Scrumptious, crispy-on-the-outside and velvety-on-the-inside easy vegan oatmeal pancakes – what more could you want from a breakfast food? Whip up a batch of these oat-y flapjacks on a sunny Sunday morning, topped with vegan butter, maple syrup and fresh fruit.
Quick-Cook Rolled Oats – Why They’re Great!
Rolled oats are an amazing ingredient.
– Excellent source of dietary fiber and protein.
– Amazing wheat substitution for the gluten-intolerant in the family.
– Quick, easy to make, and accessible.
– Pretty inexpensive! One big bag of rolled oats goes a long way.
Rolled oats have the potential to be a very versatile staple in any pantry, and they are as equally nutritious as they are delicious.
They’re quite good on their own as oatmeal, of course, but they have myriad uses beyond just that plain Jane breakfast mush.
Make Your Own Oat Flour!
One way to transform rolled oats is to grind them down into a relatively fine powder to make an oat flour – something that you’re going to need to do for this recipe.
Oat flour is hearty and stalwart with a distinctly astringent oat-y taste (of course), and this kind of flour works really well as a substitute or partial substitute for wheat flour. The oats that ground into a flour for these easy vegan oatmeal pancakes are Bob’s Red Mill Gluten-Free Quick Cooking Oats.
Hearty baked goods, like muffins for example, benefit especially from the inclusion of oat flour, as do pancakes and waffles!
How To Make These Easy Vegan Oatmeal Pancakes
1. Make the Flour
These pancakes also make use of a quick and easy DIY oat flour. Simply take 1 1/2 cups quick-cook rolled oats, and grind them in a processor or small grinder to make the flour.
If you don’t have access to this kind of grinding appliance, you may have the option to purchase a bag of oat flour, as well. However, if the bag of oat flour is not derived from quick-cook oats, it may cook differently.
2. Let It Rest
Once ground up, combine the fine oat flour with the rest of the ingredients to make a batter. Let the batter sit for a 5 – 10 minutes, so that the baking powder has sufficient time to do its thing.
Letting the batter rest for a short period of time helps to create a more voluminous and less dense pancake overall.
3. Cook the ‘Cakes
Next, fry up the pancakes on a skillet over medium heat with vegan butter.
The batter ought to be a little bit thicker than a normal pancake batter, but still thin enough to be able to move around the skillet and shape into a circle without too much fuss.
Add more plant-based milk or oat flour, depending on whether you need a thinner or thicker consistency.
Make sure the pancakes are crisping up on each side before flipping, and you can tell this by inspecting at the edges of the pancake as it cooks. Additionally, little bubbles should begin to emerge all over the uncooked side of the pancake when it’s ready to flip over.
4. Serve!
Et voilà! There you have it – delectable easy vegan oatmeal pancakes, derived simply from rolled oats and a couple other staple ingredients.
What’s So Special About These Oatmeal Pancakes?
What’s great about these easy vegan oatmeal pancakes is that they retain a lot of the moisture and softness of oatmeal, but have a wonderful, crispy texture on the outside, too.
So next time you have a yen for some kind of pancake, give these a try!
These easy vegan oatmeal pancakes so easy and delicious – you won’t regret it!
Simple Oatmeal Pancakes
Equipment
- Skillet
- Mixing Bowl
Ingredients
- 1½ cups oat flour, quick cook rolled oats, processed/blended finely into powder
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt, or to taste
- 1 ½ tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 cup soy milk
- 1½ tablespoons ground flaxseed
- A couple tablespoons vegan butter, for frying and garnish
- Maple or agave syrup, for garnish
Instructions
- Combine the oat flour, baking powder, salt and brown sugar in a large mixing bowl (make oat flour by processing rolled oats (quick-cook works best) into a fine powder).
- Next, combine the soy milk and ground flaxseed in a microwaveable bowl. Stir, and then microwave for 30 seconds.
- When that's done, combine the soy milk mixture with the dry ingredients. Mix until no dry flour remains. Let the batter sit for a good 5 – 10 minutes.
- Heat a skillet over medium heat, and cook medium-sized pancakes (about as big as your spatula or slightly bigger) for about 2-3 minutes on each side, until the edges are crispy and the pancake is golden brown. Note: You can add a little more milk to help shape the batter into pancake shapes if the batter itself is too thick, and a little more oat flour if the batter is too thin.
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If you loved this vegan breakfast food, check out these Vegan Breakfast Scones! They’re equally as scrumptious and amazing.
May you have good food in good company,
That Vegan Nephew
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Delicious and nutritious. I found these especially good since I’m on a restricted diet, and oats are one of the whole grains I can have. Being able to make pancakes (gluten free) was a real treat for me. Just a little vegan butter and maple syrup and a cup of hot coffee. Perfect.
Thank you! 🙂