Vegan Flaxseed Banana Pancakes

Pancakes! They put a smile on most peoples face. I mean, who doesn’t love pancakes? There could be someone out there, but I have yet to meet or hear of  that person. But, hey! If you don’t like them, I don’t judge. It’s the beauty of our own individual, unique tastes. 

This recipe makes 4 pancakes. Feel free to multiply the ingredients based on how many pancakes you are planning to serve or consume. Oh, and FYI, this can also be used as a waffle batter. Mange, mange!!! 

Dry Ingredients: 

• 1/2 cup cake/pastry flour (you can also use plain white or gluten free flour) 
• 2 TBSP ground flaxseed 
• 1 1/2 tsp baking powder 
• 1 tsp coconut sugar 
• 1/4 tsp salt 

Wet Ingredients: 

• 1/2 cup soy milk or other plant based milk.
• 1/2 of a banana, mashed
• 2 tsp vanilla extract 

Other ingredients: 

• 1 tsp apple cider vinegar**

Start by putting all dry ingredients in bowl, followed by wet ingredients and mix together. Once you’re done mixing and everything is evenly distributed, add the apple cider vinegar and lightly mix it into the batter. Set timer for 10 minutes and let batter sit. This will activate the buttermilk flavour through the batter from the apple cider vinegar. You can also use lemon, but for this recipe I think it would taste better with the vinegar. Plus, I tried using lemon once and prefer the vinegar. Your preference might be different though. We all got different taste buds! 

Once timer is done use 1/4 of a cup to pour batter into a lightly oiled (coconut oil) frying pan. The indicator to flip the pancake will be once it starts getting bubbly at the top. Repeat until all pancakes are cooked to your satisfaction. 

Place each pancake on a cooling rack until you’re ready to plate. I do this because the humidity of the hot pancake leaves water residue on the plate. This to me is a NO BUENO. But you can choose to do whatever you’d like, as it is your pancakes! 

I topped my pancakes with Vegan butter and coconut nectar syrup. Why coconut nectar? Because I didn’t have any maple syrup. There are also slices of banana between each pancake. You can also top with walnuts, more fruit, coconut shavings, coconut whip, melted nut butter or whatever else suits your tastebuds at that time. 

Enjoy!!