Prep time: 10 mins Cook time: 20 mins Rest time: 0 min Total time: 30 mins
Makes: 3-4 medium pancakes
These animal-based plantain flour pancakes are made with simple nutrient-dense ingredients and don’t take long to whip up.
What you need to make Plantain Flour Pancakes
Ingredients:
For the pancakes:
- Plantain flour
- Eggs
- Grass-fed ghee (or butter)
- Maple syrup
- Vanilla extract
- Sea salt (ASHLEYR for 15% off)
- Water
For topping (optional):
- Bananas
- Blackberries
- Raw cream (ASHLEY20 for 20% off)
- Maple syrup
Equipment:
(for the full recipe, scroll to the bottom)
Substitutions
Pasteurized cream will work in place of raw cream and butter will work in place of ghee.
Raw honey (ASHLEYR for 10% off) or date syrup will work in place of maple syrup.
How to make Plantain Flour Pancakes
If a visual will help, watch the Instagram Reel for this recipe.
Make the batter.
Add all pancake ingredients to your blender and blend until smooth.
*Note: for thicker pancakes, use less water (2 tbsp is what I used). For thinner pancakes, use more water (up to 1/2 cup). The thicker the pancakes, the drier they will be (the texture will be almost like bread). I didn’t mind the dryness as I topped mine with whipped raw cream and maple syrup, but if you’re not planning on adding any toppings to your pancakes, the thick variation may be a bit too dry on its own.
Make the pancakes.
In your cooking pan, add a bit of ghee (about 1 tsp or so) and bring to medium heat.
Once the pan is hot, add 1/4 cup of batter (or however much to create the size pancake you want) to the pan. Cook for about a minute on one side, flip, and cook for about a minute on the other side. Repeat until all of the batter is used.
Note: If you used 2 tbsp of water to make your batter, the batter will yield about 3-4 medium pancakes. If you use more water, the batter will yield more pancakes.
Serve and enjoy.
Top your pancakes with whipped raw cream, bananas, blackberries, and/or whatever else you want.
These pancakes are best enjoyed fresh, although you can store them in the fridge in an airtight container for 2-3 days.
Tips to make the best Plantain Flour Pancakes
- For thicker pancakes, use less water (2 tbsp is what I used). For thinner pancakes, use more water (up to 1/2 cup). The thicker the pancakes, the drier they will be (the texture will be almost like bread). I didn’t mind the dryness as I topped mine with whipped raw cream and maple syrup, but if you’re not planning on adding any toppings to your pancakes, the thick variation may be a bit too dry on its own.
- If you used 2 tbsp of water to make your batter, the batter will yield about 3-4 medium pancakes. If you use more water, the batter will yield more pancakes.
A few of my other favorite sweet eats:
Jumbo Chocolate Cups with Salted Chunky Date Filling
Flourless Lemon Blueberry Muffins
Plantain Flour Pancakes
Plantain Flour Pancakes
Equipment
Ingredients
For the pancakes:
- 1 cup plantain flour
- 2 eggs
- 2 tbsp ghee (or butter)
- 2 tbsp maple syrup
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp sea salt (ASHLEYR for 15% off)
- 2 tbsp - 1/2 cup water*
- ghee (for cooking)
For topping (optional):
- blackberries
- banana slices
- whipped raw cream
- maple syrup
Instructions
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- Note: If you liked this pancake recipe, click here for more animal-based pancake recipes.
If a visual will help, watch the Instagram Reel for this recipe.
Make the batter.
- Add all pancake ingredients to your blender and blend until smooth.
- *Note: for thicker pancakes, use less water (2 tbsp is what I used). For thinner pancakes, use more water (up to 1/2 cup). The thicker the pancakes, the drier they will be (the texture will be almost like bread). I didn't mind the dryness as I topped mine with whipped raw cream and maple syrup, but if you're not planning on adding any toppings to your pancakes, the thick variation may be a bit too dry on its own.
Make the pancakes.
- In your cooking pan, add a bit of ghee (about 1 tsp or so) and bring to medium heat.
- Once the pan is hot, add 1/4 cup of batter (or however much to create the size pancake you want) to the pan. Cook for about a minute on one side, flip, and cook for about a minute on the other side. Repeat until all of the batter is used.
- Note: If you used 2 tbsp of water to make your batter, the batter will yield about 3-4 medium pancakes. If you use more water, the batter will yield more pancakes.
Serve and enjoy.
- Top your pancakes with whipped raw cream, bananas, blackberries, and/or whatever else you want.
- These pancakes are best enjoyed fresh, although you can store them in the fridge in an airtight container for 2-3 days.
Looking for some more easy sweet eats? Try one of these recipes:
Jumbo Chocolate Cups with Salted Chunky Date Filling
Flourless Lemon Blueberry Muffins
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Ashley Rothstein develops tasty, whole food, animal-based recipes that include a moderate amount of “minimally toxic” plant foods. To fix her own health issues, she bounced around between the carnivore, keto, and paleo diets for a few years. After experiencing and studying each diet philosophy, she learned she feels her best by merging the three and following an animal-based diet. As a glut at heart, she likes to channel her creativity and create meals that are healthy but also satisfy her inner gluttonous spirits.
Hi!
So excited to try all these animal based recipes!
For the pancakes- could you use banana flour? It looks like the plantain flour on Amazon is sold out. Or any other plantain flour brands you recommend? 🙂
Author
Yep! Banana flour will work. This one (plantain flour) currently shows in stock: https://amzn.to/48hRWlA