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Perfect Almond Flour Pancakes

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Super Easy Almond Flour Pancake Recipe
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We eat eggs for breakfast often and sometimes the kids get tired of them. Grain-free pancakes pack a lot of protein and healthy fats kids need, so we opt for coconut flour or almond flour pancakes when we need a break from eggs. These easy almond flour pancakes are a regular on the menu at our house now.

If you’ve gone grain free and are missing pancakes, try these!

Healthy Almond Flour Pancakes (Kid-Approved)

My favorite part about these pancakes is that they only have three main ingredients and can be made in less than five minutes! I use blanched almond flour as it provides a very smooth and fluffy texture, but any high quality almond flour will work (though there will be some variation in the final pancake with different flours).

They are GAPS legal and dairy optional, but they are so delicious no one would ever suspect we are making them for health reasons.

Once you master almond flour pancakes, try coconut flour pancakes or grain-free crepes to keep the breakfast menu interesting.

A note on grain-free pancakes: These will be a little denser than your traditional pancake. The good news is, you don’t have to make 50 of them to fill everyone up! A few small pancakes have enough protein and fiber to really satisfy.

Pancake Variations

These are very easy to customize just as you would regular pancakes. Some favorites in our house are:

  • banana slices and nuts (no bananas on my plate though!)
  • fresh berries
  • homemade nutella
  • plain butter and maple syrup
  • dark chocolate chips and orange zest
  • shredded zucchini with nutmeg and cinnamon (like zucchini bread!)
  • with a dollop of yogurt

The options are endless! Give these a try and let me know what you think!

Super Easy Almond Flour Pancake Recipe

Easy Almond Flour Pancakes

A simple and delicious almond flour pancake with only three necessary ingredients for a fast and healthy breakfast. This recipe is also very easy to double or triple for larger groups.
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Calories 110kcal
Author Katie Wells

Servings

6 -8 pancakes

Ingredients

  • cups almond flour
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 cup water (or milk)
  • spices (such as cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla, blueberries, or other flavors (optional)

Instructions

  • Mix all ingredients in a medium sized bowl using a hand blender or immersion blender until batter is a pourable consistency.
  • Make one test pancake to check for desired thickness and texture. Thin with additional water or milk if necessary. 
  • Cook all pancakes on a preheated griddle or in a large pan for approximately 2-3 minutes until bubbles form.
  • Flip and cook an additional 2-3 minutes until they are done in the center and both sides are golden brown.
  • Enjoy!

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts
Easy Almond Flour Pancakes
Amount Per Serving (2 pancakes)
Calories 110 Calories from Fat 75
% Daily Value*
Fat 8.3g13%
Saturated Fat 1.4g9%
Cholesterol 123mg41%
Sodium 52mg2%
Carbohydrates 2.5g1%
Fiber 1.1g5%
Sugar 0.3g0%
Protein 6.4g13%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Notes

Enjoy playing with the add-ins and spices on this one to make your own favorite combo or a delicious seasonal pancake.

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Almond flour pancakes are a gluten free and grain free alternative with all the taste of the real thing (and more nutrients!)

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About Katie Wells

Katie Wells, CTNC, MCHC, Founder of Wellness Mama and Co-founder of Wellnesse, has a background in research, journalism, and nutrition. As a mom of six, she turned to research and took health into her own hands to find answers to her health problems. WellnessMama.com is the culmination of her thousands of hours of research and all posts are medically reviewed and verified by the Wellness Mama research team. Katie is also the author of the bestselling books The Wellness Mama Cookbook and The Wellness Mama 5-Step Lifestyle Detox.

Comments

195 responses to “Perfect Almond Flour Pancakes”

  1. Kathryn Avatar

    Can you please provide the nutritional info for the almond flour pancakes? I am particularly interested in the carb amounts. Thanks

  2. Stacey Avatar

    These worked just fine for me but I would be really grateful if someone could let me know the nutritional content (mainly protien vs carbs). Apologies if this has already been answered somewhere.

    Thanks!

  3. MickiSue Avatar
    MickiSue

    Will try these for Sunday breakfast.

    I think a big part of the variation in comments (these are wonderful! these are terrible!) can be ascribed to, not user error, but flour variations. Almond meal, which is what is available at Trader Joe’s, would need both a longer rest and more liquid, as it’s made from whole almonds, and would suck up the liquid more.

    Just like any pancake recipe, though, you really need to know what works for you. I’ve used, back in my grain days, expensive multigrain mixes for which the instructions were clearly wrong. If I’d used them as written, I’d have had dry multigrain biscuits, because the batter was more like a sticky dough, at the ratios called for.

