Banana Oatmeal Pancakes are the easiest and tastiest recipe for gluten-free pancakes ever! Made with simple pantry staples and a blender, these Oat Banana Pancakes are light, tender, and perfectly sweet.
It can be difficult to find gluten-free recipes that deliver on flavor or don't require hard-to-find, expensive specialty ingredients. But these Banana Oatmeal Pancakes prove you can enjoy, delicious gluten-free pancakes with ease!
Reasons to Love Banana Oatmeal Pancakes
- The Best Gluten-Free Pancakes. Whether you need to be gluten-free or not, Oatmeal Pancakes make an easy, healthy, gluten-free breakfast.
- Made with Simple Ingredients. One of the best things about these Banana Oatmeal Pancakes is that they are made with pantry staples. No special flours or stabilizers are needed! You probably have all the ingredients on hand now.
- Easy Prep. There is no need to mix dry and wet ingredients separately for banana oat pancakes, the batter comes together in a blender in minutes.
- Tender and Delicious Pancakes. While are not thick and fluffy like traditional pancakes, these Banana Oat Pancakes are thin, airy, tender, perfectly sweet, and downright irresistible.
- Allergy-Friendly. These Oatmeal Pancakes are made without flour, added sugar, butter, or oil, and can easily be made dairy-free as well.
Notes On Ingredients
- Oats: Use regular rolled oats or quick-cook oats, not steel-cut oats. And be sure to check that your oats are certified gluten-free if need be.
- Bananas: Use ripe or slightly overripe bananas for the most prominent banana flavor and natural sweetness. If using frozen bananas, be sure to defrost before adding them to the batter.
- Milk: Any variety of milk will work. Regular milk, soy milk, almond milk, oat milk, etc.
- Vanilla + Cinnamon: Both add flavor to the banana oatmeal pancakes.
- Baking Powder: To give rise to the pancakes.
- Eggs: The eggs will help to give the gluten-free pancake batter structure, as well as add protein to the mix.
Recipe Modifications
- Dairy-Free Oat Pancakes: Use any unflavored non-dairy milk like almond milk, soy milk, and oat milk to keep these pancakes dairy-free. Eggs are not dairy.
- Egg-Free Banana Oat Pancakes: In place of eggs, mix ½ cup water with 2 tablespoons ground flaxseed and let sit for 5 minutes. The pancakes will be much more delicate and care needs to be used when flipping, but it will work.
- Want to Add Additional Protein? Try my recipe for Gluten-Free Cottage Cheese Pancakes. That recipe adds protein without any need for protein powder.
Tips for Making Banana Oatmeal Pancakes
The following tips are provided to help you achieve perfect results. You will find the detailed instructions in the recipe card at the bottom of this post.
Step One: Prepare the Pancake Batter. This is the easiest pancake batter you will ever make! Simply layer the ingredients, starting with the wet ingredients, into a blender, and blend until the batter is fully incorporated and smooth.
Kristen's Tip: Keep in mind that the Banana Oat Pancake batter should be thinner than traditional pancakes, but should not be runny. If you find the batter too thick, add in 1 teaspoon of milk at a time and blend; repeat until desired consistency is reached. If you find the batter too thin, add in 1 tablespoon of oats and blend well; repeat until desired consistency is reached.
Step Two: Cook Pancakes. Using a ¼ cup measuring cup, pour the pancake batter onto a greased griddle or nonstick pan. Cook the pancakes over medium heat, until small bubbles form on the surface of the pancakes. Flip and cook for an additional 2-4 minutes per side. These pancakes will brown a bit more than you may expect, but that is from the bananas.
Serving Suggestions
Banana Oatmeal Pancakes are sweet enough that they don't need even need syrup but of course, no one complains about a drizzle of maple syrup or homemade chocolate syrup. I love to serve these Banana Oat Pancakes with a smear of peanut butter and additional slices of banana.
And don't just limit these Oat Pancakes to breakfast. They make a great base for a quick nut butter sandwich for a gluten-free lunch option.
Storage & Reheating Instructions
- Refrigerate: Once prepared, allow the pancakes to cool fully and then stack them in an airtight container and store them in the refrigerator for up to 4 days.
- Freeze: To freeze the pancakes, allow them to cool fully, and then place the pancakes in a freezer-safe bag between layers of parchment paper so they do not stick together when frozen.
- Reheat: Reheat in the microwave or toaster oven right from the refrigerator or freezer.
More Gluten-Free Breakfast Recipes
- Gluten-Free Cinnamon Muffins
- Hash Brown Breakfast Casserole
- Oven-Baked Frittata
- Banana Baked Oatmeal
- Instant Pot Oatmeal
- Instant Pot Frittata
If you try out these gluten-free Banana Oat Pancakes, I would appreciate it if you leave a comment and review below.
