Almond Flour (Extra Fluffy) Pancakes

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup blanched almond flour
  • 1 egg
  • 1/4 cup seltzer water (hence the Extra Fluffy)
  • 1/4 tsp baking soda
  • sweetener to taste (I use 1 packet of stevia)
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla
  • Pinch of sea salt
  • 3 egg whites

Directions:

  • Stir together all ingredients except egg whites.
  • Whip egg whites until white stiff peaks form and then fold them into your pancake batter.
  • Fry pancakes over low heat in a greased skillet or on a pancake griddle.

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Julia February 17, 2010 at 9:14 pm

due to some fairly extreme diet restrictions, i can’t have seltzer water any suggestion on what else I can sub the liquid with?

Heather Eats Almond Butter February 17, 2010 at 10:07 pm

Julia, Just use plain water or nut milk. The seltzer just adds some fluff, but the pancakes are still good without it. :)

Janell Hartman May 10, 2010 at 12:01 pm

Whoa, girl. These were really good. I’m gluten-free and LOVED the rich, creamy texture of the almond meal. Hah! they’ve got like, 2 carbs? Well, I guess I’d have to count the carbs in the homemade raspberry jam I slatherd on them :)
A couple of hours later I commuted by bicycle the 20 miles it takes to get to work, and these are definitely energy food. I was flying!

Made two batches to feed my sweetie and myself… the first, I followed your recipe and enjoyed the fluffiness. The second, I wanted a denser pancake, so I used coconut milk in place of the seltzer water, and added 1/4 cup ground flax, one less egg, and a pinch of cream of tartar. Awwww, yeah.

Heather Eats Almond Butter May 10, 2010 at 12:03 pm

Janell, Thanks for letting me know and so happy to hear you enjoyed the pancakes. I haven’t made this particular recipe in a while. Thanks for reminding me how good they are! :)

Shara May 12, 2011 at 11:28 pm

Can I replace the egg with something else?

HEAB May 13, 2011 at 8:17 am

Shara,
You can try a flax or chia egg, but the pancakes won’t come out nearly as fluffy without the beaten egg whites.

Brian May 31, 2011 at 10:24 pm

Do you have the nutritional info on the pancakes themselves? I’m on a strict high protien very low carb diet. I generally eat protien and vegetables but I want pancakes and these look acceptable for my diet.

HEAB May 31, 2011 at 11:44 pm

Hi Brian,
I don’t, but the almond flour has 6 grams of carbs (3 of those being fiber) per serving (28 grams) which I think is 1/4 a cup? Not sure, but the pancakes above call for 1/2 cup. So, 12 grams of carbs from the flour and then the egg has less than 1 gram as do the egg whites. So, the entire recipe probably has about 13 or 14 grams of carbs, and it yields 10 or 11 small pancakes. Hope this helps and that you’re able to enjoy some pancake goodness soon. I have several other low carb pancakes on my recipe page: http://heathereatsalmondbutter.com/recipes/.

Nikki @ Resistant Nikki July 18, 2011 at 7:31 am

Just wanted to let you know that I just linked to this recipe on my blog post about almond meal pancakes. Love this recipe! :)

Nikki @ Resistant Nikki July 18, 2011 at 7:32 am

Just wanted to let you know that I just linked to this recipe on my blog post about almond meal pancakes. Love this recipe! :)

http://resistantnikki.blogspot.com/2011/07/lemon-ricotta-pancakes.html

fack u September 9, 2011 at 4:02 am

your website sucks and these pancakes smell like dirty cherry pie. screw you

HEAB September 9, 2011 at 9:45 am

FU,
Really? Hmm, that’s odd as there were no cherries in the recipe. Sounds like you did the screwing and screwed up the recipe.

Kristin October 7, 2011 at 9:39 am

These were truly awesome. Not just for Paleo/Primal/Gluten-Free, but in general these were crispy on the outside and soft and fluffy on the inside.

Totally worthy of Breakfast-for-dinner nights.

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