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    Chai Spiced Pancakes with Cashew Cream (vegan, GF)

    Published: Dec 5, 2016 · Updated: Jul 28, 2022 · by Veronika Sykorova · This post may contain affiliate links · 16 Comments

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    Chai Spiced Vegan GF Pancakes with Cashew Cream - incredibly fluffy, sweet, soft, comforting chai pancakes. YUM! They're easy to flip, too! | thehealthfulideas.com

    It's pancake time!! Well, it will be pancake time for me when I have a day off but it can be a pancake day for you tomorrow! Today I present to you these delicious chai spiced pancakes with my new obsession aka cashew cream. I defrosted some wild blueberries and mixed them with a little bit of the cream to make that beautiful purple color. Isn't it gorgeous? Who needs food colorings, right? I made it look all cute and pretty and topped it all with kiwi because when in doubt, kiwi is always a good idea.

    Oh did I mention these beautiful fluffy pancakes are vegan??!! Yep! My first ever vegan pancake recipe yaaay!

    If you don't mind eggs (or if you want to try making them vegan by using flax egg) here are my other pancake recipes I've posted:

    • Gingerbread Pancakes with Chocolate Cream
    • Blueberry Vanilla Pancakes with Caramelized Figs and Mango Sauce
    • Colorful pancakes with Chocolate Sauce and Berries

    Chai Spiced Vegan GF Pancakes with Cashew Cream - incredibly fluffy, sweet, soft, comforting chai pancakes. YUM! They're easy to flip, too! | thehealthfulideas.com

    Okay, quick story time.

    I'm running late with yet another post but unlike Friday's post, this one is actually going to go live today (yay!!). If you follow me on social media you probably know about my struggle to post Friday's post which was supposed to be a recipe for a delicious gingerbread banana bread. Long story short, I didn't have the pictures edited, I didn't have the post written — nothing. A completely blank page. And when I was finally like yes, okay, now I'm ready to finish it all, my monitor stopped working. OKAY. I was supposed to go somewhere that afternoon but before that, I managed to run out quickly to buy a new monitor because no monitor is not an option when you need to run something online. But I had to get it delivered because I didn't have the time to go back home and set it up so I ended up doing that at night. Aaaaand because I was starting work early the next morning, I decided it's just not worth it to force the post and just went to sleep. I'm probably posting that banana bread next week so be ready ;)

    Anyway, this post is about chai spiced pancakes, so let's talk about chai spiced pancakes. They're made with oats and buckwheat flour so they're completely gluten-free and I also added hemp seeds which are pretty high in protein. Healthy pancakes! Need I say more? I'm just going to say one more thing — they are easy to flip. YES! You have no idea how many times I'd struggled with making vegan pancakes before creating this recipe. These are quick & easy to make, delicious, fluffy, comforting, and filling so basically, they're everything you need from a breakfast recipe!

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    Chai Spiced Vegan GF Pancakes with Cashew Cream - incredibly fluffy, sweet, soft, comforting chai pancakes. YUM! They're easy to flip, too! | thehealthfulideas.com

    Chai Spiced Vegan GF Pancakes with Cashew Cream - incredibly fluffy, sweet, soft, comforting chai pancakes. YUM! They're easy to flip, too! | thehealthfulideas.com

    Chai Spiced Vegan GF Pancakes with Cashew Cream - incredibly fluffy, sweet, soft, comforting chai pancakes. YUM! They're easy to flip, too! | thehealthfulideas.com

    Chai Spiced Vegan GF Pancakes with Cashew Cream - incredibly fluffy, sweet, soft, comforting chai pancakes. YUM! They're easy to flip, too! | thehealthfulideas.com

    I really hope you enjoy these, they're my fav<3 I love chai spice and it goes really well with the cashew cream in this recipe. Let me know how they were if you end up making them! :)

    Chai Spiced Vegan GF Pancakes with Cashew Cream - incredibly fluffy, sweet, soft, comforting chai pancakes. YUM! They're easy to flip, too! | thehealthfulideas.com

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    Chai Spiced Vegan GF Pancakes with Cashew Cream - incredibly fluffy, sweet, soft, comforting chai pancakes. YUM! They're easy to flip, too! | thehealthfulideas.com

    Vegan Chai Spice Pancakes with Cashew Cream

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    • Author: The Healthful Ideas
    • Prep Time: 10 mins
    • Cook Time: 25 mins
    • Total Time: 35 mins
    • Yield: 17 pancakes 1x
    • Category: Breakfast
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    These pancakes are soft and fluffy and pretty easy to make. There are quite a few ingredients in these but it's so worth it, they're so delicious! You can sub a couple of the ingredients with as the recipe suggests with good results but I got the best pancakes with the original recipe so I didn't want to skip any ingredients.


