DINER-STYLE BLUEBERRY PANCAKES
INGREDIENTS
Serves 4
1 1/2 cups flour
3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon sugar
1 1/4 cups oat milk
1 tablespoon ground flaxseed
3 tablespoons water
3 tablespoons melted vegan butter
1 cup frozen blueberries
Maple syrup for the top (duh)
RECIPE
Heat pan or griddle over medium-low heat and spray with cooking spray of your choice (or melt a small bit of vegan butter in the pan). If your pan is too hot, the pancakes will cook on the outside but still be raw on the inside. Since these are a more rustic style pancake, they’re best cooked low and slow!
In a small bowl, combine 1 tablespoon of ground flaxseed with 3 tablespoons of water and let sit to the side
Combine 1 1/2 cups of flour, 3/12 teaspoons of baking powder, 1 teaspoon salt, and 1 tablespoon sugar in a large bowl and mix thoroughly
To the same bowl, mix in 1 1/4 cups of oat milk, 3 tablespoons of melted vegan butter, and the flaxseed & water mixture (which should have congealed by now), and mix thoroughly
Mix in 1 cup (or more!) of frozen blueberries until the batter is a vibrant lavender color
Scoop out about a 1/4 of batter and place it on the oiled pan or griddle. The batter should be thick, so you might need to spread it out a bit with a spatula so that it’s flatter
Once the bottom side is golden brown and lightly crisped, flip the pancake and cook for an equal amount of time on the other side
You’ll know the pancakes are done when the sides (or edges) of the pancakes are cooked and no longer look like raw batter
RECIPE NOTES & INSPIRATION
Notes:
You really do need to cook these bad boys for longer than you might think. Cooking them low and slow will get you the very best pancakes of your life.
These are some THICK pancakes. Before you go doubling and tripling the recipe, you should know that we’ve never been able to stomach more than 2-3 per person.
Inspiration:
If you search “pancake recipe” on Google, one of the very first recipes that comes up is a recipe for “Good Old Fashioned Pancakes” by Dakota Kelly. The recipe you see above was inspired by Dakota’s amazing pancake recipe, veganized of course. Learning how to veganize your favorite standard recipes is a great way to get inspired by plant-based cooking–thanks for the inspo Dakota!
