🎅 Easy Santa pancakes 🎅
We are right in the holiday season and what better way to bring festive cheer to your plates than with a stack of adorable Santa Pancakes?
Spread the holiday spirit with these Vegan Santa Pancakes. Whether you follow a plant-based lifestyle or just want to try something new, these delightful pancakes are sure to be a hit at your festive table.
These jolly treats are not only delicious and cruelty-free but also guaranteed to bring smiles to faces young and old. Let’s dive into the the kitchen and whip up a batch of plant-based holiday cheer!
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Ingredients
For the Vegan Pancakes (the measurement below will make about 12 pancakes)
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 4 tablespoons granulated sugar (I use coconut sugar in my video)
- 2 tablespoon baking powder
- 2 cups plant-based milk (I use oat milk in my video)
- 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
- 4 tablespoons vegetable oil (I use olive oil)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
For Decorating:
- Vegan whipped cream
- Bananas
- Fresh strawberries
- Fresh blueberries
- Maple syrup (optional)
Instructions
- Mix together the flour, baking powder and granulated sugar in a large bowl or electric mixer (I have the Kitchenaid mixer).
- On the side, add the apple cider vinegar to the plant-based milk and leave it to rest for a few minutes for it to curdle. This will act as egg substitute so the batter doesn’t break when cooking.
- In the meantime, add the oil and vanilla extract to the bowl or mixer and start stirring. Add the the plant-based milk / apple cider vinegar mix when ready to the bowl or mixer and stir until fully combined. Do not over mix or the pancakes may not be as fluffy.
- Heat up a non stick pancake pan over medium-high heat with a tiny amount of vegan butter or oil. I use the olive oil spray, I find it to be the best to cook pancakes or crepes.
- Pour about 1/3 cup of the batter onto the pan. Cook until bubbles form on the surface, then flip with a spatula and cook until the other side is golden brown. Repeat until you have a stack of delicious pancakes.
- Take one pancake and place it in the middle of a large plate. Cut up a banana in slices, wash your strawberries and cut length them in half.
- Make Santa’s beard: Add maple syrup on the bottom half of the pancake (that’s optional) and place the banana slices over it. It should cover about the bottom half of the pancake, add more banana slices at the bottom for a long beard effect.
- Add Santa’s hat: Add the strawberry halves at the top edge of the pancake in a hat shape. Add a dash of whipped cream along the strawberries/pancake edge and at the end of the ‘hat’.
- Form Santa’s eyes and mouth: Simply place two blueberries as Santa’s eyes. You may add some blueberries over the bananas as Santa’s mouth.
- Add Santa’s nose: Cut the bottom of a strawberry, turn it around and voilà – place it between the blueberries and the banana slices.
- Complete the Look: You may add some whipped cream at the top edge of the banana slices as Santa’s moustache (or for the whipped cream lovers)
- Serve and Enjoy: Serve the Santa Pancakes and watch as the little ones light up with excitement at the sight of these festive treats.
Bon appétit 😋
With love,
Caroline
Santa Vegan Pancakes
Easy Vegan Santa Pancakes
Equipment
- Kitchenaid
Ingredients
- 3 cups all purpose floor
- 4 tbsp granulated sugar
- 2 tbsp baking powder
- 2 cups plant-based milk
- 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 4 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Mix together the flour, baking powder and granulated sugar in a large bowl or electric mixer (I have the Kitchenaid mixer).
- On the side, add the apple cider vinegar to the plant-based milk and leave it to rest for a few minutes for it to curdle. This will act as egg substitute so the batter doesn’t break when cooking.
- In the meantime, add the oil and vanilla extract to the bowl or mixer and start stirring. Add the the plant-based milk / apple cider vinegar mix when ready to the bowl or mixer and stir until fully combined. Do not over mix or the pancakes may not be as fluffy.
- Heat up a non stick pancake pan over medium-high heat with a tiny amount of vegan butter or oil. I use the olive oil spray, I find it to be the best to cook pancakes or crepes.
- Pour about 1/3 cup of the batter onto the pan. Cook until bubbles form on the surface, then flip with a spatula and cook until the other side is golden brown. Repeat until you have a stack of delicious pancakes.
- Take one pancake and place it in the middle of a large plate. Cut up a banana in slices, wash your strawberries and cut length them in half.
- Make Santa’s beard: Add maple syrup on the bottom half of the pancake (that’s optional) and place the banana slices over it. It should cover about the bottom half of the pancake, add more banana slices at the bottom for a long beard effect.
- Add Santa’s hat: Add the strawberry halves at the top edge of the pancake in a hat shape. Add a dash of whipped cream along the strawberries/pancake edge and at the end of the ‘hat’.
- Form Santa’s eyes and mouth: Simply place two blueberries as Santa’s eyes. You may add some blueberries over the bananas as Santa’s mouth.
- Add Santa’s nose: Cut the bottom of a strawberry, turn it around and voilà – place it between the blueberries and the banana slices.
- Complete the Look: You may add some whipped cream at the top edge of the banana slices as Santa’s moustache (or for the whipped cream lovers)
- Serve and Enjoy: Serve the Santa Pancakes and watch as the little ones light up with excitement at the sight of these festive treats.
