i often find articles describing gluten free pancakes which taste like cardboard and feel like hockey pucks--not anymore!
in the early days of my son's gluten free diagnosis, i made pancakes using various gluten free pancake mixes. these were never light and fluffy. the terms flat as a pancake, cardboard and hockey puck definitely come to mind to describe those early pancake disasters. i have finally figured out a recipe for gluten free pancakes which are light, fluffy and taste divine! this batter does not do well the next day- it becomes very thick and gummy. i have tried to loosen up by adding additional milk-the result is pancakes which are fluffy but raw on the inside.
bottom line: do not keep the mix to use the second day. instead, make it fresh from scratch every time!
fluffy gluten free pancakes, divine!
ingredients
- 1/2 cup gluten free flour blend ( i use gluten free pantry or whole foods)
- 1 Tablespoon granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 whole egg
- 1/2 cup 2% or whole milk
- 1 Tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 tesapoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips or chopped chocolate
instructions
- in a small bowl mix the gluten free flour, baking powder and sugar.
- add to the flour mixture the milk, vegetable oil and egg.
- stir wet and dry ingredients just until blended, lumps are ok!
- stir in chocolate chips and make pancakes as you normally would.
recipe makes 14 2" pancakes
1/2 cup gluten free flour blend ( i use gluten free pantry or whole foods)
1 Tablespoon white sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 egg
1/2 cup milk (2% or whole milk)
1 Tablespoon vegetable oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 cup mini chocolate chips (plus additional for sprinkling on top)
to double this recipe, do not simply double all the ingredients- instead, do this:
1 cup gluten free flour blend ( i use gluten free pantry or whole foods)
- in a large mixing bowl-combine wet ingredients (milk, oil, vanilla, egg)
- in separate bowl whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder chocolate chips
- mix dry ingredients into the liquid. stir lightly until clumps disappear. allow batter to sit 3-5 minutes before using.
- make sure your pan is hot and lightly oiled
- proceed to make pancakes as you would the old fashioned gluten filled ones! i drop the batter by teaspoonfuls onto the hot skillet--wait until the first side bubbles and then flip 'em!
- these pancakes will rise to be light, fluffy and divine! enjoy--
Sounds and looks fantastic, I am going to try it with Rice milk, and for casien free chocolate chips I use Girardelli Semi-sweet chips, (oddly enough the dark version says milk fat on the ingredients list, but the semi-sweet don't??) my sons not reacting to it. This is the best I can find locally for milk free chocolate chips. Thanks for posting!
I made these pancakes and they were terrible. Too thin and dry. They did not turn out fluffy like your picture, so I made them a second time with the following changes: you rely too much on baking powder to make them fluffy and it doesn’t work and too much milk makes the batter runny, so I decreased the baking powder to 1 tsp and milk to 1/2 cup, and then added 1/4 cup applesauce. Also salt makes the pancakes taste sweeter and you normally need it, so I added 1/2 tsp sea salt. And one last thing, chocolate chip cookies are usually made with brown sugar, so I added 1/4 tsp molasses to get that brown sugar taste; otherwise you need to use brown sugar. With these changes, they taste good!
hi monica-
i am so sorry the pancakes didn’t turn out for you! your suggestions to the recipe sound great and i will definitely try them.
it is so interesting because i make these 2x per week as the recipe is written and they come out fluffy and delicious each time!
i don’t add salt because the gluten free flour mix i use already has salt added. did you use an all purpose gluten free mix or straight rice flour? maybe let the batter rest 3-5 minutes before frying?
are you at high altitude?
you mention chocolate chip cookies- was this meant regarding a different recipe or still the pancakes?
thank you for contacting me- again sorry these didn’t workout for you!