These vegan sourdough pancakes are light, fluffy, & made with sourdough starter discard. This family friendly breakfast is great for weekend brunch! Simple, pantry staple friendly, and SO delish – these pancakes are vegan, egg free, and dairy free.
These Vegan Sourdough Pancakes Are:
- Light
- Fluffy
- Slightly sweet
- Great to top with fresh fruit or maple syrup
- Inexpensive to make
- Made with pantry staple ingredients
- Vegan, dairy free, and egg free!
Make Pancakes With Sourdough Starter Discard
This vegan sourdough pancakes recipe is the perfect way to use your sourdough discard from a starter. I hate throwing out food (or rather, composting it!)- so I’m always looking for ways to resuse kitchen scraps to cut back on waste. Instead of tossing your discard when you feed your sourdough starter, try this awesome recipe instead. I have a whole page on my site for recipes that use sourdough discard. That way you can add a hint of sourdough flavor to your baked goods, and cut back on food waste.
What’s In These Vegan Sourdough Pancakes Recipe?
- All Purpose Flour: I normally useKing Arthur organic all purpose flour for all my baking recipes, I love the consistency and texture of the crumbthis flour produces. If you are gluten free, then a gluten free flour would be a nice substitute in this dish.
- Almond Milk: you can use any variety that you would drink. I prefer almond milk, which Silk has a shelf-stable version that lasts up to a year in the pantry!
- Sourdough Discard: you can buy sourdough starter here, or I have a great guide on how to make your own in one week!
- Brown Sugar: I like to use a dark brown sugar for baking becuase I find it has a really nice flavor.
- Flaxseed Meal: I always add a scoop in a lot of my baked for a little extra nutritional punch! This flaxseed meal has a wonderful nutty flavor too.
- Apple Cider Vinegar, which may surprise you but it gives the cookiesa little extra tang which is really fantastic! I love usingthis organic apple cider vinegar with the mother which has a great flavor.
- Vanilla Extract: it’s super important to usereal pure vanilla extract, and not artificial baking vanilla flavor. This real all natural vanilla is a fantastic ingredient to give these cookies an #extra boost.
- Baking Powder: I like this low sodium baking powder which is great for keeping the sodium down in baked goods.
- Maple syrup: for natural sweetness without the refined sugar, I’d definitely recommend usinga natural maple syrup over sugar in this recipe. And don’t even think about using fake pancake syrup… only the real deal maple syrup in this recipe! (Being married to a Canadian, I have to add that disclaimer) 🙂
One of the BEST Pantry Staple Pancakes Recipes
This vegan sourdough pancakes recipe is a fantastic pantry-staple meal! It uses almost all ingredients you would have in your dry pantry or cupboards. You probably already have a lot of these ingredients on hand! Keeping a well-stocked pantry makes it easy to come up with delicious and healthy meals using a few staples you can rotate. I made a list of my Top 125 Plant-Based Pantry Staples that always keep on hand. And you can check out all my favorite pantry staple recipes on TheHerbeevore.com here. By stocking up on healthy whole ingredients you can cook delicious recipes without a trip to the store!
How Do I Make Sourdough Pancakes Vegan?
- Heat a large non stick pan or pancake griddle over low heat.
- In a large mixing bowl, mix all ingredients together.
- Pour about 1/4 cup of batter onto the pan or griddle for each pancake. Cook for 3 or 4 minutes on one side until bubbles form around the edges of the pancake, then flip. Cook for another 2 minutes on the other side until cooked through. Repeat until all pancake batter is gone.
- If pancakes are too thick, add more almond milk, 1 tablespoon at a time (this will depend on how moist your Sourdough starter is). Top with maple syrup and fresh fruit of your choice. Mangia!
Other Vegan Sourdough Recipes You’ll Love!
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Vegan Sourdough Muffins with Blueberries
Sourdough Garlic Naan Recipe (Vegan, Dairy Free, Egg Free)
Vegan Sourdough Croutons with Garlic & Herbs
Sourdough Starter Pizza Crust Recipe (Vegan, Dairy Free)
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Vegan Sourdough Pancakes
Ingredients
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 2 1/4 cups plain unsweetened almond milk or plant milk of choice
- 1 cup sourdough starter
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar or natural sweetener like maple syrup or agave nectar
- 2 tablespoons flaxseeds
- 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- Maple syrup for drizzling
Instructions
- Heat a large non stick pan or pancake griddle over low heat.
- In a large mixing bowl, mix all ingredients together.
- Pour about 1/4 cup of batter onto the pan or griddle for each pancake. Cook for 3 or 4 minutes on one side until bubbles form around the edges of the pancake, then flip. Cook for another 2 minutes on the other side until cooked through. Repeat until all pancake batter is gone.
- If pancakes are too thick, add more almond milk, 1 tablespoon at a time (this will depend on how moist your Sourdough starter is). Top with maple syrup and fresh fruit of your choice. Mangia!
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Hi there,
Will removing the flax seed change the consistency of the pancake? Thank you!
Hello Nicole, yes the flaxseed is used as an egg substitute, so your pancakes may not stick together as well. It won’t change the flavor, but it’ll leave you with a thinner batter.
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These are a dense pancake, tasty! I served them with fried apples, we seem to have an abundance. Great way to use sourdough discard.
Where are the amounts listed? Am I missing something?
Hello Rebecca, the amounts are listed in the recipe card towards the bottom of the page. If you scroll to the top and click the ‘Jump to Recipe’ button it will take you directly there!
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