado oil, and chickpea flour?
Nora
I’ve honestly never used chickpea flour, so I really don’t know if it would work. They might be an entirely different kind of pancake at that point, but you could try it.
Evelyn
Can these be made without oil, perhaps substituting apple sauce?
Nora
Yes, that would work, or you could just leave out the oil and add a little more milk. 🙂
Xiang.Wentworth-Ping
How many pancakes are roughly made
Nora
6-8 pancakes depending on how big you make them. Thanks!
Rose
Can you use this recipe to make waffles in a waffle maker ?
Looking forward to trying this recipe. They produce their own maple syrup nearby- will be great for this recipe. Thank you for great vegan options
Nora
No, I don’t think that would work so well. I would make my Vegan Waffles instead. 🙂 Thank you, hope you enjoy!
Ali
I just made these. Perfect!! Thank you. This will be a go to breakfast recipe. And there was a bunch left to freeze and eat throughout the week. Makes life a lot easier!