Growing up, my mom always made buckwheat pancakes. It’s a positive memory from my childhood. While my mom wasn’t the best cook, she could make a good pancake! Years later, pancakes are still a part of our family weekend ritual. It’s difficult to make pancakes that are vegan and gluten-free because often they are mushy. However, after I experimented with Chocolate Buckwheat Pancakes, my daughter that prefers vanilla, wanted regular pancakes.
Buckwheat flour makes a nutty, fluffy, and lighter pancake that can easily be made vegan with banana instead of egg. Voilà! They are the perfect vegan pancake. Personally, I like the nutty flavor of the buckwheat, so I added some almond flour and almond milk to magnify the nuttiness. These pancakes topped with bananas and drizzled with warm-fresh maple-syrup will make your morning.
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Buckwheat Banana Pancakes
Buckwheat flour makes a gluten-free, nutty, fluffy, and lighter pancake that can easily be made vegan with banana instead of egg. This recipe includes almond flour and almond milk to magnify the nuttiness.
Ingredients
- 1 banana (mashed)
- 1¼ cup buckwheat flour
- ¼ cup almond flour (I like Bob’s Red Mill or Blue Diamond)
- 1 ½ cup almond milk
- 1 banana
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ cup coconut sugar
- 1 tablespoon gluten-free vanilla extract
- 3 tablespoons tapioca flour (also known as tapioca starch)
- 2 teaspoons gluten-free baking powder
- 1 tablespoon coconut oil
- optional: vegan chocolate chips
Directions
- Combine mashed banana, coconut oil, coconut sugar, gluten-free vanilla extract, and almond milk.
- Mix wet ingredients with a mixer on medium speed until smooth.
- Combine dry ingredients: flours, cinnamon, tapioca flour, and baking powder in a separate mixing bowl.
- Slowly add dry ingredients into wet and combine with mixer on medium speed until thoroughly combined.
- Lightly grease griddle and heat on medium-high.
- Scoop the pancake batter onto the griddle (I prefer to scoop 1/3 cup of the mix onto the griddle).
- Sprinkle mini-chocolate chips on top of each pancake (if desired).
- Once pancakes firm, flip. The second side only cooks for a minute and a half.
- Top with warm maple syrup, bananas, and chocolate chips (if desired).
