Fluffy Flourless Banana Pancakes (2024)

By Melissa Erdelac · January 22, 2019 (updated September 4, 2023) · 85 Community Comments

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Fluffy Flourless Pancakes mix up quickly in a blender, have a tender, light banana oatmeal texture, and are naturally gluten free. This healthy recipe is easy to throw together and they have the look and taste of REAL pancakes.

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A family member uses this fluffy flourless pancakes recipe as part of her clean-eating diet. Given myskepticism for recipes described as “clean,” I wasn’tconvinced they wouldactually taste good.

Turns out “clean” isn’t quite synonymous with “tasteless.” These pancakes don’t tastelike they should be good for you.

As a matter of fact,I pretty much can’t live without them now.

1. Throw everything in a blender and you are ready for a batch of fluffy, glorious pancakes!
2. All the ingredients are gluten free and affordable! No need to mess around with expensive flours.
3. The combination of bananas, oats, and a touch of honey makes these irresistible for the whole family. Kids especially love them!
4. Enjoy a healthy, gluten-free breakfast that won’t leave you longing. They are loaded with fiber, have no refined sugar, and with a peanut butter spread, have a great dose of protein to start your day!
5. Flourless pancakes are very freezer-friendly, just like buckwheat banana pancakes. Anytime I have some overripe bananas, I whip up a batch to freezer for busy weekday mornings.

ingredients and substitutions

• Oatmeal – Use old fashioned or instant oats, and certified gluten free oats to ensure they have not been cross-contaminated during processing.
• Bananas – Brown, ripe bananas give the best flavor. If you are looking for a recipe without banana, try this oat flour pancake recipe or replace the banana using pumpkin in this easy blender gluten-free pumpkin oat pancakes recipe.
• Eggs – Acts as a binder for the ingredients
• Flavor – vanilla extract, ground cinnamon, and salt
• Sweetener – Use honey, pure maple syrup, brown sugar, or a sugar-free substitute
• Baking powder
• Milk – For a dairy-free recipe, use your preferred dairy-free alternative

HOW TO MAKE FLOURLESS PANCAKES RECIPE

(Below shows step-by-step photos and modified instructions. For the complete recipe, along with ingredient amounts, scroll down to the recipe card.)

1. Place all ingredients in a large bowl if using animmersion blender, otherwise place ingredients in blender or food processor.
2. Blend together and then let batter sit 15-30 minutes. This gives time to hydrate and soften the oatmeal.
3. Pour on hot griddle and cook 2-3 minutes, or until bubbles form.
4. Flip and cook on other side.

Resting the batter

Resting the batter allows time for the oats to hydrate and makes the flourless pancake’s texture lighter. If you cook the pancakes straight away you will find they go from thinner and denser to lighter and fluffy as you cook them. This technique also works well for oat flour waffles.

Do I Need To Use a Blender?

Yes, or something similar to grind the oats down to oat flour consistency. An immersion blender or food processor may also be use. Using a good quality blender, grinds the oats smoothly so you have the fluffiest pancakes!

Is this recipe gluten-free?

Can I make waffles with this recipe?

With a couple simple adaptations flourless banana oatmeal pancakes turn into waffles! Simply follow this gluten free banana waffles recipe, which is the adaptation of this recipe.

Best Tips and Tricks

• Ideally let the batter sit for 15-20 minutes before cooking on a griddle. This allows time to hydrate the oats and will make the texture of the pancakes lighter.
• You can use any type of “milk” in this recipe – regular, skim, almond, soy, cashew, lactose free, coconut
• Substitute pure maple syrup, brown sugar, or even a sugar-free substitute for the honey.
• Add 1/4 cup to 1/2 cup peanut butter for banana peanut butter pancakes!
• Great add-ins while cooking: chocolate chips, blueberries, raspberries, banana slices, or white chocolate chips
• Top with gluten-free syrup, maple syrup, homemade blueberry syrup, or spread with peanut butter or Nutella
• This recipe makes about 30 pancakes, but it can easily be halved or freeze leftovers for weekday mornings.

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