How to make healthy flourless pancakes at home, with just 3 ingredients, no gluten, no dairy, and no refined sugar in the recipe.
3 Ingredient Flourless Pancakes
Although the idea for 3 ingredient flourless pancakes has been going around the internet for a few years, every recipe I’ve ever seen has always included an egg as one of the three ingredients.
In trying to think of something for the eggs, I listed all of my favorite egg substitutes.
Banana was especially intriguing to me because it not only could replace the egg as a binder but also would add potassium and give the pancakes some natural sweetness.
I didn’t know how it would turn out, but I was excited to experiment.
My favorite recipes are the ones where you look at the ingredients and think, “There is absolutely no way this could possibly work!”
Two examples on my blog of these types of recipes are the Avocado Smoothie Recipe or my chocolate Almond Butter Brownies.
You go into it expecting the recipe to be a big fat flop, then you’re completely shocked and thrilled when it actually turns out exactly the way the directions said it would!
These 3 ingredient flourless pancakes definitely fit into that category.
One banana, 1/2 cup oats, 3 1/2 tbsp milk of choice, and that’s all you need to make pancakes.
Who knew?!?!
Top the pancakes with maple syrup or fresh berries and Coconut Whipped Cream.
I’m sure someone will ask about a substitute for the banana: I haven’t tried anything and therefore really can’t tell you if something else will work here.
(Edit: sweet potato works!)
If anyone wants to experiment with applesauce or pumpkin or nondairy yogurt or anything else you can think of, I’d definitely love to hear the results of those experiments.
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Also be sure to try these Applesauce Muffins.
Flourless Pancakes – 3 Ingredients
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup rolled oats (Or make these Keto Pancakes)
- 1 medium banana (90g peeled), or mashed sweet potato
- 3 1/2 tbsp milk of choice
- pinch salt, and sweetener of choice as desired
- cinnamon and chocolate chips if desired
Instructions
- *If using a liquid sweetener, cut back on the milk by the amount of sweetener you use. And if you don't have a hand blender, either double or triple the recipe for a regular blender OR use scant 1/2 cup oat flour instead of the rolled oats and mash the banana by hand.The Recipe: Grease a skillet VERY well so the pancakes won't start to stick before they're flip-able. Combine all ingredients with a hand blender, then pour ladles of batter onto the greased skillet. As soon as the pancakes are cooked enough that you can get a pancake flipper underneath without breaking the pancakes, flip and cook an additional minute. The recipe makes 6-7 small pancakes (size of the ones in the photos). If you make a larger batch, leftovers can be refrigerated or frozen.View Nutrition Facts
Notes
And the promised photos from my appearance on the Dr. Oz Show:
If interested in the recipes highlighted on the show, they can be found at the following links:
(For the chocolate spoons that were featured on the show, simply dip spoons in melted chocolate, sprinkle on desired toppings, and refrigerate or freeze until the chocolate sets.)
Apparently I really, really like talking with my hands.
Aaaaaaaaand… this is probably why I’m getting wrinkles.
#overexpressiveface😛
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Gosh you’re so adorable!!!
You are so gorgeous and I wish my hair looked half as beautiful! Better to have an overexpressive face than to never smile and try to hide your expressions because it causes lines like I’ve heard some celebrities say they do.
I’d never watched Dr. Oz before, but I tuned in for your show and you were terrific!
Gorgeous sure, because its photoshop. She clearly photoshopped her body to be skinnier and hair to be thicker. You can see in the second to last photo that a piece of her right arm is completely missing! And in the first photo at the very top of the post, look at her wrist. Oops Katie? 😉
Hi S,
These are actually screenshots I took straight from the clip. I have no interest in photoshopping myself to look skinnier.
I can’t believe someone would pick apart your appearance and pictures. That’s mean. You’re gorgeous btw..
Oh my gosh …….it takes a jealous person to bash you like that! I have your books and love to make your recipes!!
I went to reviews to get ideas and surprised what I saw…I skipped the video and just followed recipe and my son, who does not like oats, ate it (with honey, a dash of vanilla along with cinnamom and chocolate chips)!
I had doubled the recipe and it was blended quickly in my Vitamixer, on low. This is a great, quick, healthy and hearrt breakfast-ty!
I think that person needs glasses. I see your whole arm in all of them. It sounds like they were to busy finding fault to miss out on your recipe ideas.
You don’t have to defend yourself. Some people will never believe you, and so be it. You do a great job we have your back!
Obviously you’re a bit blind… I can’t see a thing wrong with any photo other than the fact that she’s shaking her wrist. Katie has a post about body positivity and explaining that she does not support body shaming or eating disorders of any kind. Heck, the girl makes chocolate a designated spot in the day! Please think before you speak 🙂
I can’t believe that anyone would pick someone’s photo apart like S did.