    Ingredients

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    • ½ rolled oats, pulsed a few times in a blender or food processor (see notes)
    • ¼ cup hemp seeds
    • ½ cup buckwheat flour
    • 1 tbsp teff flour (or sub with buckwheat flour)
    • 2 tbsp tapioca starch
    • 1 tbsp arrowroot flour (or sub with more tapioca starch)
    • 1 tbsp coconut or maple sugar
    • 1 ½ tsp baking powder
    • ¼ tsp baking soda
    • 1/ 4 teaspoon sea salt
    • ½ tsp cinnamon
    • 2 tsp chai spice (make your own)
    • ¾ cup + 1 tablespoon almond milk
    • 1 flax egg (see notes on how to make it)
    • 2 tbsp maple syrup
    • ¼ cup + 1 tablespoon mashed ripe banana (1 banana, or sub with apple puree)
    • ½ tsp coconut oil (for cooking)

    to serve: Cashew Cream (recipe here), berries, nut butter, raw chocolate sauce, seeds, or nuts


    Instructions

    1. In a big bowl, mix all the dry ingredients.
    2. In a small bowl mix all the wet ingredients, then pour them into the dry ingredients.
    3. Mix well with a spoon until everything is well combined.
    4. Let the batter sit for a few minutes. Meanwhile heat your pan over medium-high heat with a little bit of the oil (about ⅛ tsp, you'll add the rest throughout cooking if needed).
    5. Scoop about a tablespoon of the batter into the pan and form a pancake.
    6. Cook for 2-3 minutes on each side until golden. You'll know they're ready to be flipped when bubbles form and the edges look sort of cooked. They should be easy to flip.
    7. The pan gets hotter with time so lower the heat to low-medium to avoid burning the pancakes, they require patience.
    8. Keep them warm in the oven and serve with cashew cream and berries.

    Notes

    You want to break up the oats a bit into a coarse flour. I used very fine oats, not regular rolled oats so I didn't have to do this but if you're using regular oats, pulse them a couple times in a blender or a food processor.
    To make the flax egg, mix 1 tablespoon ground flax seeds with 2 ½ tablespoon water and set aside to soak for at least 5 minutes. It's ready when it thickens up kind of like chia pudding.

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    Chai Spiced Vegan GF Pancakes with Cashew Cream - incredibly fluffy, sweet, soft, comforting chai pancakes. YUM! They're easy to flip, too! | thehealthfulideas.com

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    Comments

    1. Amber says

      December 09, 2016 at 2:06 pm

      Yumm this looks so pretty and delicious!! I need to make this.

      Xoxo Amber

      Reply
      • thehealthfulideas says

        December 09, 2016 at 10:42 pm

        You're too sweet! Thank you!<3

        Reply
    2. Sara Giboney says

      December 09, 2016 at 2:43 pm

      These sound so good! I can't eat dairy, so I'm always looking for recipes that still feel decadent. I'm definitely making these!

      Reply
      • thehealthfulideas says

        December 09, 2016 at 6:25 pm

        That makes two of us. I'm glad you like them! :)

        Reply
    3. candy says

      December 09, 2016 at 3:05 pm

      Totally new kind of pancake experience here for myself. Fist it looks great with the colors and can't wait to try the different ingredients you have used.

      Reply
      • thehealthfulideas says

        December 09, 2016 at 6:25 pm

        Right? I love experimenting and adding new wholesome ingredients into regular meals to make them healthier :)

        Reply
    4. Alexie says

      December 09, 2016 at 3:51 pm

      Huge pancake fan overr here. LOVE the look and sound of these!

      Reply
      • thehealthfulideas says

        December 09, 2016 at 6:24 pm

        Me too, girl, me too! ;) Thanks so much!

        Reply
    5. Leighann says

      December 09, 2016 at 8:47 pm

      Whoa! These are intense! I'm all about breakfast, so I love new ideas. They even look pretty! Thanks for sharing:)

      Reply
      • thehealthfulideas says

        December 09, 2016 at 10:43 pm

        Breakfast is the best isn't it? Thank you, I love these, I could literally eat them every day!

        Reply
    6. Jessica Bradshaw says

      December 10, 2016 at 2:24 am

      These look delicious AND beautiful. Wow. I love the purple.

      Reply
      • thehealthfulideas says

        December 10, 2016 at 10:43 am

        Thank you so much, Jessica! :)

        Reply
    7. Amanda says

      December 10, 2016 at 5:43 pm

      These are beautiful. Chai seasoning is so delicious. I'm glad people are discovering or rediscovering this flavor. I will be using your spice mix for a number of things. I've never had cashew cream, but I am looking forward to trying it. One comment, to make sure you keep this gluten-free would be to use certified gluten-free oats. Oats are gluten free, but they are often processed in a factory that processes other products.

      Reply
      • thehealthfulideas says

        December 11, 2016 at 10:41 pm

        Yay! I'm glad you like these Amanda! Let me how you liked the cashew cream if you end up trying it :) I know, I just don't say that in the recipe because I figure if people have a severe allergy to something they already know to read the package info. It's the same with nuts, soy, etc. But thanks for pointing that out, I'll mention it in the post next time!

        Reply
    8. Bethany @ athletic avocado says

      December 18, 2016 at 4:08 pm

      Yum! I'd love this whole plate of pancakes for breakfast! Chai spice + cashew cream sounds ah-maz-ing!

      Reply
      • thehealthfulideas says

        December 19, 2016 at 11:31 am

        Thanks so much, Bethany! <3

        Reply

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