My mother is a pancake making goddess. If you ask my children, my nieces, or my nephew, “What is the best thing about visiting Grandma and Grandpa?” they will unanimously answer “Grandma’s pancakes.” My mom wields her pancake sorcery with a generous sprinkling grandkid-pleasing chocolate chips.
Photographic proof that I speak the truth.
These apple pancakes are made without any eggs or added sugar. The baking powder fluffs them up and the apples make them sweet. Ground flaxseed and water bind the mixture.
These still tasty pancakes satisfy my kids’ love of the floppy, fluffy, fried fritters without knocking the Pancake Crown off Grandma’s head.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
- 3 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 flax egg (1 Tbsp gound flaxseeds + 3 Tbsp water)
- 1 1/4 cup non-dairy milk of choice
- 3 Tbsp melted coconut butter or oil
- 1 tsp vanilla
- dash salt
- 2 apples, cored and thinly sliced crosswise
Instructions
- Prepare the flax egg by mixing ground flaxseeds with water and set aside.
- In a large bowl mix flour, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon until well combined.
- In a smaller bowl mix non-dairy milk, flax egg, coconut butter and vanilla until combined.
- Pour wet ingredients into dry and whisk until fairly smooth.
- Spray a frying pan with cooking spray and heat over medium-high heat.
- Slice apples.
- When pan is hot, pour in 1/4 cup batter and immediately top with one apple slice.
- When edges of pancake appear dry and the bottom is golden, carefully flip it over and cook the second side until golden brown.
- Serve immediately
Did you ever notice that apples have apple blossom prints inside?
This post is participating in Healthy Vegan Fridays HERE and Wellness Weekend HERE. Click the links for tons of great recipes!
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Emiky, Any suggestions for which wheat free flours to use?
Hi Annette,
Spelt maybe? You might need to adjust the liquid though.
These look fantastic! Do you have any idea if they would freeze well?
I think so Jane. I put the leftovers in the fridge and warmed them in a toaster over the next day and they were fine. They had lost their fluffy height, but the taste was the same.
I love the idea of putting the apple slice in the pancake. I have only had apple pancakes with the apples served on top. these look great.
I love that your mom uses whole apple slices here–what a great idea! So pretty, too. Bet they taste yummy. Thanks for linking to WW this week, too!
These are beautiful and I love the big chunks of apple- these would be so full of flavour!
Thanks for sharing on Healthy Vegan Friday!