The Best Vegan Pancakes Whole Wheat Holy Cow Vegan Recipes

You might also like vegan and gluten-free multigrain pancakes, vegan carrot cake pancakes and vegan sourdough blueberry pancakes. Healthy pancakes may sound like an oxymoron, but they are very possible, as these healthy and whole wheat vegan pancakes prove. These vegan pancakes are fluffy, tender and they come together so quickly. You need just over five minutes to put the batter together and minutes later you and your family will be sitting down to a delicious, wholesome breakfast you will be proud to serve. Serve with a pat of vegan butter and maple syrup or top the pancakes with fruit or this scrumptious vegan lemon curd or vegan condensed milk.

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I have had readers tell me that they used regular whole wheat flour in this recipe with great results. You can try that, of course, but my advise, if you are using regular whole wheat flour, would be to mix it half-and-half with unbleached all purpose. That way your pancakes will be soft and tender and fluffy, while still being healthy. These vegan pancakes are so tender and fluffy because they are “buttermilk” pancakes – vegan “buttermilk,” that is. I make the buttermilk by adding a couple of teaspoons of apple cider vinegar in the nondairy milk and letting it stand for a minute or two before adding it to the other ingredients. The “eggs” here are flax eggs, made by adding two tablespoons of flax meal to six tablespoons of water. For this recipe you don’t have to use separate containers to make the vegan “buttermilk” and the flax eggs. Throw in the milk and apple cider first, add in the flax meal and measure out the water into the same bowl. Then continue adding the other wet ingredients. When you mix a pancake batter, always mix until the wet and dry ingredients are just mixed together. The batter should be a little lumpy. Don’t take a whisk and try to beat everything to smoothness, because that will just beat air into your batter and strengthen the gluten in the wheat, leaving you with dense pancakes. Finally, this is a basic pancake recipe. You can make this as is or tailor it to your liking: Stir in fruit like blueberries or strawberries into the batter. Add cinnamon for a holiday flavor that goes perfectly with cold weather and hot coffee. Add a teaspoon of ground ginger for gingerbread pancakes.

How to make vegan whole wheat pancakes

In a bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. In another bowl, add the nondairy milk and apple cider vinegar. Let it stand for a couple of minutes, then add the flax meal and water and whisk well. Add the maple syrup and vanilla extract and mix. Add the wet ingredients to the dry and mix with a spatula or the whisk until everything just comes together. The batter should still be lumpy but you shouldn’t have any obvious patches of dry flour. Heat a nonstick or cast-iron griddle. Spray with cooking spray or coat lightly with oil. Using a ⅓rd cup measure, scoop up the batter and pour on the hot griddle. Cook until bubbles appear at the top of the pancake and the underside is golden-brown. Flip over and cook the other side until it is lightly browned as well. Serve hot with fruit and maple syrup.