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These Gluten Free Buckwheat Pancakes are light and nutty and perfect for a weekday breakfast, a lazy weekend morning, or even for entertaining guests!
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Getting out of bed in the morning is hard. Especially when it’s cold and dark outside. How about treating yourself to some bright and cheery worth-getting-out-of-bed-for pancakes!
Nutty in flavor, yet light in texture, they are kid friendly and can easily be made ahead of time.
They’re also gluten-free, oil-free, dairy-free, egg-free, and refined sugar-free. Welcome into your world these beautiful Gluten Free Buckwheat Pancakes!
And top them off with my sticky sweet Toasted Banana Caramel Sauce.
What is Buckwheat?
Buckwheat, despite its name, doesn’t contain wheat. In fact, it’s not even a grain at all.
It’s actually a fruit seed and is related to the rhubarb family.
Buckwheat is high in minerals, fiber, antioxidants and easily digestible protein. It gives these pancakes a delightful nutty flavor, while being incredibly healthy.
At first glance you might think these are chocolate pancakes, but it’s just the dark color of the buckwheat. Different brands produce different variations on color.
And, although they might look dense, they aren’t at all. We devoured most of these buckwheat pancakes with rivers of banana caramel, but my girls liked them just as well plain.
While these pancakes come together quickly and only take a few minutes per side to cook, if you still want something quicker, you can whip up a batch (or double) when you have time and then freeze the pancakes for a super easy weekday breakfast.
Simply pop the frozen pancake into the toaster or microwave for a couple seconds and voila! A stack of delicious pancakes beckoning you makes waking up a tad bit easier!
I hope you love this recipe as much as we do! If you tried it, please use the star rating system in the recipe card and leave a comment with your feedback. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
For even more easy family recipes, be sure to check out my cookbook, The Meatless Monday Family Cookbook!
Gluten Free Buckwheat Pancakes
Ingredients
- ¾ cup buckwheat flour
- ½ cup brown rice flour
- 2 tablespoons flaxmeal
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 ¼ cup non-dairy milk
- ¼ cup pure maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
To serve
- sliced bananas or fruit of choice
- Toasted Banana Caramel Sauce
Instructions
- Whisk the dry ingredients together.
- Whisk the wet ingredients together.
- Pour the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients and mix until just combined.
- Heat a large skillet over medium heat and spray with cooking spray. When the skillet is hot, using a ¼ measuring cup (⅓ is fine too, for a bit larger pancakes), pour in the batter. Do not crowd the pan.
- When bubbles start to form and pop on the top of the batter, flip it over, and cook for another couple of minutes until cooked through. Adjust the heat as necessary. Repeat for remaining batter.
- Serve warm with your favorite toppings. We love these with fresh bananas and berries and my Toasted Banana Caramel Sauce..
Nutrition
Nutrition values are calculated using online calculators and are estimates only. Please verify using your own data.
Marvellina Goh
I made this a while ago and it was delicious.
Jenn S.
Thank you so much, Marvellina, for stopping by and letting me know! I’m so glad you liked it! Have a great weekend!
Christine | Vermilion Roots
I’m a big breakfast person. It’s my most creative meal and with my gluten-free diet, I’ve been getting really creative with all the whole grain flours, including buckwheat. I love how wholesome this recipe is. I’m going to try this soon. Thanks for the inspiration. 🙂
Jenn S.
Thank you so much, Christine! I have just begun experimenting with buckwheat and am really loving it so far! I was expecting it to be dense, but it was quite light. Love it! Please let me know if you try these!
Linda @ Roti n Rice
I have made buckwheat waffles but not pancakes. Need to give it a try soon. Totally agree with you that buckwheat has a deliciously nutty flavor.
Jenn S.
Thanks, Linda! I really need to get a waffle iron! So many delicious looking waffle recipes out there! Please let me know if you try them!
AiPing | Curious Nut
This looks ah ma zing! I’ve never had buckwheat anything before. It’s uncharted territory. But I’m inspired. I’m going have to try these. YUM!
Jenn S.
