Vegan Buttermilk Pancakes with Almond Butter Maple Syrup are to-die-for and simple to make. holiday Brunch Plan included! Have as a special treat on the weekends or serve at your holiday brunch.
When pancakes get put on the table there is a special feeling in the air. It’s usually the weekend when no one is being rushed out the door and there is time for comradery around the table.
Whether it be silly giggles or conversations about daily events the pancakes are disappearing.
Buttermilk pancakes are also famous for being the best kind of pancake. There’s no need to forgo that treat because they can be duplicated in the vegan lifestyle.
It works here too. Apple cider vinegar added to dairy-free milk does the trick. Another change made for these Vegan Buttermilk Pancakes was to leave out the banana.
Chia seed eggs were used instead for a clean and original style pancake. Now you have a massive amount of nutrients for very little calories.
Food choices are more abundant than your everyday meal and the choices also offer plates that are a little more special than smoothies and granola.
Don’t get me wrong. Granola and a pitcher of dairy-free milk as one of the offerings would be perfect too.
You could also have mason jars filled with individual servings for smoothies and people could whip up their smoothie right then and there.
When you make your choices of what to serve at your brunch you have to realize that everyone isn’t going to have each thing on the table. They may not like something and so there should be another option for them.
Carbs, protein and, fruit should be offered. That makes for nice healthy choices.
It takes a little planning to get a brunch together and below is a simple guide, with food suggestions, to help you plan a buffet of your own.
All the better is that most of it is prepared ahead of time. Days and even weeks ahead!
Menu
Vanilla Almond Biscotti
Fresh Fruit, peeled and cut
Vegan Buttermilk Pancakes with Almond Butter Maple Syrup
Crystalized Ginger Orange Juice Cocktail
2 Pots of Coffee, regular and decaf
Dairy-Free Milk
When to Prepare
days or weeks ahead of time
in the morning before brunch
days or weeks ahead of time
morning of the brunch and kept warm in the oven at 150 degrees
up to 3 days before brunch, refrigerated, no ice
right before the brunch
right before the brunch
Serving Style
upright in a narrow bowl
big bowl with a slotted spoon
overlapping on the diagonal
pancakes stacked, syrup in a medium pitcher
large pitcher with ice cubes in an ice bucket
coffee pot with cups
pitcher and glasses
Now for a few essentials to add to the table? Along with Vegan Buttermilk Pancakes and all of the other wonderful choices above put a few more things on the table.
Coffee creamer, coffee sweetener, dairy-free butter, plates, silverware, and napkins. Now is the time for a fun-filled brunch.
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Vegan Buttermilk Pancakes with Almond Butter Maple Syrup
Ingredients
Dry Ingredients
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 3 teaspoons coconut sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
Egg Substitute
- 2 tablespoons chia seeds
- 6 tablespoons water
Wet Ingredients
- 2 1/4 cups dairy-free almondmilk
- 2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar
For frying the Pancakes
- 2 tablespoons coconut oil
Almond Butter Maple Syrup
- 1 cup maple syrup
- 1/4 cup almond butter
Instructions
- In a blender, add maple syrup and the almond butter. Blend for a minute until completely smooth.
- Set aside and do NOT refrigerate.
- Make the egg substitutes, place the chia seeds in a small bowl, add water and mix.
- Set aside to gel, about 10 minutes.
- In a large bowl combine all of the dry ingredients: all-purpose flour, coconut sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Mix well.
- In another medium sized bowl pour in the almondmilk and add the cider vinegar. Stir.
- Make a well in the center of the flour mixture.
- Pour in the almond milk mixture, vanilla and egg substitutes.
- Stir the wet mixture into the dry mix until just incorporated.
- Don’t over mix. It will be a bit lumpy.
- Add oil to the pan and heat to medium heat. Fry on a griddle or a wide flat pan. I use a flat stainless pan.
- Pour 1/4 cup batter right in the center of the pan. You should hear a mild sizzle. Cook until you see lots of little bubbles pop up all over the pancake. They should be pretty dry bubbles too.
- Slide your spatula under the pancake and lift up from the pan. Sprinkle a few more drops of oil on the pan so when you flip your pancake there is some fresh hot oil.
- Flip and brown on the other side. This won't take long at all.
- Set on a baking sheet and after you have about 5 done place the baking sheet in the oven that has been set as low as possible. Not over 200 degrees. This will keep your pancakes hot for serving.
Nutrition
You can actually freeze pancakes and they come back perfectly.
Whether they’ve been frozen or not these pancakes are also delicious when you roll it up (as is) zap it in the microwave for 15 seconds and eat as a snack.
You know the Vanilla Almond Biscotti and Crystallized Ginger Orange Juice Cocktail that I mentioned in the menu above? Here are a couple of pics of them for you.
Maggie Unzueta
I’ve never worked with coconut sugar. Must give this recipe a try!
Roxana
Those pancakes look so yummy. Nice vegan option.
Jacqueline Meldrum
Those look awesome and I love your brunch ideas.
Valentina
Yum! These make me want to eat breakfast/brunch all day long!
Ginny McMeans
Thanks Andrea! Lots of good things going on 🙂
Andrea @ Cooking with Mamma C
I love Silk Almond Milk and use it daily in my smoothies! It’s good in pancakes too, and I’ll have to try using chia seeds instead of an egg. That almond butter syrup sounds mouthwatering!
Ginny McMeans
You are very welcome. I usually add the directions for this method in my recipe but I didn’t do that in this instance because I actually wanted the ‘crunch’. 🙂 I will add those directions ‘just in case’.
HeelShields
Thank you soooooooooo much. I ruined two sweet potato breads full of nuts and raisins since I didn’t know this method.
Ginny McMeans
The way to make it smooth is by grinding the chia seeds first into a flour/meal. I use a little coffee bean grinder that is strictly for this purpose. I do about a half a pint at a time and then put the chia flour in a 1/2 pint freezer jar and place in the freezer. This way I can take a tablespoon any time I want for a chia egg. You still mix 1 tablespoon chia flour to 3 tablespoons water. It gels instantly.
HeelShields
How do you make chia eggs smooth and unnoticeable.. When I tried them in a baked items it was very crunchy in an unpleasant way.
Ginny McMeans
Sorry Michelle. It is the vanilla extract that is in the ingredients. I added the word extract to the instructions. Thanks for the heads up. Have fun making it and take note that it is the smaller bundt pan. I got mine at Target.
Ginny McMeans
Sorry Barbara, I left the word extract off of vanilla in the instructions. It is vanilla extract and is in the ingredients. Thanks for the head up.
MICHELLE MANGILIMAN
Step 8 says to add vanilla but I don’t see vanilla in the list of ingredients. How much vanilla? Vanilla extract? I look forward to making this over the weekend! Thanks!
Barbara
Your instructions call for vanilla to be added with the milk and egg, but there is no vanilla listed in the ingredients.