Oat Flour Pancakes

🌟Why You'll Love this Recipe

Easy weekday morning recipe. We always think of weekends as the perfect days for pancakes and I agree. However, this recipe is so easy to make, you can eat pancakes any day of the week. You can have your favorite breakfast all week long!

Great for meal prep. You can make these oat flour pancakes ahead of time to enjoy them throughout the week. They are super easy to prep and freeze for you to enjoy at a later time. If you prefer waffles, try my Dairy-Free Blueberry Waffles!

Simple ingredients. You only need 6 simple ingredients to make these pancakes.

🥘Ingredients and Substitutions

Oat flour- you can use premade oat flour or make your own by blending oats in a blender until it turns into flour. Make sure you get certified gluten-free oats if you need gluten-free pancakes. Oats are naturally gluten-free but are sometimes processed with other grains.

Baking powder- we need this as a leavening ingredient to give the pancakes some fluffiness.

Milk- I used oat milk but you can use any milk in this recipe!

See the recipe card below for the remaining ingredients and quantities.

🔪Instructions

If you're using an electric griddle, you'll want to preheat it to 350 degrees F before making the pancake batter.

Prepare the batter by adding all of the ingredients to a bowl and whisking them together until smooth.

Lightly oil the cooking surface with nonstick cooking spray, coconut oil or butter and add about ⅓ cup of the pancake batter onto the hot surface and cook until it's time to flip.

Flip the pancake, then cook until slightly golden on both sides. Continue until you use all the batter.

Plates of pancakes topped with syrup and strawberries and glasses of orange juice.

💭Recipe FAQs

How do I make homemade oat flour?

Simply add quick cook or rolled oats to your blender or food processor; and blend until a flour forms, approximately 30 seconds - 1 minute. It's a lot easier than you think! Make sure you measure out the oat flour after it has been blended. A cup of oats will yield less than a cup of oat flour.

Is baking with oat flour healthier?

Oat flour is full of more fiber that can increase the growth of good bacteria in your digestive tract.

Can oat flour pancakes be made ahead of time?

Yes! If you are making these oat flour pancakes ahead of time for meal prep, you can freeze them or keep them in the fridge for 2-3 days. Allow the pancakes to cool completely before storing them.

How do I fix runny pancake batter?

You can fix runny batter by adding 1 or 2 more tablespoons of oat flour to the batter.

A stack of pancakes topped with a slice of butter next to a carafe of orange juice.

👩🏻‍🍳Chef Tips

When cooking pancakes, start on high heat and finish them on low heat so you don't burn the pancakes.

Add more oil or butter to the skillet or griddle between batches. You don't want your pancakes sticking to the pan so you'll need to add more cooking oil or butter in between your batches of pancakes.

Mix pancake batter by hand. When making pancakes, don't use an electric mixer otherwise you will over-mix the batter.

To freeze the pancakes, stack and wrap them in plastic wrap, parchment paper or aluminum foil. Place the stack in a freezer-safe plastic bag or an airtight container and freeze. The pancakes will last about 6 months in the freezer.

To reheat the pancakes, allow them to defrost at room temperature and then reheat them in the microwave for 1 minute or in the toaster oven.

🍳Recipe

Rae says

September 04, 2022 at 10:51 am

This was my breakfast this morning. I made half the recipe for just me and substituted flaxseed meal with water for the egg. Also added a splash of vanilla. Very good, @realfoodwithsarah !