One of Alexander’s beautiful little friends L, who he’s known since birth (L’s Mama is a close friend of mine), has an egg allergy.
As Alexander eats pancakes almost every morning (wholemeal with fruit and spinach in them, drizzled with honey and served with a dollop of yoghurt while I sit next to him eating the end of the bread or left overs, as is the life of a mama…), I set about creating a simple pancake recipe for L that doesn’t use eggs which I’d never done (I’ve never had the need!).
After doing a little reading on making eggless pancakes and then a little testing (to make sure my quantities not only tasted good but looked, smelled and bubbled-before-you-turn-them-over, just like real pancakes, so little L could learn when to flip them one day, too), I settled on the below…
A classic pancake recipe and one very similar to what I make Alexander every morning with fruit and spinach, but no sugar…
Eggless Pancakes - Natalie Zee
Classic Eggless Pancakes for our friend L
Ingredients
- 1 cup of Self Raising Flour of choice
- 1 cup of Milk (use plant based for a vegan pancake)
- 1/2 a tsp of baking powder
- 1 tsp of vanilla essence (optional)
- 1/4 of a cup of caster sugar (optional but delicious!)
- 2 tsp of White Vinegar
Method
1. Add all of the dry ingredients to a medium sized bowl and mix well.
2. In a separate small bowl, mix the vanilla and vinegar.
3. Make a well in the middle of the dry ingredients and at the vanilla and vinegar mixture as well as the milk. Stir well immediately.
4. Dollop large spoonfuls into a greased pan (I use butter) and cook until bubbles appear on top before flipping over.
To make Eggless Banana and and Spinach pancakes, omit the sugar and add one mashed banana (or mashed/grated fruit of your choice), and 1-2 frozen spinach cubes, defrosted. If you use a more watery fruit, such as pear or cooked apple, you can add an extra tablespoon or two of flour to thicken the batter a little.
Serve either as you would your favourite pancakes.
Let me know if you try them! Also let me know if you’d like to see me try more usually-eggy, eggless recipes.
Nat x