Hemp Almond Pancakes Recipe
Light and fluffy, these pumpkin-pie spiced, hemp almond pancakes pack a hefty nutritional punch in addition to being so scrumptious!
*This post was originally published in October 2014. I have made edits to the photos and content, to reshare these amazingly delicious pancakes with y’all today.*
When I say pancakes, what’s the first word that comes to your mind
How about cupcakes?
Aaaannnnd…what’s the first emotion you feel as you roll the word “cupcakes” around?
Pancakes…cupcakes…just the words (before either of their aromas even assault my nostrils) make me feel all happy, and excited, and relaxed – ALL at the same time!
Just those words make me think of a PARRRTAYYY – in my mouf!
Maybe it’s because they both end in “cakes”… ???
When I was a young ‘un, cupcakes, pancakes, were treats – comfort food – exploding with white flour and refined sugar.
These days, while I am a staunch supporter of “treats”, I usually like to put a healthy spin on them – beets in cupcakes, quinoa in pancakes, avocado in muffins – I mean, life is too short not to fill it with delicious AND nutritious right?
Why You Should Make These Gluten-free Hemp Almond Pancakes This Weekend:
• They are a stack of comfort food – for your weekend breakfast – or lunch – or both,
• They are delicious, with almost “cake” like in consistency even though they are gluten free (top them with frosting if you’d like and see what I mean)
• Have NO white flour,
• Have NO Refined Sugar,
• Have NO Butter, and
• AND they can be refrigerated for upto 3 days #mealprepwin
These pancakes are made with energy boosting oats, honey, almond butter, and Hemp Hearts.
After I used Hemp Hearts to make these breakfast cookies, I figured my weekend pancake stack could use these slightly nutty, non-GMO seeds, packing a whopping 10 grams of plant-based protein and 10 grams of Omegas per 30 gram serving!
These pancakes are easy to whip up just mix all the ingredient up, wait about 5 minutes for the oats to thicken up the mixture, and then cook up spoonfuls of this batter and voila, you are done!
You can double or triple the quantities to make bigger batches. Any extra pancakes you have can be refrigerated for upto 3 days and reheated and enjoyed as needed.
My daughter and I sandwiched our stack of pancakes with almond butter and topped them with more honey before devouring them on our test round. 😉
I hope these Hemp & Almond Pancakes find their way into your homes and hearts this weekend!
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Ingredients
- 1 cup ground oats i ground mine in my blender
- 3/4 cup almond milk
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- dash of salt
- 1 teaspoon honey add more for sweeter pancakes
- 2 tablespoons almond butter
- 3 tablespoons Hemp Hearts
- 1/4 teaspoon pumpkin spice
Instructions
- Combine all the ingredients together and let batter stand for 2-3 minutes undisturbed – it will thicken during this time
- In a greased pan, add 3-4 tablespoons of batter and cook on low for 3 – 4 minutes or till golden – flip and repeat.
Nutrition
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Really good, thank you. I ground the oats and hemp seeds into a fine powder for nice smooth pancakes. Added a lil extra honey and some vanilla extract. Kids gobbled them up with raspberry jam. Love using oats in pancakes to fill them up longer and the hemp gives an added boost
I’m so in love…with these pancakes. So good. Thanks for sharing this recipe. My kids also loved them.
Tried these after seeing them on pinterest – they were so good! Thank you.
I’m so in love…with these pancakes. So good. Thanks for sharing this recipe. My kids also loved them.
Thank you so very much for stopping by and letting me know! Your sweet comment made my day – I am so glad you and your kids loved these – they are a fav with my daughter and I as well. Have a wonderful week and thank you again 🙂
These pancakes look so light and fluffy I could swear they must have all those ingredients you listed that we traditionally use to make pancakes that aren’t there. These would be a wonderful start to the day. Lovely to be reconnected with you again xx
Tried these after seeing them on pinterest – they were so good! Thank you.
OMG! Just made these and they are delicious! I LOVE the texture with the hemp hearts!! Sharing recipe on FB!! Thank you!!
Helen, you are too too kind to stop by and let me know! I am so glad you liked these pancakes – and so honored that you popped on over to let me know. Thanks so much for sharing on FB!
I love the idea of these pancakes! They look amazing! I was wondering though, my son has an egg allergy would substituting with Flax Egg work? Or is there something else that may work better??
Hi Lynn, Thanks so much for the kind words! I haven’t ever tried making these with a flax egg – I need to try for sure – I don’t see why it won’t work – if you truy it I’d love to know how it turns out, please.
Hemp heart? I’m not familiar with that, but it looks quite interesting. Need to check it out. It sure makes a great looking pancake!
These look amazing!!! So fluffy and cakey… excuse me while I wipe the drool off my keyboard….. Okay – Can’t wait to make these!
I’m already in love with these pancakes and haven’t even tried them yet!
Thank you Ashley!
how fluffy these pancakes look! love the fact that they are so healthy, great recipe!
Thank you so very much Manali!
Yeah I used to make more pancakes in my kitchen but somehow… well looks like I ought to start again soon because this looks absolutly lip smacking good.
Thank you Helen! Yup – lip smacking good they were 🙂
There’s a threshold into healthy cooking that includes flaxseed, hempseed, and even whole wheat flour, that I’ve yet to cross. I have to be cautious with recipes, because one of my kids has a peanut allergy. These wouldn’t be a go for us then, but, others like it … might help me past that threshold.
I think maybe you could substitute Sunbutter – which is peanut free – maybe that would help? Or even yogurt? I hope you get past your threshold – thanks so much for visiting and commenting.
Hiding healthy things in our kids pancakes and cupcakes is brilliant. Deliciously nutty and I am sure a little heavier than a regular pancake might keep my teenagers out of my hair for the whole morning…
Yes – Bobbie – these were very filling – we went for a 4 hour hike after breakfast and my daughter did not even ask for a snack…
I like the look of the texture of these especially on that fork pic. They look really nice and fluffy! 😀
Thanks so much Lorraine