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Easy Oatmeal Pancakes Recipe

These easy oatmeal pancakes start with instant oats ground into a powder, then cook up fluffy and golden on the griddle. A kid-approved breakfast ready in about 20 minutes!

Total21 min
Serves8
Calories147
Protein5g
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Stack of easy oatmeal pancakes topped with sprinkles and chocolate chips

Have you tried making pancakes with oatmeal? This easy oatmeal pancakes recipe is so tasty that my 2-year-old now asks for it by name (“oatmeal pancake”) 🙂 It’s quick, kid-friendly and a great way to use up those instant oatmeal packets.

The recipe

Easy Oatmeal Pancakes Recipe

Prep
5 min
Cook
16 min
Total
21 min
Serves
8
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Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Heat a flat griddle over low-medium heat.

  2. Mix all the dry ingredients in a bowl with a spatula.

  3. Add the milk and gently mix it in with the spatula.

  4. Add the eggs and gently mix them in with the spatula. Do not whisk.

  5. Add the vanilla extract and give it another quick mix.

  6. Drop the batter onto the preheated griddle using a 1/4 measuring cup, or in whatever portion you prefer. Bigger or smaller pancakes both work fine.

  7. Cook for about or less, depending on how hot the griddle is.

  8. Gently flip the pancake using a pancake flipper. Don’t rush it if it doesn’t feel ready to flip yet. The flipper I use has a good grip, so the pancakes don’t slip as you flip them.

  9. Cook on the other side for a minute and a half or so.

  10. Move the pancake onto a plate using the pancake flipper.

Notes

Pancakes are one of those things you can eat with or without toppings. The nutrition facts here are for pancakes with no toppings.

Nutrition Facts

8 servings per recipe
Serving size1 pancake
Amount per servingCalories
147
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 3g4%
Sodium 270mg12%
Total Carbohydrate 25g9%
Total Sugars 8g
Protein 5g10%

* The % Daily Value tells you how much a nutrient in a serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

Macro mix

  • 14% Protein 5g
  • 68% Carbs 25g
  • 18% Fat 3g

Protein score

3.4g protein per 100 calories

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Nutrition is an estimate per serving carried over from our original recipe card and will vary with brands and portions. Use it as a guide, not medical advice.

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Behind the recipe

The story, tips & photos

If you’re vegan, you have to see my Vegan Pancakes recipe.

Stack of easy oatmeal pancakes with sprinkles and chocolate chips

I’ve made pancakes with oatmeal before without grinding the oats. While it’s doable, my favorite method is to grind the oats in a Vitamix blender first.

This is super easy. Dump the oats in and run the blender on low (speed 1 or 2) for a few seconds, until most of the oats turn into a thick, powdery mix.

Measuring cup of instant oatmeal for easy oatmeal pancakes
Oats ground into powder in a Vitamix blender for oatmeal pancakes

Speaking of oats: how I get my kids to eat them

When it comes to oatmeal for breakfast, the kids tolerate only the Maple and Brown Sugar instant oatmeal. So we always go through those first and end up with lots of uneaten Apples & Cinnamon and Cinnamon & Spice packets.

So what should a responsible and loving parent do? 🤔

A. Tell them that you’re never going to buy oatmeal again!
B. Hold all the toys in the house hostage until they eat the oatmeal!
C. Make them feel ashamed and sorry for discriminating against Apples & Cinnamon!
D. Go through a rebranding exercise!

The correct answer is D.

Yes. Rebranding!

Now, who wants some pancakes with superhero magical powder oats?

The trick here is to involve the kids in the grinding so they can watch the Vitamix work its magic, turning oats into magical powder. It’s mesmerizing, believe me!

The moral of the story is that it’s so easy to rebrand and completely change the conversation to persuade kids to eat something that’s actually good for them. This isn’t just about the Apples & Cinnamon packets or oatmeal in general. It goes across the entire spectrum of the food pyramid. More to come on branding and duping your kids in future posts. 😉

  • Adding flour to ground oats in a mixing bowl for oatmeal pancakes
  • Eggs and milk added to the oatmeal pancake batter

How to make easy oatmeal pancakes

The whole process takes just a couple of minutes.

Mix all the dry ingredients.

Add the liquid ingredients and mix.

Let the griddle do the magic.

Let the kids sprinkle on their favorite toppings as soon as the batter hits the griddle or after the pancakes are done. This time, my 7-year-old went ALL OUT with sprinkles and chocolate chips!

Enjoy this easy oatmeal pancakes recipe!

  • Oatmeal pancakes with colorful sprinkles cooking on a griddle
  • Child adding chocolate chips to oatmeal pancakes on the griddle
Stack of oatmeal pancakes with sprinkles next to the griddle
Two sprinkle and chocolate chip oatmeal pancakes on a griddle
Little hand reaching for a stack of easy oatmeal pancakes

Here are a few things I’ve used in this easy oatmeal pancakes recipe:

Double burner pancake griddle

Double Burner Pancake Griddle

Red Vitamix blender used to grind oats for oatmeal pancakes

Vitamix Blender

Black silicone spatulas

Silicone Spatulas

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