The BEST and fluffiest vegan pancakes made with just 6 easy pantry staples you probably have on hand right now! Made in 1 bowl, the recipe can easily doubled, tripled or even quadrupled.
These vegan pancakes are light, fluffy and are made with just 6 ingredients 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! Hands down the best pancakes, vegan or otherwise.
If you love pancakes, you might also enjoy Fluffy Vegan Banana Pancakes, Vegan Chocolate Pancakes or Freezer Whole Grain Pancakes.
Ingredients
- Flour – I used regular all purpose flour here for the fluffiest texture, but feel free to substitute whole wheat pastry flour, spelt flour or a gluten free flour mix.
- Baking powder – What makes the pancakes so fluffy!
- Salt
- Sugar – Just a few tablespoons, but you could substitute pure maple syrup, agave or coconut sugar if desired.
- Soy milk – Any other non-dairy milk will work here, such as almond, coconut, hemp or oat milk.
- Water
- Oil – Only 2 tablespoons. You can use canola oil, melted coconut oil or melted vegan butter. Avocado oil or even olive oil would work as well. If you don’t use oil, simply omit and add more non-dairy milk.
Easily adjust serving size
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. To change the serving size, in the recipe card below, hover over the number, and slide from 3 to 6, 9 or 12.
How to make them
- First, whisk together the dry ingredients in a large bowl – flour, baking powder, salt and sugar.
- Pour in the non-dairy milk, water and oil.
- Stir with a large spoon until just combined. A few lumps are okay; mix them too much and the pancakes will be dense.
- Heat a large griddle or pan over medium-high heat. Grease the pan with a little vegan butter or coconut oil and drop about 1/3 cup pancake batter onto the pan. Cook until bubbles form, flip and cook for another minute.
Serve with vegan butter, pure maple syrup and some fresh fruit if desired.
Pancake variations
For chocolate chip pancakes, add 1 cup of non-dairy chocolate chips to the batter.
For blueberry pancakes, add a cup or so of fresh blueberries to the batter. Frozen blueberries work as well, but they will probably turn your pancakes blue!
You could also serve vegan pancakes with vegan lemon curd or vegan chocolate ganache. Blueberry pancakes with lemon curd would be fantastic!
What to serve with vegan pancakes
In my home, we have breakfast for dinner once a week. But whether it’s breakfast for dinner, or a family brunch, it’s nice to know what else to serve alongside pancakes. Here are some tasty vegan breakfast/brunch recipes that go well with pancakes:
- The Best Tofu Scramble – you can add a bunch of vegetables to this as well.
- Vegan Omelette
- Oven Roasted Breakfast Potatoes
- Tempeh Bacon
- Tofu Bacon
How to store
They will keep in the refrigerator for up to 5 days, wrapped or in a covered container. Simply reheat in the microwave or toaster oven until warm.
They also freeze very well. To freeze pancakes, 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.
Simple Vegan Pancakes
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour *see notes for options
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1 cup soy milk *or use almond, oat or coconut milk
- 1/2 cup water
- 2 tablespoons canola oil *may omit for oil free
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. Grease the pan with vegan butter or coconut oil, and drop about 1/3 cup of the batter onto it. 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.
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Notes
- Flour options: For a whole grain option, use whole wheat pastry flour or spelt flour. To make gluten free pancakes, substitute a quality gluten free flour for the regular flour. I have had good luck with Bob's Red Mill 1:1 Flour.
- For oil free pancakes, omit the oil and substitute more non-dairy milk. May also use melted coconut oil, avocado oil, olive oil or melted vegan butter.
- Variations: Fold into the batter 1 cup of dairy free chocolate chips for chocolate chip pancakes. Or 1 cup of fresh blueberries for blueberry pancakes.
- Storing pancakes: Leftover pancakes will keep in the refrigerator for up to 5 days or they can be frozen for months. Re-warm wrapped in paper towels in the microwave until warm, or use the toaster oven.
- Nutritional information is an estimate only. 1 serving is about 2-3 pancakes, depending on how large you make them.
Nutrition
*This recipe was originally posted in January 2019 and has been updated with better information, writing and new photos.
Made these with modification, I substitute the sugar with coconut palm sugar, soy milk with unsweetened almond milk, and oil with coconut oil. Came out perfect with nutty flavor from the almond milk. Topped it off with 1Tbs freshly ground almond butter and organic maple syrup. So, so good! Thank you ?
We make these gluten free every couple of weeks and they are delicious!
That’s great!
these were perfect. thank you!
You’re welcome!!
Wonderful recipe! We love the pancakes! I’m going to try more of your recipes!
I’m so glad you like the pancakes!
These were awesome! I’m horrible at making pancakes, they’ve never been my strong suit but this was easy to make and they came out perfect! I changed it a little and added chocolate chips and cocoa powder trick to make marble chocolate chip pancakes and topped with syrup. So delicious!
So glad they were good!
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.
Thank you! So glad you enjoyed them.
These were good, but your banana pancakes are my all time favorite!!
Since I am diabetic any other flour and or milk I can use ?
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.
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!
Fantastic!
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
You’re welcome! I’m so glad they were good! We make them all the time at our house. 🙂
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!
You’re welcome! I’m glad that they turn out well for you and everyone enjoys them. 🙂
Would it still work if u divided everything’s by 3 to get one very serve
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!
I’d like to make these sugar free. Any suggestions on how? Will just simply omitting the sugar mess with the consistency?
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.
Has anyone tried making these with Almond flour?
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!
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!
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!
I’m glad everyone enjoyed the pancakes, even gluten free that’s wonderful!
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.
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 😀
I’m so happy to hear that! Thanks!
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! 🙂
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!
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!
I’m so glad you enjoyed the pancakes! Thank you so much, I’m happy you and your son enjoyed them. 🙂
My old go-to recipe was good, but this one makes fluffier pancakes so I’ll use it from now on! Thanks!
I’m so glad! 🙂
Hello! Love these recipes!
Wondering if I could substitute almond milk for soy milk? Thanks!
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. 🙂
Would it work if. I wanted to add a scoop of protein powder to this receipe?
I’m sure it would be fine, yes. 🙂
Can I substitute avocado oil, and chickpea flour?
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.
Can these be made without oil, perhaps substituting apple sauce?
Yes, that would work, or you could just leave out the oil and add a little more milk. 🙂
How many pancakes are roughly made
6-8 pancakes depending on how big you make them. Thanks!
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
No, I don’t think that would work so well. I would make my Vegan Waffles instead. 🙂 Thank you, hope you enjoy!
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!