Friday Fare

Perfect Four Ingredient Pancakes

January 30, 2017

National Blueberry Pancake Day gave me the perfect excuse to make some pancakes! I stumbled across this four ingredient pancake recipe almost by accident. I was originally trying to follow a recipe out of one of my cookbooks but of course I forgot one of the key ingredients, so I decided it couldn’t hurt to experiment a little. And voila, my Honestly Fitness perfect four ingredient pancakes were born!!

How to make easy, delicious pancakes

The beauty about these perfect four ingredient pancakes recipe is that despite the fact that they are very filling, they digest really easily and are high in both protein and fiber. The pancakes also hold their shape together extremely well when being cooked so you don’t end up with these weird sloppy pancakes that so many healthy pancake recipes seem to turn into. This recipe is made from whole foods and is devoid of any protein powders or binding agents. It is also extremely tasty and pleasing to the eye!

Perfect Four Ingredient Pancakes

Perfect Four Ingredient Pancakes

Alice Williams
A delicious and healthy pancake made with only 4 ingredients.
Servings 1

Ingredients
  

  • 1 tub plain non-fat Greek Yogurt I used Stonyfield
  • 1 whole egg and 1 egg white
  • 1/2 cup rolled oats soaked overnight <--- this is important!
  • 1 tsp chia seeds
  • 1/4 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 cup blueberries
  • Optional
  • Honey
  • Maple Syrup
  • Honestly Fitness Blueberry Chia Jam
  • More fruit!

Instructions
 

  • Soak your rolled oats overnight either in some water or some milk. I soaked mine in 2% milk.
  • Now that you have soaked your rolled oats, simply combine the above ingredients (minus the blueberries) in a food processor until smooth.
  • Heat your frying pan and add a small amount of coconut oil or butter.
  • Pour about 1/3 of the mixture into the pan and let it cook for approximately 2-3 minutes before flipping it over and waiting for an equal amount of time.
  • Repeat until the rest of the batter is all used up.
  • Serve with blueberries on top and honey,maple syrup, or my easy blueberry chia jam if you wish!

Notes

Will make 2 big pancakes or 3-4 small ones.
Chia seeds are not necessary and can be omitted. I like to add them for their health properties and texture.
Perfect Four Ingredient Pancakes

 

Perfect Four Ingredient Pancakes

And there you have it! So easy and will please even the fussiest of eaters. If you do end up trying out my recipe, please leave a comment below and let me hear what you thought about it! Alternatively, you can post a photo on any social media account, tag me (@honestlyfitness) and hashtag it with #HF4pancakes.

What are your favorite pancake toppings?

Honestly yours,
Alice

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8 Comments

  • Reply Lauren February 3, 2015 at 5:59 am

    THESE ARE AMAZING! Every healthy pancake recipe I make turns out to be mushy, burnt or just gross and these actually turned out like a pancake should! The first one I made I poured too much batter so it was huge and thin but actually worked as a crepe! I put some blueberries and maple syrup in the middle and rolled it up like a crepe- it was delicious. Thanks for sharing these will be my new go to pancakes 🙂

    • Reply Honestly Fitness February 3, 2015 at 9:16 am

      Thank you so much for your glowing review, Lauren!! It means so much to me that you tried these out and let me know what you thought about them. I really wanted to make a ‘normal’ pancake to show people that you could have the best of both worlds, and not get something mushy, burnt or gross haha.
      Thanks again for such sweet words and hope you made enough to share 😉 xxx

      • Reply Lauren February 5, 2015 at 2:58 pm

        Thanks for your reply! Just found your website and I love it! You are amazing to take the time to reply to comments! I think it is so great you are giving your readers unbiased content when there are so many blogs/information on health now it gets confusing. I will definitely keep reading and share with friends! Xo

  • Reply Diane February 18, 2015 at 10:04 am

    Thanks.

  • Reply Amber March 1, 2015 at 12:04 pm

    Is a tube a big container or a small individual container of yogurt?

    Thanks!

    • Reply Honestly Fitness March 1, 2015 at 1:28 pm

      Hey Amber,
      I used an individual 150g container, but you can weigh out the greek yogurt of you have a big container xx

  • Reply Melissa March 28, 2015 at 3:51 am

    How much milk/water should be used to soak the oats?? And do you think soy milk would be alright to use or would you recommend dairy milk?? Thanks 🙂

    • Reply Honestly Fitness March 28, 2015 at 7:20 am

      Hi Melissa!
      Really great question; I normally just use however much has coated the oats in an even amount of liquid. I will typically use 1/4 cup milk/water. And yes, soy milk is totally fine! I’ve used almond milk and hemp milk before. The type of milk you use doesn’t matter at all 🙂
      Hope you enjoy the recipe! x

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