Oat Flour Pancakes
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These dairy-free, gluten-free oat flour pancakes are a delicious alternative to traditional pancakes. This is such a healthy, frugal breakfast recipe!
Pancakes happen just about every weekend in my house.
Depending on the mood of the person who’s making them, they take many different forms. We make them with wheat flour, white flour, gluten-free flour, or a combination.
These oat flour pancakes are one of my favorite versions. Oats are a nutritious option for breakfast, so it’s natural to enjoy them in pancake form on the weekends. The flavor is delicious, and it’s great to have another way to incorporate oats into my family’s diet.
How to Make Oat Flour Pancakes
Step One: Make Oat Flour
Place 2 cups of rolled oats in a high-powered blender or food processor. Process on high for 20 to 30 seconds, or until you have 2 cups of fine oat flour. (Skip this step if you’re using pre-packaged oat flour.)
Step Two: Prepare the Dry Ingredients
In a medium bowl, whisk together the oat flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt.
Step Three: Combine Wet and Dry Ingredients
In a large bowl, mix the eggs, coconut milk, coconut oil, and vanilla extract. Add the dry ingredients and stir to combine.
Step Four: Cook the Oat Flour Pancakes
Heat a griddle pan over medium high heat. Lower the heat to medium low, then pour circles of batter onto the griddle. Use about 1/4 cup of batter for each pancake to get 12 pancakes.
Cook for one to two minutes on each side. Flip when the surface of the pancakes are dotted with small bubbles. They should be lightly browned and have a light, fluffy texture. Serve with fruit and maple syrup.
All About Oat Flour
What is Oat Flour?
Oats that are ground into a fine powder are called oat flour. Quick oats or old fashioned (rolled) oats can be easily made into oat flour. Steel cut oats won’t work as well since they’re more difficult to grind smoothly.
Can I replace all-purpose flour with oat flour?
In many recipes, you can substitute oat flour for all-purpose flour with successful results. Sometimes a little more baking powder is needed since oat flour and white flour rise a bit differently.
How Do You Make Oat Flour?
You can buy pre-packaged oat flour, or you can make your own by grinding oats in a high powered blender. Blend old fashioned oats at a high speed for about 20 to 30 seconds to get a fairly smooth flour.
How Much Does Oat Flour Cost?
It takes about a cup of rolled oats to make a cup of oat flour. This quantity of oats from Costco costs about $.10. This is actually more affordable than any other flour I’ve used to make pancakes.
Is it Cheaper to Buy Oat Flour or Make It?
A cup of pre-packaged Bob’s Red Mill oat flour costs about $.76 per cup. While it’s much more frugal to grind your own oat flour, you may want to grab a bag of already ground flour to save time in the morning when you’re making these oat flour pancakes.
Where to Buy Oat Flour?
You can purchase packaged oat flour in the baking aisle of most grocery stores. It’s sometimes found with the gluten-free baking supplies.
Frequently Asked Questions
It’s best to cook these pancakes immediately after making the pancake batter. If you leave it sitting for a while (or refrigerate overnight), the batter will thicken due to the oats. If this happens, just add an additional ¼ cup of non-dairy milk to the thickened batter. This should return it to a pourable consistency to make the pancakes.
If the oat flavor is too strong for your family in these oat flour pancakes, try substituting gluten-free flour or white whole wheat flour for up to half the oat flour in this recipe. You can also use oat milk, almond milk, or any other type of milk in these pancakes.
I like to cook all the pancakes, and then store the leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator for a few days. They can be heated briefly in the microwave or toaster oven before serving. Leftover pancakes can be placed in the freezer in an airtight container.
Properly made oat flour pancakes shouldn’t fall apart. The proportion of wet ingredients to dry ingredients in this recipe results in pancakes that hold together well.
If a pancake recipe has too much moisture, as is often the case with banana pancakes, they can be mushy. These pancakes should be light and fluffy. Add a bit of extra oat flour if the batter seems too thin.
Tips for Fluffy Pancakes Made with Oat Flour
Oat Flour Pancake Ingredients
The oat flour can be homemade or store-bought. Baking powder, cinnamon, and salt are the other dry ingredients in this recipe. Eggs, non-dairy milk, oil, and vanilla extract are the wet ingredients. Choose organic ingredients when possible.
Oat Flour Pancake Add-In Ideas
Chocolate chips or fresh berries (blueberries, strawberries, or raspberries) can be added for an extra special flavor. You can also stir in chopped walnuts or pecans for heartier pancakes.
How to Make Vegan Oat Flour Pancakes
You can make this recipe vegan by substituting Just Egg for the egg in the recipe. The texture will be very similar.
Can I Make Waffles with the Pancake Batter?
Yes, this recipe can easily be made into waffles. You may want to add a bit more oil for a crispy exterior.
