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Bringing you these delicious 3-ingredient Banana Oat Pancakes! They are incredibly simple with ingredients you’ll already have at home and can be whipped up in minutes.
Recipe Difficulty – Very Easy
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Why this recipe works
I made these for my family specially for the best day of the year, which is Pancake Day, of course! But these healthy banana oatmeal Pancakes are also great for birthdays, special holidays, or any time you’re craving quick and easy pancakes!
Give them a try, I think you’re going to love this healthy pancake recipe for the weekend. My daughter absolutely loves these 3 ingredient oat pancakes no egg.
This oat pancake recipe is gluten free (as I used certified gluten-free oats) and vegan so perfect for any allergy sufferers out there.
If you’re looking for a easy crepe recipe then do check out my Gluten Free Crepes, they won’t disappoint. Or if you need an on the go oat based breakfast do try my Protein Overnight Oats.
Ingredients to make Banana Oat Pancakes
- Oats – I used gluten-free oats for this recipe, but regular rolled oats work fine if you don’t need them to be gluten free oat pancakes. Got lots spare then try my 3 Ingredient Oat Cookies or my Oat Crumble Topping.
- Banana – is the hero ingredient in this recipe! It makes for a great texture and flavor by adding natural sweetness. If you have any spare do try my Banana Oatmeal Muffins.
- Milk – I use unsweetned almond milk for mine, but any plant-based milk will work and keep it vegan. Regular milk is also fine if you aren’t vegan or dairy-free.
- Oil – which is optional for frying the pancakes. I use coconut oil, but any neutral flavoured oil would work.
See recipe card for full information on ingredients and quantities.
Substitutions
- Oats – You could also use oat flour to make these pancakes. Oat flour pancakes are essentially the same thing, just with ground up oats.
- Additions – Try adding cinnamon, vanilla extract, blueberries, strawberries, or chocolate chips to the batter for some great flavour bursts!
Variations
- Deluxe – I love these oat and banana pancakes with a drizzle of maple syrup on top! You could also top them with greek yogurt, fruit compot or nut butter.
- Kid friendly – Top a delicious oat banana pancake with some syrup, a favourite jelly, nutella, and/or whipped cream, and no kid can turn these down! As a bonus, these are healthy and great for baby as well, once they start eating solids! Make mini pancakes or cut them up into small pieces for little ones. Or serve them with my Peanut Butter Milkshake to get top marks! You could also make a mini version of my Breakfast Baked Oats for them!
See this 5 Ingredient Chocolate Flapjack recipe for another delicious oat based recipe!
How to make Banana Oat Pancakes
Step 1: Combine the oats, banana, and milk into a blender and blend into batter – about 30-60 seconds.
Step 2: Pre-heat a nonstick pan/skillet on medium heat with coconut oil. The oil is optional.
Pour from the blender into a heated pan.
Step 3: Fry for 2, flip and fry again for 2 minutes until they start to turn golden brown.
Hint: Riper bananas make for sweeter pancakes. And pouring the mix from a height helps keep them round.
Leftovers
Leftover oatmeal pancakes are great! Keep them in an airtight container or bag for up to 5 days in the fridge or up to 3 months in the freezer. Reheat in the toaster to avoid soggy pancakes.
Recipe FAQs
If your pancakes look cooked on the outside, but are mushy inside, try lowering your heat and cooking them longer. A good rule of thumb is to wait until the batter has bubbles forming and popping before flipping them.
Absolutely! You could choose to enjoy them cold or heat them in the microwave or toaster.
You certainly don’t want them to be rotting, but the riper the banana, the sweeter the taste! It also leads to a texture that mixes in a lot better.
If you want to mix up your banana oat pancake mix a day ahead, go for it! Store it in the fridge and mix it up before using it for breakfast the next morning! The mix will thicken overnight so you’ll need to add extra milk.
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Banana Oat Pancakes
Ingredients
- 160 g rolled/porridge oats, (roughly 1 1/2 cups) I use gluten-free
- 1 large ripe banana
- 160 ml milk, (I use unsweetened almond)
- oil for frying, (I use coconut)
Instructions
- Place the oats, banana and milk into a blender and blend into pancake batter (roughly 30-60 seconds).
- Pre-heat a non stick pan/skillet on a medium heat with coconut oil (optional).
- Pour directly from the blender from a height (this helps to make them round) into the heated pan.
- Fry for 2 minutes, flip and fry again for 2 minutes until going golden brown.
Fantastic recipe! Will be making these again 🙂
I love this simple recipe. So few ingredients, big flavour 🙂 Just wondering though if I can freeze the batter if I made extra?
Hey Leonie, glad you love the pancakes! To be honest I haven’t ever tried freezing the batter so I am not sure. I think it would work better to make the pancakes then freeze them instead of just freezing the batter
These are just amazing! Easy to do and so far in my point of view the healthiest pancake recipe I have seen so far as the sweetness comes from the fruit and does not need “extra help” from syrups or vanilla extract to make them tasty!
Thank you!
Thank you Mariana, so pleased you enjoyed them!
The best pancakes ever! I can´t believe a recipe can be both so easy and so tasty. Your pancakes taste definitely much better than regular ones with flour and eggs. Thank you for another great recipe 🙂
The best pancakes ever keep posting your recipes !!!
Aww thank you so much Karen! Really pleased you enjoyed them and thank you for leaving some feedback 🙂
James
Made this yesterday! Soooo goood! Finally not always the same pancake recipe!
Hey Romina,
So pleased you enjoyed them and thank you for sharing your great feedback!
James
Hi James, could you use almond flour with these pancakes?
Hi Cathy,
So sorry, I have only just seen your comment!
I’m not sure if almond flour would work as well as oats, but I haven’t tried it so definitely worth a try and let me know how it goes 🙂
James