Grain-free, w/ paleo option 💕

Just because you decide to go grain-free doesn’t mean you have to miss out on amazing food. It also doesn’t mean you have to spend hours toiling away in your kitchen. In fact, you can put these delicious grain-free pancakes together from scratch in under thirty minutes!! 🙂

This is a super simple, one bowl recipe and did I mention how fluffy these grain-free pancakes are?? We’re talking your favorite diner at 3am fluffy. And they aren’t too sweet, either– I like total control over the sweetness level, that’s why I omit sugar from the recipe and just add the amount of maple syrup I’m feeling on that particular day. We all have different sweet and savory needs, right? One more thing I want to mention–there is a dairy free option, just replace the milk with your favorite unsweetened milk substitute and swap out butter for a dairy-free alternative like “Earth Balance”. (Paleo option as well in recipe below).

Happy Weekend and enjoy the recipe!!

Super Fluffy Grain-Free Pancakes

Author: Lila Ruth
Prep Time: 10 min
Cook Time: 15 min
Total Time: 25 min
Yield: 10 medium pancakes 1x

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Ingredients

2 cups almond flour (Bob’s Red Mill)
3/4 cup tapioca starch
1/2 tablespoon baking powder (grain-free, I use Hain brand). Or 1/2 tsp baking soda for paleo version.
1/4 teaspoon guar gum (Guar gum can be omitted for paleo version, just add an additional 1.5 tbsp of tapioca starch to the recipe).
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup + 3 Tbsp milk or unsweetened milk substitute (almond milk, coconut milk, etc)
1 egg + 1 egg yolk
2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
1 tablespoon melted butter or dairy-free substitute (Earth Balance, ghee, coconut oil, etc).

Instructions

Whisk together almond flour, tapioca starch, baking powder, guar gum and salt.
Add milk, melted butter, apple cider vinegar and eggs to dry mix and combine thoroughly. Let the batter sit for one minute, it will thicken slightly on it’s own. Mix again.
Lightly grease griddle or frying pan then pour about 1/4 of a cup of batter into the pan. Cook on medium heat. When little bubbles form on the surface, the pancake is ready to be flipped. Stack cakes and serve with butter and maple syrup. Enjoy!!

Keywords: paleo, grainfree, glutenfree, dairyfree, pancakes, breakfast, recipe

Comments

mariacronk says

January 30, 2017 at 4:57 pm

This looks so good!!!

- Lila Ruth says
  
  January 30, 2017 at 11:30 pm
  
  Thank you so much, Maria!! 🙂
  
Christina ValenzuelaMease says

May 16, 2017 at 5:10 pm

Is there an alternative to using potato starch?

- Lila Ruth says
  
  May 16, 2017 at 5:37 pm
  
  Hi Christina, thanks for your comment! We are currently testing an alternative using arrowroot starch, we will be posting that version this summer. 🙂
  
Natalie says

December 16, 2017 at 5:46 pm

These look so delicious!! Look at that fluff!! I’m so excited I have all the ingredients on hand!! Yay!! Thank you I’m surprising my husband with these in the morning

- Lila Ruth says
  
  December 16, 2017 at 11:17 pm
  
  Thank you my sweet friend!! I appreciate it so much + hope you both love the recipe! Such a sweet surprise for your hubby! 😀
  
Sarah says

January 16, 2019 at 10:34 am

These were SO good and sll 3 of my kids approved! I’ve been cooking GF for years due to 2 of my kids’ sensitivities, and this is the best pancake I’ve found that works easily and mimics the gluten filled ones (and is very filling to the belly!) Thank you!

- Lila Ruth says
  
  January 16, 2019 at 10:57 am
  
  Aw yay! I’m so glad to hear that!! 😀 We had the best pancakes ever in Seattle back when we could eat gluten, they were the super filling yet fluffy diner-style cakes- and I had those in mind when creating this recipe, so it’s music to my ears that you found them close to a glutenous version!!

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