Oat Flour Pancakes – Bites of Wellness

Oat flour pancakes are gentle, fluffy and really easy to make. The right wholesome breakfast, these pancakes with oat flour are evenly sweetened and nice for a fast and straightforward breakfast everybody is bound to like. These pancakes are freezer pleasant and nice for meal prep too.

When you love making home made pancakes, you must attempt these Protein Pancakes (made with protein powder) or wholesome protein waffles.

Why you’ll love this recipe

• Easy elements
• Straightforward to make
• No particular gear wanted
• Nice for meal prep
• Straightforward to customise
• Gluten free
• Dairy free

What do it is advisable to make oat flour pancakes

• Dairy free milk – use your favourite dairy free milk right here. I really like cashew milk however almond milk, oat milk or coconut milk (within the carton, not the can) would additionally work nice.
• Yogurt (common or dairy free) – yogurt helps make the pancakes moist and tender with out making them soggy. If you wish to improve the protein in these pancakes, use a Greek fashion yogurt.
• Maple syrup – the maple syrup sweetens the pancakes simply barely and likewise helps them brown a bit when cooking. You may additionally use honey or your favourite liquid sweetener. When you select to omit the maple syrup, add 2 further tablespoons of milk.
• Eggs – the eggs on this recipe actually give construction to the pancakes. I’ve not had nice success in swapping out the eggs for flax eggs or chia eggs.
• Oat flour – oat flour is a bit of nutty in taste and makes the pancakes actually filling. Oat flour is full of fiber and protein. You can also make your individual oat flour by grinding up oats within the blender.
• Baking powder – baking powder helps the oat flour pancakes rise. Since there isn’t any gluten within the recipe, the additional baking powder is required to create the fluffy pancakes you sometimes get with common flour.

Easy methods to make pancakes with oat flour

Make the oat flour: When you don’t have oat flour available, make your individual by mixing 1 cup of rolled oats or fast oats in a blender on excessive for 1-2 minutes. Make sure the oats are floor into a really superb powder. Skip this step when you’ve got oat flour available.

Preheat a big skillet over medium to medium excessive warmth (I exploit a ceramic skillet set to 300F).

Mix the moist elements in a big bowl.

Add the dry elements to the moist elements and stir nicely. Strive to not over combine. Let the batter relaxation for 2-3 minutes.

Make a check pancake: Flip the warmth all the way down to medium (about 250-275F). Spray the skillet with avocado oil, olive oil or soften a bit of butter or ghee. Make a check pancake. Use a ¼ cup measuring cup to pour out the batter onto the skillet. Cook dinner till the highest begins to bubble and thoroughly flip with a spatula.

• After you have made a check pancake, regulate the batter if wanted (too skinny, add extra oat flour, too thick add water/milk).

Make the pancakes: Spray the skillet down and make the pancakes, utilizing the ¼ cup measuring cup to maintain all of them the identical measurement. Flip the pancakes when you discover there are bubbles forming on the highest of the pancakes they usually begin to look golden brown on the underside. Cook dinner an extra 2-3 minutes on the opposite facet.

Add your favourite toppings and luxuriate in!

High suggestions

• Remember to preheat the skillet earlier than pouring the pancake batter. This helps make sure the pancakes prepare dinner evenly and don’t stick.
• Use a big spatula to flip the pancakes. They’re fragile however can simply be flipped with a big spatula.
• In case you are not sure concerning the consistency of the batter, make a small check pancake first. This manner you aren’t losing all of your elements if the batter isn’t fairly proper.
• To make these oat flour pancakes gluten free, make sure you use an oat flour that’s labeled gluten free, as many oats can get cross-contaminated throughout processing.
• In case you are making a big batch and wish the pancakes to remain heat, preheat the oven to 200F and place the pancakes in a casserole dish with a lid (or wrap the pancakes in foil). This helps make sure the pancakes don’t dry out when holding heat within the oven.

Combine-ins

• Frozen blueberries (add these on the final minute and ensure they’re frozen so that they don’t flip the batter purple).
• Contemporary blueberries, chopped strawberries, chopped banana, raspberries
• Mini chocolate chips
• Chopped nuts (pecans, walnuts, pistachios, almonds)
• Spices: Cinnamon, nutmeg, pumpkin pie spice
• Dried fruit: Raisins, chopped dates, dried cherries, dried cranberries

Topping concepts

Widespread questions

What to do if the pancake batter is simply too thick

Oat flour tends to soak up quite a lot of liquid and can thicken the longer it sits out.

The pancake batter must be runny sufficient that you would be able to pour it out into the skillet, however thick sufficient that it retains it form as a pancake if you end up pouring it out into the skillet.

When you discover that the batter is simply too thick, add 1-2 tablespoons of water or dairy free milk till it’s the precise consistency. I discover that oat flour actually thickens the longer it sits out, so if you’re making a big batch of pancakes, you could want so as to add some water or milk to skinny out the previous few pancakes. 

What if the pancake batter is simply too skinny

If the batter seems skinny, let it relaxation for five minutes to thicken. If it nonetheless appears skinny, add 1-2 tablespoons of oat flour to thicken.

What’s oat flour

Oat flour is flour made by finely grinding up oats (rolled oat or fast oats). You should buy oat flour already floor or make your individual.

Nice for baking or making wholesome pancakes, oat flour is greater in fiber and protein in comparison with conventional all function flour.

Oats are naturally gluten free nevertheless they will get cross contaminated when grown or processed, so if you need your oat flour pancakes to be gluten free, make sure you use gluten free licensed oats or oat flour.

Easy methods to make oat flour at house

Pour rolled oats or fast cooking oats right into a excessive pace blender. Don’t use metal lower oats, as they nonetheless have the hull on them and won’t grind right into a superb powder.

Mix on excessive for 1-2 minutes till the oats resemble a really superb powder. Usually I discover that among the oats didn’t get blended, so I often move this flour via a superb mesh sieve to catch the bigger items.

Retailer the home made oat flour in an hermetic container for as much as 3 months.

Are you able to make these pancakes with out eggs?

I’ve not had success making these oat flour pancakes with out eggs. I discover the eggs actually assist maintain the pancakes collectively when flipping them and likewise assist create a fluffy texture. After I tried this with flax eggs, the pancakes had been mushy within the center and really dense.

Are you able to freeze gluten free oat flour pancakes?

Sure, these pancakes freeze nicely. To freeze, enable the pancakes to chill fully earlier than stacking the pancakes with parchment paper between the pancakes (this helps hold them from sticking collectively). Retailer in a freezer protected bag or container for as much as a month.

When you’re prepared to make use of the frozen pancakes, place them within the toaster or toaster oven and toast till defrosted. You can even defrost within the microwave at 50% energy for two minutes.   

Storing leftovers

• Fridge: Retailer leftover pancakes in an hermetic container within the fridge for as much as 3 days. Wait so as to add your toppings till after reheating.
• Reheat in a heat skillet, within the toaster (or toaster oven) or within the microwave.
• Freezer: Freeze with parchment paper between the pancakes in a freezer protected bag or container as much as 1 month.

Extra recipes with oat flour

Oat Flour Sugar Cookies

Oat Tortillas

Pumpkin Cookies (with oat flour)

Oat Flour Mug Cake