More Healthy Pancake Recipes to Try
- Gluten-free pumpkin pancakes
- Cauliflower pancakes
- Vegan banana oat pancakes
- Gluten-free sweet potato pancakes
- Gluten-free gingerbread pancakes
- Gluten-free banana pancakes
- Lemon blueberry pancakes
- Gluten-free apple pancakes
- Gluten-free Dutch baby pancake
- Dairy-free crepes
More Oat Flour Recipes to Try
- Oat flour waffles
- Oat flour chocolate chip cookies
- Oat flour banana bread
- Steel cut oatmeal cookies
- Chocolate oat pudding
- Gluten-free oat bread
Oat Flour Pancakes
Recommended Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 cups oat flour (2 cup rolled oats)
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 3/4 tsp salt
- 2 large eggs
- 1 1/4 cups coconut milk (or other non-dairy milk)
- 1/4 cup melted coconut oil (or other mild oil)
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Place 2 cups of rolled oats in a high-powered blender or food processor. Process until you have 2 cups of fine oat flour. (Skip this step if you’re using pre-packaged oat flour.)
- In a medium bowl, stir together the oat flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt.
- In a large bowl, mix the eggs, coconut milk, coconut oil, and vanilla extract. Add the dry ingredients and stir to combine.
- Heat a seasoned griddle pan over medium high heat. Lower the heat to medium low, then pour circles of batter onto the griddle. Use about 1/4 cup of batter for each pancake to get 12 pancakes. Cook for one to two minutes on each side, flipping when the surface of the pancakes are dotted with small bubbles.
- Serve with fruit and maple syrup.
Approximate Nutrition Info
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Oatmeal Pancakes Price Breakdown
This recipe costs a total of $1.69 to make, or $.42 per serving (3 pancakes). Try these easy oat flour pancakes for a healthier version of this classic weekend breakfast.
Note: This post was originally published in 2019, and it was updated in 2024.
Can I use soy milk instead of coconut milk ?
Yes, any milk will work for this recipe. Enjoy!
Can I replace the coconut oil with a different type of oil? Which oil would you recommend as a good substitute?
You can replace the coconut oil with avocado oil or melted butter.
This recipe was AMAZING! I made it because I had to eat a healthy breakfast with no white sugar or white flour and it worked. The batter acted just like normal batter and it was so good. This will be my recipe to make whenever I need a healthy easy recipe for breakfast. Thank you 😊
Thanks for the delicious GF recipe! I halved the recipe, used oat milk, used 1/2 refined-1/2 unrefined coconut oil (no real reason, just experimenting), made organic sprouted oats flour in the Blendtec. Then after mixing my dry ingredients in a separate bowl I decided to mix everything in the Blendtec–wet ingredients first then added the dry. Batter was thick so I then decided to make WAFFLES. They were perfect!
Thank you for the GF recipe. It made a wonderful breakfast for my family of 4. I had 2 boxes of oatmeal baby cereal left over from the baby. So I used 1 cup oatmeal baby cereal and 1 cup regular oat flour. It worked! I also used apple sauce in place of the oil and used pumpkin spice in place of the cinnamon. It was a big hit with everyone!
Very good pancakes. I plan to make this recipe again.
Looks like a great recipe… wondering if you could use normal milk instead of coconut milk…? Trying it out tomorrow though!
Yes, any milk will be fine. Enjoy!
You don’t add eggs and milk to an otherwise healthy pancake recipe! Baking powder easily replaces eggs, and almond milk or better option for creamier batter, soy milk will be superior to cows milk or coconut milk!
Feel free to modify the recipe as desired.
Excellent recipe! Thank you for posting! My 4 year old and 18 year old loved it!
These were SO good! I was out of vanilla extract so swapped for almond extract. This will be my go to for pancakes!
This recipe made great pancakes, thanks! I thinned the batter slightly with extra coconut milk.
Making these today. Will alter a bit to make them waffles as we are a waffle family. I am a mother of 5 and grandmother of 14 and we have several members with different types of autoimmune issues. I’m always searching for new recipes that I can use or tweak to work for us. Thanks for the recipe
Great idea! Let me know how it turns out in waffle form.
I love the hint of coconut!! De-lish!
I have been using alternative flours and thought it would be fun to make my own oat flours and this recipe fit the bill. I cut it in half because there are just two of us and it was a little runny (due to my haphazard calculations) and I didn’t feel like milling more pay flour, so added a wee bit of coconut flour to help absorb the liquid. Added some Greek yogurt and homemade blueberry syrup on top ❤️
Thank you for posting this I just learned I could make oat flour and been on a Beng cooking with it since but this is by far my second best recipe I’ve used. My first was replaced the flour with oat flour in my favorite banana bread I used a little more baking powder and baking soda and took 1 egg and fluffed the white before combined and baked but that and this is now my two most favs for breakfast or snack. I also use a little piggy in a blanket silicone mold and place a little bacon or sausage in the piggy and top with a little more batter and they are amazing and easy on the go breakfast.
Thanks again, and happy baking ?
I’m allergic to coconut anything. What can I substitute?
Carol, any kind of milk will do, and you could use melted butter or avocado oil in place of the coconut oil.
What is one serving? Like how many pancakes is one serving? How big are the pancakes?
Taylor, there are 3 pancakes in one serving, and each pancake uses 1/4 cup of batter (see #4 in the instructions). Each pancake is 3 to 4 inches wide.
Can I prep the dry ingredients and keep them it stored til I make a batch by adding liquids? Like making my own pancake mix?
I haven’t tried this, but it should work. Because of the oat flour, I recommend storing it in the refrigerator. Let me know if you try it!