    Take this recipe, either use the ingredients as noted, or adapt based on your own knowledge of what the right consistency for pancake batter should be…you’ll be happier.

  4. Clare Avatar

    4 stars
    I found this to be a wonderful recipe!! I added a drop or two of maple extract and it was just perfect!! Thank you!

  5. Barb Avatar

    1 star
    I was really disappointed in how these turned out….I had added vanilla and blueberries; otherwise I probably would have thrown them away. Very dry…I added more milk a little at a time to try to get a pourable batter..no luck. I was craving pancakes….

  6. Melissa Avatar
    Melissa

    I mademthese with cashew meal and they were delicious. My kiddos LOVED them!!!

  7. Lyndah Tarere Avatar
    Lyndah Tarere

    Hi Wellness Mama,
    Thank you for sharing the pancake receipe. Looks like its so easy to prepare. Just one question, how much oil and what type of Cooking Oil do I need to use on the frying pan?

  8. stefani Avatar

    3 eggs £5 quids worth of Almond flour and £2.75 worth of coconut milk. I am not fussy at all…i doubt you have ever actually tried this recipe because its not really a recipe ;/. money wasted please test before giving to others

  9. Ryan Avatar

    2 stars
    Definitely didn’t work for me. I have made quite a million pancakes due to my son’s food intolerances. But I ended up making this which worked well:
    1 cup gluten free flour
    1/2 c. almond meal
    1/2 c. coconut flour
    1 T grass fed butter
    3 eggs
    1 splash of vanilla extract
    Then I ended up adding almond milk until the consistency was right. I didn’t measure. Maybe it was a cup.
    I had to manually spread the pancakes on the pan, and after the flip, Smash down a little to spread the batter. They came out great. No sugar added. 😉

  10. Alison Avatar

    5 stars
    Just made these! I have been dying for pancakes and I think they are delicious! Just added vanilla, cinnamon and one packet of stevia. Will add this to my recipes.. Thanks!

  11. Chelsea Avatar

    4 stars
    The first time I made this recipe I added a little vanilla extract and cinnamon powder, ate with melted butter and maple syrup – they were good! Second time I made them I threw in salt, zatar, and used then add a flat bread for humus – amazing! So. Flipping. Versatile!

  12. Jen Avatar

    This was a great base recipe that I just modified to fit the flavors my 4 year old would like. I added a little cinnamon, vanilla, and thawed frozen blueberries. The thawed blueberries had some juice which made the batter a beautiful purple (my kids loved that). I added just a bit of melted butter (salted) and then free poured the milk until I got a thick consistency. They were so yummy! I haven’t actually tried the recipe straight as-is, but I rarely make plain pancakes anyway. This base recipe was what I needed to have confidence to try to mix things up. Thanks!

  13. Denns Jasinski Avatar
    Denns Jasinski

    Just had these today. I added almond milk, vanilla, cinnamon and psyllium husk powder. I use the psyllium in a lot of bread and cookie recipes to add a little fluffiness, like white bread. Thickened up with a little coconut flour. They turned out very good! Thank you for the recipe. You need to be committed to alternative flours to really enjoy these recipes.

  14. Allison Avatar

    5 stars
    I thought these turned out great! And my very picky 7 year old (who is highly sensitive to “different” food textures) loved them too.

    I actually halved the recipe, although I used 2 eggs instead of what I guess should have technically been 1.5.. the texture was really perfect. I’ll definitely be making these again!

  15. Julie Avatar

    The liquid:dry ratio seems to be off. Would not recommend this recipe.
    Especially do not use almond meal. I also felt nauseous afterwords- not sure if it was because I consumed so many nuts via the almonds….
    Elana’s Pantry has a lot of info on almond flour. I do like almost all of Katie’s recipes that I try though, especially the Pakistani Kima 🙂

  16. Barb Avatar

    2 stars
    I have to agree, they needed something else, I added less almond milk and some tapioca flour and 1 less egg, a big waste of batter, did not like this recipe.

  17. Alemana Avatar

    5 stars
    Very yummy and very easy!!! I don’t understand the negative comments. I tried these for the first time and they came out really yummy. My picky family agreed!

  18. Lynn Avatar

    4 stars
    I made this with a little variation. Added a quarter cup of flaxseed meal (just because I had some) as well as 2 mashed bananas. Hubby was pleasantly surprised at how good it tasted – reckoned it didn’t even need maple syrup. I added the mashed bananas because the pancakes were falling apart too easily & it seemed to help. Plus it’s so yummy!

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