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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Or these Healthy Blueberry Muffins
Darn it – I wish this was on during one of the days that I was working from home (with Dr. Oz on in the background). I would have loved to see it! Good for you! http://www.enchantinglyemily.com
I don’t like to use quinoa flakes in anything like this because I can still taste that bitter, grassy, quinoa taste in it. What I always substitute for oatmeal is buckwheat flakes! I’m sure they would work here.
Thanks for the tip. Since I’ve never used these flakes, I didn’t know that they had a bitter and/or grassy taste. I will look for buckwheat flakes. However, I need to use the quinoa flakes as I hate to waste food. Maybe I can find a recipe or two that would overpower the undesirable taste.
Hello Sandra
I’ve a couple of recipes on my blog using quinoa flakes and yes you can perfectly sub the oats for quinoa flakes. I would blitz them to a flour first and just use it as normal gluten free flour. https://lifediethealth.wordpress.com/2015/05/02/health-in-a-bite-with-chocolate/ and https://lifediethealth.wordpress.com/2015/09/17/autumnal-cheesey-vegan-burgers/
Thanks much, I’ll check out your blog.
Sandra-
I have quinoa flakes, and they really aren’t that strong. Maybe it’s the brand or just my tastebuds, but you should definitely try them alone. I made them as hot cereal, and they reminded me of cream of wheat.
About this recipe, if you use a nice ripe banana, that should overpower the taste of the flakes (or oats) you use. Adding cinnamon will help even more. I made some for dinner last night using oats, and all I could really taste were banana and cinnamon with a pancakey texture. They were good! I put coconut nectar and maple syrup on them (not at the same time). Butter (or buttery spread) and powdered sugar would be good too.
Hope this helps!
Thanks. I’m going to make these in the morning using the quinoa flakes and some cinnamon. Not sure yet what I’ll top them with. I have a VERY ripe banana that I need to use ASAP. Later on I’ll try the flakes alone as cereal, mixing in some cinnamon and whatever else I can think of.
I love all the easy recipes. I love reading your blog and dreaming of making all the recipes I see in cookbooks but I’m not much of a cook so I usually don’t make anything. But these were even easy enough for me and they turned out great. Thanks, and keep the easy recipes coming!
Can you ever post an unedited photo? j/w
You’re such a beautiful young lady, Katie, inside & out! I LOVE your dress! Where did you get it? It’s gorgeous! Congrats on your Dr. Oz segment. You did a great job. My kids and I are very expressive too. It can be a blessing and a curse, lol! But I’d rather be expressive than never smile. Just continue being you! <3
Thank you!! 🙂
Dress is Ralph Lauren, from Macys.
This is such a cool idea. 🙂 I’m wondering though, what sort of texture do these pancakes have??
Very soft and fluffy. They are hard to describe but I really liked them!
Mine were kinda spongey. I think it’s because I waited too long to cook them after blending up the batter, so the oats had time to absorb everything instead of be more like flour. They were still good!
Can’t wait to try these tomorrow. They look so smooth. Do you grind the oats into a flour first or leave them whole? Thank you!
You can leave them whole until blending with the other ingredients. Or you could grind them first if you prefer. 🙂
Katie how wonderful that you have discovered these! 🙂 I make something similar at least twice a week! Check them out on my blog! https://lifediethealth.wordpress.com/2015/09/26/bursting-blueberry-pancakes-vegan-and-gluten-free/
I checked out your recipe, but I don’t use grams and ml’s so don’t know what the amounts would be. They sound good, though, I like the idea of putting blueberries on them.
Yay yay yay! You’re famous (although you probably already were ;-). Congrats!!!
This looks GREAT! Thank you so, so much Katie – and I love the link to your visit at dr.Oz, in Norway we don’t dr.Oz-show, so – thank you! Please keep up the 3-4-5 ingredience-recipes – just love them 🙂
Hi Radka, I’m not Katie, but I greased my pan with coconut oil and the pancakes didn’t stick. I usually put some coconut oil in the pan to melt, and then I spread it around using some paper towel or a spatula. That way it covers the pan evenly. I hope that helps! Also, this pancake batter can be made in a food processor if you don’t have an immersion blender/hand mixer. They are delicious so I hope you enjoy them 🙂
Katie! This recipe might actually be my favorite recipe that you have ever posted! And that is stiff competition because I have followed your blog daily for years- I make just about everything you post (black bean brownies today as a matter of fact) and I have baked my way through your cookbook. I have already made these pancakes three times and I cannot wait to have a guest so I can make these for their breakfast. So thrilled to see you on Dr. Oz. You were gorgeous – smile, hair, nails, dress – and let’s not forget your sparkling personality! 2016 looks good on you.
Totally agree with both sentiments!
I taped that especially to watch you – you were so cute! and look completely healthy and of a normal size. I smiled through the whole segment. 🙂 Congratulations.
hahaha, these people about the photoshopping… they are hysterical. The rest of us that follow you know better. I’m sorry these people are cluttering your blog.
ANYway- as for the pancakes, I love them… most importantly the kids and husband love them too! 🙂
These are amazing, and taste like you’re eating banana bread for breakfast! I’m going to try adding flax seeds next time, for a little crunch and a calorie boost.