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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

197 responses to “Perfect Almond Flour Pancakes”

  1. April Avatar

    4 stars
    I made these this morning. They were really runny, so I had to add at least a 1/2 cup of almond flour to the batter. Next time I won’t add as much milk. I added blueberries too. With blueberries, they tasted better than without. I’ll definitely make them again.

  2. Nagisa Detchemendy Avatar
    Nagisa Detchemendy

    4 stars
    I made these pancakes for breakfast this morning. As some mentioned, they did come a bit dry and crumbly. But I found a solution for it!.
    I added about 1 tsp of Phyllium husk to the half of remaining batter. (Note: I made only 1/3 of the recipe just for myself, so if you want to add Phyllium husk to the full serving as this recipe calls for, you’d probably need like 1 tbsp.) After mixing Phyllium husk, make sure to let it rise for at least 5 minutes. It makes the batter thick and a lot easier to handle. And pancakes came out fluffy and moist!

  3. Christine Avatar
    Christine

    4 stars
    I made the recipe & cooked up the test pancake as suggested. It was dry, crumbly. So, I added 2 teaspoons of grapeseed oil & whisked it into the batter…problem solved!!! The cakes bubbled, cooked and held together like “regular” pancakes. Also added a couple sprinkles of pumpkin pie spice for flavor. Yummy. Thanks for the easy recipe!

  4. Amanda Huginkiss Avatar
    Amanda Huginkiss

    4 stars
    These were really good! I used heavy cream instead of milk, almond extract, vanilla extract, cinnamon, nutmeg and little bit of baking soda. They were fluffy and tasted good! I ate them with no sugar strawberry jelly. I’m on a LCHF diet so they worked out great. Great basic recipe!

  5. Dana Avatar

    I used bobs red mill… Almond flour… And mine turned out more grainy.. Not sure if that why or something u need to mix them a certain way to get the fluffiness?

  6. Melissa Avatar

    4 stars
    I’d consider this recipe a basic one, a good basic recipe. I added cinnamon and vanilla. My first pancake was crumbly. I turned down the heat and made a smaller pancake-like magic they are perfect! Thank you wellnessmama for this recipe!

    1. Kelly Berg Avatar
      Kelly Berg

      I have made so many variations of the Almond Flour pancakes and always a hit. One day I will write down what I do and be famous, well, my just well know. I love the AF pancake and so does everyone at the ranch. Thanks again.

  7. Eli Avatar

    5 stars
    I just made these. For some ding dong reason I decided to swap out half the almond flour with coconut flour used half coconut flour not realizing the coconut soaks up more liquid (as I discovered in the comments). Oops! Not wanting to waste the whole batch I forged ahead and added an extra egg and 1/8 cu almond milk plus some vanilla extract and a mashed banana. They were still whacko and crumbled up when I flipped them but I cooked them anyway, mixed the chunks up with crumbled bacon, drizzled it all with maple syrup, served it with a side of eggs over easy and called it “Pancake Hash”. It tasted good! Even though not visually at all like a pancake 🙂 Thanks for the easy recipe base! I’ll try the coconut next time (and maybe stick to the orginal recipe…haha).

  8. Tony Avatar

    5 stars
    I’m having these right now, with Bob’s Red Mill Almond Flour, used coconut milk, and added sugar-free chocolate chips, crushed VA peanuts and walnuts (all from nuts.com), and a little shredded coconut, topping them with butter, a little all-natural peanut butter, Cary’s lo-carb syrup, and THEY ARE SO DELICIOUS!!!
    I used the portions as indicated here, and they came out just fine (I’m on the east coast at or near sea-level, so no issued like folks up in the Rockies or whatever with elevation).
    I find I need to cook them on low heat for a good long while before I flip them, or they do break up, then not half as long on the other side. Altogether, I’m quite pleased!
    Being diabetic, I do not get pancakes often… but I will now! Next I think I’ll attempt them with apple/cinnamon/walnut.
    😀

  9. Judy Avatar

    3 stars
    Thanks for the recipe. It’s really more a crepe recipe than pancake. With some tweaking, I was able to meet them into pancakes by adding baking soda and powder plus some spelt flour. Plus some mini chocolate chips and cinnamon. They were okay. Lots of protein compared to standard pancakes! That’s a plus!