Thanks, AiPing! I’m just starting to play around with it too, but I am loving it so far. You would think it would be super dense, but it’s actually light!
bbqbastard
I must try making these for the kids (and me) they love pancakes but never made them this way! Maybe you’ll turn me healthy after all 🙂
Jenn S.
HaHa! I hope your kids love them! The best part about any pancake is the toppings, so smother them with fresh fruit, pure maple syrup or my Toasted Banana Caramel Sauce! Thanks, Simon!
NutriDeliciousness (@NutriDelishness)
I’d love a taste of these, something different from our usual pancakes that we have at the weekend.
Jenn S.
You’re a weekend pancake eater too? They really are quite easy, but we always seem to save them for the weekends. More time to savor the deliciousness. If you make them, please come back and let me know who they turned out!
Kylee Ayotte
I’m a huge fan of make ahead pancakes – these look amazing!
Jenn S.
Anything that makes the morning run a little smoother, right?! Thanks, Kylee!
Kelly Lloyd
Wow these look delicious! Haven’t had pancakes for ages will test these against a Carrot Pancake recipe to see which I prefer, two lots for me tonight I think! haha
Jenn S.
Thanks, Kelly!! I have a Carrot Cake Pancake recipe too! Pancakes for the win! Please let me know what you think when you make them!
GiGi Eats Celebrities
Pancakes are seriously… GAH – amazing!!!! And these are just… Exciting my taste buds! 😀
Jenn S.
HaHa, thanks, Gigi!! I’m so glad you like them!! Thanks for stopping by!
westviamidwest
I can’t believe those pancakes are gluten free. I think I may have to try those…. 🙂 (ps…your photography is really good– so clear and really makes me want to try everything!!)
Jenn S.
Michelle, thank you so much! I have really been trying to work on my photography lately. Some days are better than others…you know how that goes. Let me know if you try the pancakes!!
The Vegan 8
I love the rustic color of buckwheat as well! They really look delicious! I made buckwheat pancakes a long time ago and I don’t remember which flour I mixed them with, but the buckhweat was so sandy and grainy, hard to get around, so I think I need to revisit that flour again and see. Because yours look wonderful and I love that you put caramel sauce on it! I love putting my peanut butter caramel on pancakes…makes it like dessert, haha!
Jenn S.
Nothing wrong with wanting dessert for breakfast! I used Bob’s Red Mill Buckwheat Flour. I think some brands are denser than others (and different colored too!). Not sure where Bob’s falls in the range, but it worked wonderfully.
vanessa
hello.
What flour could I use to replace the rice if I don’t need to go gluten-free?
I do try to avoid refined flours.
Jenn S.
Hi, Vanessa. Thanks for stopping by. I haven’t tested it with any other flour, but I usually find I can sub whole wheat flour for brown rice flour 1:1. They might be a tad bit heavier though. If you try it, I would love it if you would report back what worked or didn’t work. Thanks!
veggiesdontbite
These look delicious! Love buckwheat pancakes. And love the caramel covering them. Yum!
Jenn S.
Thank you, Sophia! Breakfast is my favorite meal!
veggiesdontbite
I actually love breakfast for dinner!
Jenn S.
Oh, yes, me too! Yummy!
Strength and Sunshine
O girl, I am the buckwheat pancake queen 😉
Every weekend, sometime around 6am-6:30M I head down to the kitchen and make my buckwheat cakes <3 (and dose them in stevia syrups 😛 hahaha!)
Jenn S.
Do you mix your buckwheat flour with another flour or use it straight up? 🙂 I need to start making pancakes a weekend ritual around here too! Yum!
Strength and Sunshine
I mix it! Check out my zucchini chocolate pancake recipe! That’s my go to!
Jenn S.
I definitely will! Thanks!
Natalie
I have totally been craving pancakes lately! They look so rustic with that special buckwheat color, plus it’s the perfect backdrop for your Caramelized Banana sauce! And you daughter is adorable. She could portably say that about most things on here, you have a wonderful little bunch of taste testers 🙂
Jenn S.
Thank you! We don’t eat pancakes nearly enough. I need to take my own advice and freeze them for later! 🙂