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American-style pancakes

Thick, fluffy pancakes that are just like American-style pancakes and are great drizzled with maple syrup
Course Breakfast, Brunch
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Resting time 5 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Servings 4 people

Ingredients

  • 2 cups All purpose flour*
  • 2 Tbs Baking powder
  • 2 Tbs Sugar**
  • 1/4 tsp Sea salt
  • 1 3/4 cups Plantbased milk Almond or soy work well
  • 2 tsp Lemon juice or apple cider vinegar
  • 2 Tbs Rapeseed oil***
  • Extra oil for frying
  • 2 Flaxseed eggs****

Instructions

  • Make flax eggs first by mixing 2Tbs ground flaxseed with 6Tbs water and leaving to sit for 10 minutes until it thickens into an egg-like consistency
  • WET INGREDIENTS: whisk together the wet ingredients first: plantbased milk & lemon juice or vinegar. Leave for 10 minutes to curdle until it thickens like a buttermilk
  • Combine the milk mixture with the flax eggs and oil
  • DRY INGREDIENTS: add the dry ingredients to a bowl and whisk until combined - flour, baking powder, sugar, salt
  • Create a well in the middle of the dry ingredients and add the wet, slowly stirring until just combined. Don't overmix as it will change the consistency of the pancakes
  • Let the batter rest for around 5 minutes. The batter will thicken as it rests, don't mix it again as this will impact the reaction of the baking powder
  • Heat up a non-stick pan to medium heat then add oil for frying - coconut, grapeseed or rapeseed work well
  • Add around 1/2 cup of batter to the pan and cook until you start to see bubbles on the surface
  • Flip the pancake over and cook on the other side for around 3-5 minutes, until the pancakes are cooked all the way through

Notes

These pancakes are thick and fluffy like American pancakes. They're great with some melted plantbased butter, coconut yoghurt or cashew cream, fruit compote and maple syrup. 
 
*You can use other flours here if you want to make gluten free pancakes, just adjust quantities to suit the flour type - see chart for flour comparisons
**It's best to use granulated, unrefined sugar here rather than a liquid syrup
***Vegetable oil would also work 
****To make a flax egg, mix together 1Tbs ground flaxseed with 3Tbs water and leave to thicken for 10 minutes; if you don't have flaxseed, 1/2 a banana also works or 1/2 cup applesauce