She either has a terrible self image or is jealous. You obviously do not follow
Katie, or you would know that she doesn’t need to photoshop any of her photos.
She may have had he hair styled, and maybe a manicure. You really should keep your thoughts to yourself on people’s looks. Katie, take this tyof comment withgrain of slt!
Katie-what “s” wrote is a reflection of how she sees herself and the world and not how she truly sees you or the world.
Congratulations on this.
After you mentioned it I went and looked and thought you were right until I looked closely at an enlargement – it’s a kitchen tool sticking up out of the bowl that is in front of part of her arm in the shot.
At first I thought this comment was mean spirited, then I went and checked the photos, and I just laughed. I don’t think anyone with an IQ would seriously mistake the handle of a kitchen utensil for Katie having chopped part of her arm off!
You just a jealous and miserable. Learn to love your self.
You jealous and bitter person, s. That isn’t photoshop. That is a handle of some utensil sticking out of a bowl. Plus, if she was really going to photoshop to make herself look better, I doubt she would have included the first picture in the last row. That is NOT a flattering expression even on someone as gorgeous as her lol!
S, you should just delete that comment. You seriously embarrassed yourself.
Great recipe! I make a batch on Monday to take to work. I throw two in a bag and have them with peanut butter at my desk. So GOOD! I like the consistency.
If I make them for a breakfast, I toss the mixture in a Vitamix until smooth and add a 1/2 teaspoon of baking powder. This gives it more of a pancake fluff consistence, which is what my husband would rather. He loves them!
There’s a utensil in the bowl that’s blocking her arm. Stop being a bully
first of all she is skinny, so no need to photo shop, and secondly that is such a ridiculous comment. Don’t be a troll.
That piece of her arm ‘missing’, if you look closely is actually the handle of the whisk or spoon in the bowl. Why do people have to cast aspersions on others that they don’t know. How cynical. You need to get a life.
Wow. Simply narrow-minded, unnecessary and pathetic comment. People, if you can’t say anything nice, then stay off the internet.
Her arm is not missing, there is a utensil sticking out of the bowl.
Wow, what does that about yo?
Oops jealous much? XD
Are you kidding me? This is a recipe website, not a modeling interview.
Katie replied that she didn’t photoshop, I could care less if she did. I’m here for the recipes, not the p#rn. You must have clicked the wrong burger link.
Recipes are great by the way, maybe included a bit of arm 🙂 for flavor.
WOW! “S”… are you hiding behind a letter for a name bc you are hateful and jealous to demean someone like that! I’d much rather be associated with someone who photographs their pictures… which I don’t believe for a minute that she does… than be associated with someone with a dark heart 🖤
So easy (a.k.a best) recipe! I definetely will try make it 😉
This is such a great pancake recipe! Can’t wait to make it 🙂
LOVED watching you on Dr. Oz! We need to get you on Ellen next 😉
Congratulations, you look beautiful! And I’m making these pancakes for breakfast tomorrow. My whole family is vegan because of you. We love Chocolate Covered Katie 🙂
Would it be possible to substitute orange juice for the milk? I don’t like non-dairy or dairy milk.
I’ve never tried, but be sure to report back if you experiment!
As a vegan, I used to make my porridge (oats) with apple juice which gives it a beautiful, delicious, taste. On a few occasions, if I’d run out of apple juice I’d use cranberry juice – surprisingly good too. I now tend to use almond milk but if I want that beautiful, fresh taste then I revert to apple juice. This was for cooking porridge, however I would guess it could also work for these pancakes.
I just made them with Orange juice! They were really tasty! Also added chocolate chips to the batter because chocolate and orange pairings are an undisputed classic in my book 😉
These look fab! I’ve got a recipe for egg-free pancakes on my blog too with these exact same ingredients, just slightly different measurements – will have to give this a go!
Your pancakes don’t look like they have chunky oats in them. When you say to blend everything with a hand blender, do you mean am immersion blender?
They are the same thing 😉
Hi KATHIE,
This instruction to use a “hand blender” actually was a little confusing. They are two different sorts of tools. A hand blander has removable beaters and an immersion blender has blades. You may want to update the recipe to clear up any confusion.
A hand “mixer” has removable beaters. A “hand blender” is an immersion blender.
The tool with two beaters is not a blender, it is a beater or a hand “mixer”. In order for something to be a blender, it needs to have blades. So there is actually nothing confusing or misleading by her saying to use a hand blender.
These pancakes look fabulous, Katie! I love that there are only three ingredients and that they may seem like a flop (or should I say flip? Hehe)… but they’re not! I can’t wait to try them!
I love the pictures from the Dr. Oz show! I’m the same way about expressing myself through my hands and face- it’s way more fun to be more expressive! Could you possibly post the Dr. Oz segment? I’d love to watch it!
🙂 http://www.doctoroz.com/episode/last-minute-easy-homemade-health-gifts?video_id=4667434329001