January 28th is #NationalBlueberryPancakeDay! Celebrate with these delicious vegan and gluten-free flapjacks

 

 INGREDIENTS

  • 1/2 cup oat flour
  • 1 cup almond flour
  • 1 cup frozen blueberries (plus lots more for topping)
  • 2 tbsp flax seed + 5 tbsp water
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 mashed banana (1/2 cup)
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 3/4 cup almond milk
  • 2 tbsp maple syrup
  • 1/2 tsp apple cider vinegar

 

INSTRUCTIONS

  1. In a large bowl, mix the oat flour, almond flour, salt, cinnamon and baking soda.
  2. Mix flax seed and water and set aside for 5 to 10 minutes until it forms a gel-like consistency.
  3. In a separate bowl, mix mashed banana, almond milk, maple syrup, apple cider vinegar, vanilla extract and flaxseed + water mixture.
  4. Pour the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients and mix together, then add the 1 cup of blueberries to the batter.
  5. Heat pan or griddle to medium heat and spray with cooking spray. Scoop batter onto pan in *small pancake shapes (2 to 3 small spoonfuls of batter per pancake).
  6. Let cook for 5 to 6 minutes or until bubbles form on the top. When you can comfortably get a spatula underneath the pancake to flip it without breaking the pancake in half, it is cooked enough to flip. Flip the pancake and let it cook for another 1 to 2 minutes and then remove from the pan.
  7. Top with more blueberries and whatever pancake syrup you like. Maple syrup pairs really nicely with this, as does a drizzle of peanut butter or almond butter.

Yields: 12 to 14 pancakes

*Note: When using almond/oat flour, the pancakes can be harder to flip, so make smaller pancakes to make it easier (plus, you get more pancakes!).