These buttery pineapple pancakes might just become your new favorite pancakes:
With a base that absolutely melts in your mouth, it’s almost more like cake than pancakes.
I’ve posted many pancakes over the years; a giant list can be found here: 100+ Healthy Pancake Recipes. And these pineapple upside down pancakes are surprisingly my favorite of them all. A friend from high school once taught me how to make a ridiculously-easy pineapple upside down cake that went something like this: pour melted butter into the pan, spread on a layer of crushed pineapple, and top with vanilla cake mix and more butter… maybe it wasn’t quite that simple, but it was pretty easy and tasted amazing.
These cake-like pineapple pancakes remind me of that cake… but without all the butter! (Seriously, there was a massive amount of butter in the cake. No wonder it tasted so good!)
I hope you like the recipe as much as I do!
Pineapple Upside Down Pancakes
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup flour (spelt, all-purpose, Bob’s gf, or ww pastry all work) (45g)
- 2 tbsp quick oats or certified-gf quick oats (10g)
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/8 tsp salt
- pinch stevia, or 1 tbsp liquid sweetener of choice (such as pure maple syrup)
- 1/3 cup milk of choice, warmed slightly (minus 1 tbsp if using liquid sweetener) (80g)
- 2 tsp melted virgin coconut oil (Can sub veg oil, but coconut oil gives the pancakes an incredible shortbread-y taste. Omit only if you don’t mind the taste of fat-free pancakes.)
- 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 4 pineapple rings
Instructions
In a cereal bowl, combine all dry ingredients except pineapple, and stir very well. In a separate bowl, combine all liquid ingredients. (The milk is warmed to prevent the oil from solidifying on contact. This is a good practice for any baked-good recipe that calls for coconut oil.) Pour dry into wet, and stir together to form a batter. Grease a skillet, then turn the heat to medium. Test the heat of your skillet by throwing a few drops of water onto the surface. When the water sizzles, the pan is ready for the pancake batter. Turn skillet to low-medium and drop about 1/4 of the batter onto the skillet, then spread out and lightly place one pineapple round in the middle, pushing down just a little. Repeat with another pancake. (Unless you have a giant skillet, it is best to just do two at a time so as not to crowd the skillet.) Flip pancakes over when the edges become firm and they are able to be flipped without breaking. Continue cooking until desired doneness is reached. I turned the heat up to high at the very end, to fry the pineapple slices a little. Makes 4 super-thick pancakes.
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Katie,
I just made these for breakfast for my mom and husband. Both of whom are not Vegan (but I am). They LOVED these, as did I!! I will definitely be making them again. Thanks for all the awesome recipes 🙂
Michelle
Thank YOU Katie! I received this recipe in my inbox about a week ago and knew that Father’s Day was coming up, so today I made these deliciously sweet pancakes for my dad! It turned out to be a big hit for the entire family! They were SO tasty and super fun to make.
I just wandered across your lovely site tonight while waiting in vain for sleepiness to descend, and these look gorgeous. I wonder if the pineapple pancake concept would work well with coconut pancakes? (Doing quasi-primal, so I am trying to lay off pretty much all grains for the time being.)
I’m not Katie, but I wouldn’t recommend substituting coconut flour in an exact replacement for other flour in a recipe without tweaking some other ingredients as well.
These are so good! I just made one batch of the recipe which was enough for me and the kids. They’re 4, and 19 months and they loved them and asked for more! Thanks Katie, please keep creating deliciousness!
I just have to post a comment. I have been following and doing recipes in this blog now for a few months and I absolutely LOVE it!!!! My husband laughs at me because I often start sentences with “Chocolate covered Katie says….” He says, “you act like you guys are friends or something.” I virtually feel like we are friends because I love how real you are in your posts, not to mention how you have the most creative, healthiest and BEST dessert recipes I have ever seen! I am making these pancakes for us for breakfast (second time because they were so good) and I have some oatmeal raisin cookie ice cream in the freezer now (awesome!!). Plus, we live in Austin, so it was fun to read your recent posts about Austin. 🙂 Thanks for all you do (I can’t imagine how much time and effort this venture takes!) to keep all your followers full of fun dessert ideas! 🙂
I like reading through an article that will make people think.
Also, thanks for allowing for me to comment!
Oooh! Yummy! I usually like new breakfasts each morning. I love all your pancake recipes. You should make a peppermint pancake!:D I love peppermint. 😉
I am always craving something sweet in the morning. I was actually pondering of going out and getting cinnamon rolls and making them, but so glad i found your recipe! Can get a much healthier start to the day!! And I didnt even need syrup or any sweetneer because of the sweetness of pineapple. Reminds me of breakfast when i was on vacation in Hawaii, Aloha! 🙂 All i need now is a cup of delicious Kona coffee 🙂
ps: just wondering if you used canned or fresh pineapple ? Thank You
Hi! I made these with canned pineapple, and I believe she did too!
Oh. My. Pancake. These were AMAZING! I couldn’t believe how amazing these were. This is probably my favorite pancake recipe that I have ever had (I am not vegan). I am going to have these again tomorrow for lunch (I’m trying the chocolate oatmeal for breakfast)! I can hardly wait! Thank you so much for these recipes!
Made these for breakfast this morning. I also put some maple syrup, 1 pineapple ring, a pinch of cinnamon, and some pineapple juice in my blender- I used this combination in place of plain maple syrup. They were DELICIOUS, had an incredible texture (I made them with coconut oil) and my boyfriend loved them, too. Thanks, Katie!