Easy Delicious Whole Wheat Pancakes
How to make whole wheat pancakes that are light, fluffy and delicious! Jump to the Whole Wheat Pancakes Recipe or watch our quick video showing you how we make them.
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Not too long ago, we shared our essential pancakes. Based on your reviews, you love it, but a few of you have asked about using whole wheat flour to make them instead of all-purpose.
It’s simple and makes extra light and fluffy pancakes. Since it uses all-purpose flour, we became curious to see what would happen if we replaced some or all of that flour with whole wheat flour. After a few tries, we realized it works beautifully.
– This Recipe is Sponsored by Gold Medal Flour –
How to Make Light and Fluffy Pancakes with Whole Wheat Flour
If you’re looking for whole wheat pancakes with 100% whole wheat flour, this recipe one will do it for you.
By using 100% whole wheat flour, the pancakes are quite fluffy and taste great. We absolutely love the nutty flavor of the flour!
You can also use half whole wheat and half all-purpose flour. If you’re not used to using whole wheat flour in your kitchen, we suggest you use 50% whole wheat and 50% all-purpose flour.
In fact, even though we’re used to whole wheat ourselves, we prefer using two flours instead of only using whole wheat. The pancakes are a little lighter, fluffy and taste amazing. Either way, they turn out beautifully. Just look at how fluffy they are!
We use the same blending method to make these nutty Buckwheat Pancakes. A 50-50 blend of buckwheat and whole wheat or all-purpose flour makes them light, fluffy, and delicious.
We love topping whole wheat pancakes with some warm syrup and sliced bananas, but we’re sure you already have a plan for the topping. Enjoy!
For more easy pancake recipes, take a look at these:
- Our Favorite Blueberry Pancakes are very similar to these whole wheat pancakes. They are light, fluffy, and bursting with blueberries.
- These Easy Spiced Banana Pancakes are one of my favorite ways to use up leftover (or frozen) banana.
- These fall-inspired Pumpkin Pancakes have so many happy reviews.
- These Homemade Buttermilk Pancakes are fluffy, buttery, and have the most tender texture in the middle.
Or, if you are in the mood for waffles, try our Essential Waffle Recipe. It’s just as simple as our pancakes and takes advantage of our best tips for making waffles that are tender on the inside and crispy on the outside.
Disclosure: This recipe has been shared in partnership with Gold Medal Flour. We’re pretty excited about it because it’s been our flour of choice for quite some time (my Mom’s, too). This recipe is part of an ongoing relationship with Gold Medal. Last month, we shared our Fluffy Pumpkin Pancakes with Butter Pecan Topping.
Recipe updated, originally posted November 2013. Since posting this in 2013, we have tweaked the recipe to be more clear and added a quick recipe video. – Adam and Joanne
Easy Delicious Whole Wheat Pancakes
- PREP
Whole wheat flour makes pancakes taste nutty and delicious. This recipe is quite flexible. We love using a combination of whole wheat and all-purpose flour. The pancakes are lovely, light and fluffy.
For 100% whole wheat pancakes, simply use all (1 1/2 cups) whole wheat flour and no all-purpose flour. We have noticed that whole wheat flour absorbs liquid a little more than all-purpose flour. Because of this, you might find that you need to add a little extra milk to the pancake batter before cooking the pancakes.
Makes approximately 8 pancakes
You Will Need
3/4 cup (100 grams) whole wheat flour
3/4 cup (100 grams) all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
1 1/4 to 1 1/2 cups (295 to 350 ml) milk, dairy or non-dairy
1 large egg
4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted, plus more for the skillet or substitute coconut oil
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Directions
- Make Batter
- Cook Pancakes
Whisk flours, sugar, cinnamon, baking powder and the salt in a medium bowl, set aside.
Warm the milk until lukewarm, not hot (you should be able to keep your finger submerged for 10 seconds).
Whisk milk, butter, egg, and the vanilla together until blended.
