These vegan apple cinnamon pancakes are so light and delicious, you’d never guess they are free of eggs and dairy! This is the perfect breakfast to enjoy with your family on Saturday morning.
It’s always nice to slow down and enjoy a leisurely breakfast on the weekend. During the week, it’s a little busy in the morning, so we tend to eat quick things, like overnight oats or granola.
When I have more time on the weekend, I love to make banana pancakes or waffles. These apple cinnamon pancakes are so good – flavorful and with a soft, fluffy texture.
This recipe is similar to my classic vegan pancakes, but the addition of applesauce, vanilla extract, and cinnamon makes these extra special. I think you’ll love them!
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Top Tip
Don’t try to rush the cooking time on these! Keep the heat at about medium low so that the pancakes get golden brown but don’t burn.
Ingredient Notes
- Flour – I like to use white spelt flour for making pancakes, but you can easily use all-purpose flour, the result will be the same.
- Applesauce – Unsweetened applesauce adds a little bit of apple flavor and keeps these pancakes nice and light.
- Vegan Buttery Spread – We like Earth Balance Soy Free Vegan Buttery Spread. If you have a different brand that works for you, feel free to use that.
- Baking Powder – Baking powder is a key ingredient – it makes the vegan pancake batter rise and get nice and puffy. It’s the secret to light and fluffy pancakes.
Step by Step Instructions
- Melt the vegan buttery spread, then add the applesauce, sugar, and vanilla extract.
- Add the dry ingredients and the water.
- Stir to combine.
- Allow the batter to sit for 5 minutes – it will rise and look puffier.
- Cook the pancakes over medium low heat. Once the edges look golden brown, flip them.
- The pancakes are down when both sides are golden brown and the middle is cooked through.
- Top with vegan buttery spread and maple syrup and enjoy!
Toppings
Try topping these pancakes with:
- vegan buttery spread and maple syrup
- cinnamon sugar
- powdered sugar
- diced apples cooked in vegan buttery spread
Storage/Reaheating
Store leftover pancakes in an airtight container in the refrigerator. They should stay fresh for about 5 days.
When you want to reheat them, you can use the toaster oven or the microwave.
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Recipe
Vegan Apple Cinnamon Pancakes.
Ingredients
- 3 Tablespoons vegan buttery spread plus more for the pan
- ⅓ cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1 ½ Tablespoons organic cane sugar
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 ½ cups white spelt flour or all-purpose flour
- 1 Tablespoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- pinch salt
- 1 ¼ cup water
Instructions
- Place the vegan buttery spread in a large microwave safe bowl. Microwave for about 30 seconds until it melts. Add the applesauce, sugar, and vanilla extract. Stir to combine.
- Put the dry ingredients in the bowl, then add the water. Mix together.
- Let the batter sit for a few minutes so the baking powder can do it's job. The batter will puff up.
- Heat about a tablespoon of buttery spread in a frying pan over medium heat.
- When the buttery spread starts to sizzle, spoon your batter in, and turn the heat down a tad, to medium low. Once the edges of the pancake look done, and you see a few little bubbles forming in the pancakes, flip them over.
- Once the pancakes are golden brown and cooked through remove from pan and add more buttery spread as needed for the next few pancakes.
- Top with more vegan buttery spread, maple syrup, or cinnamon sugar. Enjoy!
Rebecca
I think this might be my new favorite pancake recipe! I made it with just cinnamon the first time and the second time added 1/4 tsp cardamom and just 1/4 tsp cinnamon and it was so delicious with the apple flavor!
Ali
I’ve tried lots of different recipes and this one is excellent! I made my own apple sauce by blending two apples with one cup almond milk in my vitamin. Added that to batter and it was great!
Jodie
Thank you Kelly for the recipe. My daughter and I just made these panckakes, Delicious.
