Oat Milk Pancakes

Homemade Oat Milk Pancakes are a light and fluffy dairy free pancake. They are made with olive oil instead of butter and oat milk instead of dairy milk. Oat milk pancakes are made in 1 bowl, are quick and simple and are flavored with vanilla extract. This recipe is a healthy alternative to store bought pancake mix. Serve with pure maple syrup, yogurt, and fresh berries for a complete, wholesome breakfast.

Pancakes are a celebrated breakfast on weekend mornings— when there's time to waste and nowhere to be. They elicit a comforting, homey feeling on days when it's okay to stay in your pajamas all day long.

Oat milk pancakes are a dairy-free, nut-free, and soy-free alternative to classic American buttermilk pancakes. But that childhood lazy weekend feeling remains the same.

They can easily be made vegan or gluten-free with minor ingredient changes.

With this from-scratch recipe, you can enjoy perfect light and fluffy homemade pancakes in no time at all— and spend the rest of that well deserved lazy time on the couch with your family.

Whether you're looking to make dietary changes due to a food allergy, wanting to be more mindful about how your food choices impact the global community, or simply looking to make healthy changes to the foods you love without going on a strict diet, oat milk pancakes are a great recipe to try.

This recipe is one of our go-to breakfasts, along with vanilla almond milk pancakes and cottage cheese waffles, when we're looking to indulge in a cozy breakfast but keep things a bit on the healthier side!

Ingredients

Oat milk pancakes are made with:

• Oat milk: use original or extra creamy oat milk. Planet Oat extra cream oatmilk is what I always use, but original will do just as well. You can also use vanilla oat milk if wanting to make vanilla flavored pancakes.
• Olive Oil: a heart-healthy fat compared to butter, which is why it's used here. But you can make a 1:1 swap for melted butter if you prefer.
• Eggs: eggs are not dairy, but if you have an egg allergy, you can still enjoy oat milk pancakes by using flax eggs instead.
• Vanilla extract: optional (it only adds a hint of vanilla to the pancakes), but I do recommend using it if you want to get the most flavor into this recipe.
• All-purpose flour
• Sugar: white, coconut, or stevia
• Salt
• Baking powder: required to achieve a high rising pancake. Leave it out and you'll end up with a flat pancake. This recipe calls for 4 teaspoon of baking powder. While this may seem like a lot, it is necessary and will not alter the flavor of your pancakes.

How To Make Oat Milk Pancakes

Make this recipe in 3 easy steps and in less than 20 minutes.

1. In a large mixing bowl combine the flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt. Make a hole in the center and add the oat milk, oil, vanilla extract, and eggs. Mix with a whisk or fork until smooth.
2. Melt 1 tablespoon butter over medium heat on a griddle. Fill a soup ladle halfway with the batter and pour onto the griddle. Or, make smaller pancakes for children.
3. When bubbles begin to form, flip with a spatula. This takes about 2 minutes. Cook on the other side for about 90 more seconds, or until both sides are golden brown.

Transfer to a plate and serve with your favorite toppings. Enjoy!

Make it Vegan

Oat milk pancakes can also easily be made vegan or gluten free if you have dietary restrictions or preferences.

Turning this oat milk pancake recipe into it's vegan version requires only 2 simple ingredient changes— sugar and eggs.

Use unrefined or organic white sugar that is not made with bone char. Sugar made with beets is also a vegan option. Sugars that are vegan include: Sugar in the Raw, organic whole cane sugar, Trader Joe's, Florida Crystals, and Now Foods Beet Sugar.

Replace the eggs with flax eggs or bananas. I have not yet tried making these with bananas, so I cannot speak to how they will turn out. However, I love how baked goods turn out when using flax seeds. Many muffin recipes turn out even better than they do when using eggs.

The main ingredients—white flour and oat milk—are both vegan.

Make it Gluten Free

Oat milk pancakes can be made gluten-free by using a gluten-free flour in place of the white flour. All other ingredients are naturally free of gluten.

Why Choose Oat Milk?

Why choose oat milk instead of traditional dairy milk when making pancakes and other baked goods?

Oat milk is a creamy, sweet milk alternative that's used to give this oat milk pancakes recipe an extra fluffy and super moist texture.

When deciding whether using oat milk in your recipes is a great fit for you, consider these commonly asked questions about pancakes and oat milk.

Serving

Oat milk pancakes are incredibly delicious without any toppings at all. Believe it or not, my kids' preferred way to eat these pancakes is plain— straight off their plates without even using a fork.

But for those of us who love topping pancakes, some suggestions are:

• yogurt and fruit (try this homemade Greek yogurt)
• pure maple syrup
• Nutella spread with blueberries and bananas

Oat milk pancakes are best stored at room temperature for 2 days. After that, they will begin to lose moisture and become dry.

Pancakes are freezer-friendly for around 6 months. Wrap tightly in plastic wrap or use a freezer storage bag. Defrost them overnight at room temperature.

That's all there is to making these delicious pancakes. I hope you enjoy them and they become your go-to pancake recipe.

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