  10. Tima Avatar

    I use this pancake recipe for my candida diet
    These were Good best version Ive had yet I twicked it a bit your version was a litter to running and the pancake were really thin. Almost like crepes. Anyhow I added a sweetener and coconut flour for thickness just a little because too much can make them tough. Gd job though simple

  11. Kara Avatar

    3 stars
    First time I ever used Bob Mill’s Almond Flour, so maybe I just need to get used to the texture.
    I only used a third of the recipe & replaced the milk with Almond Milk. The taste is okay, but the texture is meal-ish. I can feel the crunchiness of the Almond Meal/Flour. I think I will try grounding the Almond Meal/Flour before using the next time I try this recipe. They cooked up really well though. I’m not discouraged from trying Almond Meal/Flour again, though! Thanks for my first experience with Gluten-Free pancakes!

  12. Khat Avatar

    5 stars
    I am totally in love with this recipe!!!

    I used one cup of full fat coconut milk with the rest of the ingredients and let the batter sit for a while.

    Now here is the twist that makes everyone go crazy for these pancakes. I added hot chocolate powder right before frying the pancakes.

    It makes them just perfect.
    I can’t even describe the taste, not too sweet not too eggy.

    It’s not that the recipe is bad, just try to have some imagination and use this recipe as a base recipe and play around and be creative!

    Thank you for this great simple recipe. It inspired me to make the most awesome chocolate pancakes EVER!!

  13. Jennifer Avatar
    Jennifer

    4 stars
    I really liked these! Just made them and my two daughters, ages 5 and 2, devoured them. For my younger daughter, I only put apple sauce on top with a few fresh berries, and she gobbled them up. My older daughter had a smidge of agave nectar on hers, and she liked them, too. I am trying to remineralize my daughter’s teeth, so that’s why she only had applesauce on top of hers. Also, I made mine so thin, almost like crepes, that they cooked quickly without falling apart or tasting mealy. The leftover pancakes from this morning will be used later today for grilled cheese sandwiches. Yay! I didn’t think they would be able to have bread.

  14. Angelina Avatar
    Angelina

    4 stars
    This was a very good recipe. I put a little vanilla and cinnamon and used my sugar free maple syrup. And used red mills almond flour. Came out very well.

  15. Mimosa Whiting Avatar
    Mimosa Whiting

    1 star
    First time to ever comment on a recipe I’ve found online. The taste is okay if you can flip them without falling apart. Terrible recipe.

  16. Trudy Avatar

    Just made my first batch of pancake mixture, I was so excited!! Turned out really well, but almost a little too sweet. Any suggestions for turning these in to a savoury dish for lunch??
    Thanks so much for all your fantastic info – I love your site.
    Love and Blessings
    Trudy

  17. Holly Avatar

    5 stars
    This recipe worked out great! It was easy to make, flipped fine and tasted delicious. Here’s how I did it. 1/2 cup almond flour/meal. 1 egg. 3 tbs water (or to a batter consistency). Dash of cinnamon. Dollop of honey. Heated a seasoned pan on medium heat until nice and hot. Melted a dollop of ghee in the pan. Dropped in a few spoonfuls of batter and spread evenly into a 1/4 in thick pancake. Once bubbles appeared in less than a minute, flipped asap to avoid burning. Served with ghee and honey on top. Aside from the almond flour flavor and texture, these were just like regular pancakes and really hit the spot. Delicious! Thanks for the recipe.

  18. Linda R Avatar
    Linda R

    Hi Katie,
    Have you ever made almond flour? I’m interested in making my own since there’s no single brand out there that is organic.

    Thanks.

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