Banana Oatmeal Pancakes
Ingredients
- 2 large eggs
- ½ cup milk any variety
- 1 cup rolled oats quick-cook or old-fashioned
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- dash cinnamon
- 2 medium ripe bananas broken into chunks
- cooking spray or butter for greasing pan
Instructions
- Preheat a skillet or griddle to medium heat. Grease pan with coconut oil, butter, or cooking spray.
- To the carafe of a blender add eggs, milk, and vanilla. Next add cinnamon, baking powder, and oats to the blender. Finally, add 2 ripe bananas, cut into chunks, into the blender. This order will make the batter easy to blend.
- Blend until the batter is smooth and no chunks of bananas remain. The batter should be thinner than traditional pancakes, but should not be runny. If you find the batter too thick, add 1 teaspoon of milk at a time and blend; repeat until the desired consistency is reached. If you find the batter too thin, add in 1 tablespoon of oats and blend well; repeat until desired consistency is reached.
- Pour about ¼ cup of batter onto the preheated skillet and cook until small bubbles form about 4 minutes.
- Once bubbles have appeared on the surface, flip the pancakes, and continue to cook for 2-3 minutes or until set. The surface will be a golden deep brown due to the banana in the batter. Repeat with the remaining batter.
- Serve with your favorite pancake toppings.
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**Post updated with new pictures. Original recipe from 2015.
Emily
Do you know how you could convert this into a waffle recipe? The pancakes are amazing though! Thank you!
Kristen Chidsey
Hi Emily! I need to play around with making these into waffles. You would need a bit more oats and possibly some extra oil.
Tharana
This is one of the easiest pancake recipe + healthy + kid-approved! How much more better can it get? Topped it with some bread berries and honey, were good to go on any day! And my kids say their days are a lot better when it’s started with a pancake breakfast! 😍
Kristen Chidsey
YAY!!! I am so glad your kids were able to start their day with these easy pancakes!!!
Sandra Shaffer
My family is due for a big batch of pancakes and these will make everyone happy! So simple when you use a blender and I'm with you...yes, to the peanut butter!
Kristen Chidsey
YES YES to the peanut butter for sure Sandra 🙂 I hope you and your family enjoy
Jenn
We're not GF but like you I love to have GF recipes in my arsenal and these look fantastic! Such a great pancake recipe!
Kristen Chidsey
Thanks Jenn! It is always helpful to have Gfree recipes when needed or to change it up a bit. Enjoy
Natalie
Love a quick and easy breakfast recipe! These look delicious!
Kristen Chidsey
Thanks Natalie 🙂
Lane and Holly
These look SO good! And easy! Can't wait to try them!
Kristen Chidsey
Thank you Lane and Holly! They are easy and good! I hope you give them a try!
Shashi at RunninSrilankan
So loving these! I don't need to cut my gluten either - but I do love oat pancakes - and adding bananas into the mix sounds wonderful!
Kristen Chidsey
Shashi--I know you will LOVE these!
Krystal
What a quick and easy recipe! Perfect for these busy school mornings.. 🙂
Kristen Chidsey
Thanks Krystal--I make them almost at least once a week for school!
Alyssa
I'm such a breakfast person and pancakes are my absolute favorite. And I love me some blender pancakes! I usually add peanut butter to mine 🙂
Kristen Chidsey
Peanut Butter makes everything better! I am actually getting ready to share my blender chocolate peanut butter cup pancake recipe soon!
Joanie
These look so fluffy and delicious. Why have I never made pancake batter in the blender? It's so easy!
Kristen Chidsey
So much easier Joanie. Hope you give these a try!
jenna
YUM! These sound delicious! I'm always looking for quick and easy pancake recipes - not to mention healthy ones! I love that these are made with oats and bananas.
Kristen Chidsey
Thanks Jenna--these fit the bill for sure!
Florian @ContentednessCooking
Blender pancakes, what a lovely idea! Thanks for sharing!
Kristen Chidsey
Thanks Florian!
Alyssa @ Simply Quinoa
Ahh yes! Blender pancakes are my absolute FAVORITE weekend breakfast (well really anytime breakfast). I love how simple they are and yet they're super moist, fluffy and the banana flavor is amazing! loving your photos too 🙂
Kacey
This is a go-to method of mine. Sometimes I use coconut instead of oats! I try to explain to my mother-in-law that her having Celiac doesn't mean she is doomed to eat awful food for the rest of her life!
Kristen Chidsey
I hope your mother in law knows how blessed she is to have you! You don't have to eat awful food or expensive food and can still manage wheat allergies/celiac disease!!
Joanie @ ZagLeft
You really couldn't get any easier than this recipe. Although I don't need to eat gluten-free, this is a great option when I have house guests who do.
Kristen Chidsey
So easy! Great for busy mornings and/or gluten free guests. We are not gluten free either, but these are so delicious and easy, I will take them any morning.
Sahana
Wow !! I should try this ! Sounds delicious. Thank you for linking at Bloggers Brags . I have pinned to Bloggers Brags Pinterest board. We would love to see you today at the party.
Kristen Chidsey
Thanks Sahana! The pancakes are so easy it is unbelievable!