Fluffy Vegan Blueberry Pancakes

Sweet, fluffy, filling and delicious, these freezer friendly vegan blueberry pancakes are an easy and delicious way to start your morning. They’re naturally gluten free and ready in just 15 minutes!

Pancakes are without a doubt my favorite weekend breakfast food. Especially when you can prep them in advance and sleep in late! Cue these freezer friendly vegan blueberry pancakes!

They’re light and fluffy but so flavorful and satisfying. Plus, this easy pancake recipe requires no eggs, so they’re totally vegan friendly and healthy.

All you’ll need is some oat flour (or whole oats which you can grind into flour in your blender!), apple sauce, maple syrup, blueberries and some other pancake essentials like baking powder and vinegar.

They’re ready to eat in just about 15 minutes and perfect with a (very) generous pour of maple syrup on top! If you love this recipe, try my peanut butter waffles next!

Before we get started…

• If you are making your own oat flour using quick or rolled oats, make sure it is very finely ground.
• I opted for maple syrup for the sweetener, but you can sub for regular granulated sugar if you prefer. This will make the batter a bit thicker, but that usually yields fluffier pancakes!
• Be sure to grease your pan well since this recipe has no added oil.

How to make vegan blueberry pancakes

For this recipe you can use either whole oats or oat flour. If you use whole oats, simple grind them into a flour using a high speed blender or food processor.

Then, you’ll just need to add all of the ingredients (aside from the blueberries) into a large mixing bowl and whisk until you get a batter.

We’re using a generous amount of baking powder (3 teaspoons) which is key to making the pancakes fluffy. Then gently fold in the blueberries and get cooking!

You’ll want to scoop the batter into even circles on a griddle or saute pan over low/medium heat. I like to use either a medium sized cookie scoop or a 1/4 measuring cup to ensure all of the pancakes are evenly sized.

Cook the pancakes on each side for about 1-2 minutes, or until bubbles start to form around the edges. The batter will thicken as it sits, so you may need to add more milk as you go.

Key ingredients

OAT FLOUR. I love using oat flour in baking and in pancakes because it makes things so fluffy. While these are kind of like vegan oatmeal pancakes, they taste just like regular!

This recipe is made with oat flour and I do not recommend subbing for another flour. Oat flour absorbs wet ingredients differently, so for best results, stick to the recipe!

APPLE SAUCE. The apple sauce is used in place of eggs and will help naturally sweeten the pancakes.

In place of applesauce, you can use mashed banana, but this will of course alter the taste and texture slightly.

MILK. Any kind of non dairy milk will work here. I usually use almond because that’s what I have on hand, but you can use oat, soy, coconut etc.

MAPLE SYRUP. These pancakes are kept refined sugar free since we’re just using maple syrup to sweeten!

BAKING POWDER. A generous 3 teaspoons of baking powder will make these vegan blueberry pancakes so fluffy.

BLUEBERRIES. You can use fresh or frozen blueberries for this recipe, they both work equally as well. The only difference is that frozen berries will bleed slightly into the batter, causing it to turn a bit blue/purple.

If you use frozen blueberries, you do not need to thaw them for pancakes.

Serving suggestions

Top them off with more blueberries, coconut yogurt and/or maple syrup! I also love melting some frozen blueberries on the stove with some maple syrup and making a little compote to go on top. SO good!

I haven’t tested this recipe as waffles, but if you try it out, let me know in the comments how it turns out! If you are looking for a waffle recipe instead, try these almond flour waffles or my classic vegan waffles.

When to add the mix ins

With blueberry pancakes, there are generally two ways of adding in the berries. One is to add the berries to the batter and then add the batter to the pan.

The second is to add the plain batter to the pan and then top with blueberries. You can really do either, but I find it much easier and cleaner to add the berries to the batter first.

Is oat flour gluten free?

Yes, oats are naturally gluten free, and therefore oat flour is gluten free.

However, and this is a big however for my fellow Celiac friends, oats are often contaminated with gluten during processing/growing, so be sure to get an oat flour that is certified gluten free!

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