Regards Jodie & Brooke :)
Tina
Loved the pancakes. Served them today for my son’s 26th birthday breakfast. Topped with fresh strawberries and bananas, by far my favorite pancake recipe yet. (Vegan and Traditional)
Conhumdrum
Love ’em, kid loves’ em = success!
Rebecca
I used unbleached all purpose flour, one small grated apple instead of apple sauce (still around 1/4 cup) vanilla, cinnamon and a small amount of ground chia and these turned out Very tender I am really happy with this recipe! My vegan pancakes are almost always dense and rubbery but these were a great texture.
Kelly Roenicke
So happy to hear that!
Rebecca
I used unbleached all purpose flour and one small grated apple instead of apple sauce (still around 1/4 cup) vanilla and cinnamon and these turned out Very tender I am really happy with this recipe! My vegan pancakes are almost always dense and rubbery but these were a great texture.
Tiffany Wilson
Girl these were delicious. I tweaked a few things though. I added a little bit more flour, a tsp more applesauce and cinnamon. By far best pancakes I have ever had. Thank you this is great. I have been a vegan for a long time and this recipe has a lot of little changes you can make to it. For instance this would be an excellent crepe recipe. Lol hint hint….
Erin
I use this recipe a lot, thank you! It would really be helpful if the ingredients were listed in the order they are used. The dry ingredients come first, but they are scattered through the ingredient list. It just makes things a bit easier. It is easy to miss something when ingredients are out of order.
Kelly Roenicke
Good point, I need to double check some of these older recipes. I will make that change!
Vivian
Made these this morning for my mom and me and they turned out AMAZING! Super moist, yummy, and very easy to prepare. Only changes I made were using less sugar and adding some crushed walnuts and flax seed meal. These satisfied our urge for some pancakes and they delivered, without the use of cruel, unhealthy animal products. Will definitely ne making these again :)
Kelly Roenicke
So glad you loved them! Thank you for telling me!
Jrobs
These were great. I replaced the flour with a gluten free flour & used it in a waffle iron. My kids loved them! We had them for my two year old’s birthday brunch.
Kelly Roenicke
I’m so glad to hear that! Thanks for letting me know! :)
Lily
Awesome recipe and the pancakes are beautiful and fluffy! I will say though, I only managed to make 4 pancakes (15cm rounds) with this which barely feeds two people! Especially if you’re planning to feed boys I’d recommend at least doubling the recipe for ‘serves’!
Kelly Roenicke
So glad they worked for you!
Bennett
Pancakes are one of my favorite foods to experiment with since becoming vegan. These turned out AMAZING! Thank you so much for the recipe!
Kelly
Yay! I am so happy you love them! Thanks for sharing!
Sarah
I tried these several times and they are just delicious (even non-vegans loved them and will make them again!)
Thank you :)
Kelly
Fantastic! Thanks for letting me know!
Shawna
I’m not sure what I did wrong, but when I tried to make these they stuck to the pan and turned to mush. Pan was nice and hot when I spooned in the batter? What a disappointment :(
Kelly
I’m sorry you had that experience! I just made these the other day and did not have any problems. What type of flour did you use? Did you use enough oil in the pan?
Ella
Do you think i would be able to use any regular flour such as all purpose or wholemeal? and would i also be able to sub oil for the butter?
jillianwillcott
Is lowercase t tsp and uppercase T tbsp?
bianca
They look fantastic! Just wondering, could this recipe also be used in a waffle iron as well?
theprettybee
Hi Bianca,
I have not tried them in a waffle iron, but it might be just fine! Please let me know how it turns out if you try it!
Hannah Boulter
They look so tasty! Feeling very hungry all of a sudden
Kelly
Thank you, Hannah!
marieken
These look delicious! Now I want to have pancakes for dinner :-)
Kelly
Sounds good to me! :)
Natalie @ Tastes Lovely
These sound so good! I just emailed this recipe to my vegan mom : )
Kelly
Thanks, Natalie! I hope she enjoys them!