These Vegan Sweet Potato Pancakes are made with oats, white rice flour, spices, and sweetened with maple syrup. Gluten-free, dairy-free, egg-free.
When it comes sweet potatoes, they can really work some magic.
In both sweet applications and savory, sweet potatoes can transform a dish. Here sweet potatoes elevate the flavor of a simple pancake. One you'll be wanting to make all through the fall and winter months.
Keep reading to make these vegan sweet potato pancakes!
Ingredients for Vegan Pancakes
For sweet potato pancakes without eggs, pureed sweet potatoes help act as a binder. The starchiness of white rice flour also helps bind these gluten-free breakfast cakes.
Here are the major ingredients you will need:
- Canned sweet potato puree
- Unsweetened almond milk
- Apple cider vinegar
- Gluten-free oats
- White rice flour
- Ground cinnamon, ginger, and cloves
- Vegan butter
- Vanilla extract
- Maple syrup
- Baking powder
How to Make Sweet Potato Pancakes
Get out your food processor, non-stick pan, and spatula. It's time to make your new favorite pancakes.
- Combine almond milk and apple cider vinegar in a measuring glass and set aside.
- Add oats, white rice flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, ginger, and cloves to a food processor.
- Process until oats are more of a flour consistency.
- Add maple syrup, sweet potato, vanilla extract, melted vegan butter, and almond milk mixture.
- Process until all ingredients are incorporated.
- Allow batter to sit for 3-4 minutes.
- Heat a non-stick pan over medium heat.
- Use a ¼ measuring cup to pour batter onto pan.
- Flip pancake once edges have set and bubbles appear on top.
- Repeat until all of the batter has been used.
Topping Ideas for Sweet Potato Pancakes
To complete this gluten-free sweet potato pancake stack, all you need is some maple syrup. But here are some other ideas that will up your pancake game:
- Vegan butter
- Pecans
- Coconut whipped cream
- Chocolate chips
- Shredded coconut
Dairy-Free Pancakes
Want more pancake recipes? These delicious pumpkin oatmeal pancakes just scream fall! Check out these pancakes without milk and the links below!
More Healthy Recipes with Sweet Potatoes
Creamy Vegan Sweet Potato Soup
Gluten-Free Sweet Potato Cornbread
Sloppy Joe Stuffed Sweet Potatoes
📖 Recipe
Vegan Sweet Potato Pancakes
Equipment
Ingredients
- ¾ cup unsweetened almond milk
- 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
- 3 tablespoons vegan butter melted
- 1 cup (100g) gluten-free oats
- ½ cup (95g) white rice flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground ginger
- a pinch of ground cloves
- 3 tablespoons maple syrup
- ¼ cup + 2 tablespoon canned sweet potato
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Optional Toppings
- maple syrup
- coconut whipped cream
- cinnamon
Instructions
- Combine almond milk and apple cider vinegar in a measuring glass and set aside.
- Add oats, white rice flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, ginger, and cloves to a food processor. Process until oats are more of a rough flour consistency.
- Add maple syrup, sweet potato, melted vegan butter, vanilla extract, and almond milk mixture. Process until all ingredients are incorporated. Allow batter to sit for 3-4 minutes.
- Heat a non-stick pan over medium heat. Start with a small tester of batter on the pan. Then, use a ¼ measuring cup to pour batter onto pan.
- Flip pancake once edges have set and bubbles appear on top. Repeat until all of the batter has been used.Serve with vegan butter and maple syrup.
Alene
I can't eat rice at all, so what do you think might substitute for it? I can eat most gluten free flours, i.e.sorghum, millet, tapioca, buckwheat, etc. Thank you!
Tessa
Hi Alene! Great question. I actually think in this recipe you could replace the rice flour with an additional 1/2 cup of oats! I do think tapioca starch would work well too, but I would use a little less so it doesn't get too gummy.
Sarah
So good and my kids gobbled them up!
Tessa
Thanks, Sarah!
Brynne
Delicious AND healthy - my favorite.
Tessa
You got it!