Make a well in the center of the flour mixture. Pour milk mixture into the well and stir with a fork until mixed and only small clumps of flour remain. Do not over mix batter. Note: The batter will be quite thick. If it is unreasonably thick, add 1 to 2 tablespoons more milk to thin it out a little.
Heat a large skillet (or use griddle) over medium heat. The pan is ready if when you splatter a little water onto the pan surface, the water dances around the pan and eventually evaporates.
Lightly brush skillet with melted butter. Spoon a 1/4-cup of the batter onto the skillet and gently spread into a 4-inch circle. (If the batter is thick, you may need to use the back of a spoon to spread the batter into a circle).
When the edges look dry and bubbles start to appear and pop on the top surfaces of the pancakes, turn over, about 2 minutes. Once flipped, cook 1 to 2 minutes or until lightly browned and cooked in the middle. Serve warm with syrup, bananas or other toppings.
Adam and Joanne's Tips
Nutrition Per Serving: Serving Size 1 pancake / Calories 172 / Protein 5 g / Carbohydrate 22 g / Dietary Fiber 2 g / Total Sugars 5 g / Total Fat 8 g / Saturated Fat 4 g / Cholesterol 42 mg
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Can I skip the baking powder?
Hi there, We do not recommend removing the baking powder since it makes these pancakes fluffy.
Dear Adam and Joanne, I cannot tell you how often I have soothed pancake cravings with your recipe. It’s to live for! 😋 I sometimes replace the white flour with oatmeal flour or I simply use 100% whole meal wheat flour. Also, I use honey in place of sugar. The pancakes are very delicious when served with a honey-based, home-made marmalade. Thank you for generously sharing magic from your kitchen
Great fluffy pancakes. I used 100% buckwheat flour, and substituted the sugar for equal amount in honey. This is because of glutten intolerance and type 2 diabetes in the house, but surprisingly enough, it turned out fant-a-bulous! Will definitely be my “go-to” recipe for those special days that calls for pancakes. Thanks!
Love this recipe.The pancakes turn out super fluffy and light.substituted wheat flour with 1 1/4 cup oat flour and 1/4 cup whole wheat flour, added only 1 tablespoon of sugar and some chocolate chips while cooking the pancakes. My 6 year old loves them
DELICIOUS! Needs to be in capital letters! These are the best pancakes! Throw out all your old pancake recipes. This is the only one you will need.
These pancakes were delicious! My toddler and I enjoyed them this morning. I did use table salt and added a little more milk as suggested, but I like thinner pancakes myself. They feel a little healthier with the whole wheat, but the texture is still moist and fluffy. I will have to try these again with blueberries!
Made these this morning and added half a cup of grated apple – they were the best pancakes we’ve had! Thanks for the delicious recipe!
I made these this morning and they were delicious. I used almond milk and was a little heavy handed on the cinnamon because we like it. They were so good, you can eat them without syrup! I put ricotta cheese, sliced banana, and pecans on them. I recommend this recipe!!
So happy you enjoyed them!
Forgot to mention in my previous comment that I use regular table salt. Also, I’ve changed the order of ingredients to measure the salt before the cinnamon. Salt doesn’t cling to the measuring spoon like cinnamon tends to do.
These pancakes are delicious! We’ve made them several times already! I use all WHITE whole wheat flour, but I am used to whole wheat. The mix of flours would be a good place to start if you aren’t as accustomed to whole wheat. While I like the recipe as written very much, I have altered it some to reduce calories and cholesterol. I’ve found that 1 Tbsp sugar and substituting 2 Tbsp butter with oil work well. I agree that the butter really adds to whole wheat pancakes. While not necessary, I also substitute buttermilk, usually by adding buttermilk powder to the dry ingredients or I use white vinegar with skim milk (that’s the milk I have on hand). Thanks for a keeper recipe! Your site is one of my favorites, so please keep on sharing! 🙂
Love the recipe… me & 9 year old son! Used all wheat flour and a third of the salt. Froze the extra. Will definitely make again & again ?
Wonderful!