Dusty woods
Campfires above the banks of the Berezina river
Mosquitoes and tangles of dense undergrowth
Roasting chicken, fresh-cut cucumbers and tomatoes
Berries peek through in the undiscovered nation
A posse of reveling campgoers descend upon them.
In the northlands of the island of Ice
Past sulfurous fields, tempered hot springs
And a towering crater of ash
Lie hills of plump blueberries,
Converts to jam and pie,
They greet the northern sun with aspects of earthiness.
The Hudson tributary winds north of the city
Through valleys and hills where
A gaggle of hikers trod beaten paths
Finding nature-loving urbanites and bright young couples
And a pound of tiny wild berries, the first of the season
Exchanging bug bites for the literal fruits of their labor
The primal desire is met – we sleep well these nights.
- 2 ripe medium-sized bananas
- 1 c cassava flour
- ½ c tigernut flour
- ¾ c - 1 c coconut milk or water
- 2 tb coconut oil or olive oil
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp sea salt
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 c fresh blueberries
- 1 tb apple cider vinegar
- 2 tb coconut oil for cooking
- For the full recipe, check out Best of Flash Fiction Kitchen, available here.
This post has been shared on Phoenix Helix’s Paleo AIP Roundtable.
Oh so yummy! This is a mighty fine stack of pancakes you have there, Julie. Anything with blueberries is guaranteed to get my attention. I even have a belly full of them right now. Sadly no pancakes in my belly though, but berries are a good start 🙂
Thanks Nicole! Berries in the belly for the win! Hehe. ?
Lovely pancakes! I love the crispy edges best.
Thanks Marilee! ?
I don’t have togernut flour. Can I use something different than this. I have cassava and coconut flour.
Thanks!
Hi Evelyn – yes, although the texture will be different. You can use all cassava flour, but then the pancakes will be slightly gummier (still tasty), or you can cut the cassava flour with a bit of coconut (but just a tiny bit, like 1 tb or so, because coconut flour absorbs so much liquid) – if you can tolerate nut flours, those can also sub for tigernut.
These pancakes are awesome! They taste as close to wheat pancakes as I can remember! Thank you. I can’t do coconut, so I subbed the coconut milk with water, but added two Tablespoons of avocado oil to adjust for the lack of the fat in the milk. Also cooked in avocado oil! Yummy!!!
Nice, so glad they turned out well for you! Avocado oil is a great idea, I may do that myself 😉
Sooooo good, just made!
Excellent…finally an AIP pancake I can flip 🙂
How do i get ingredients size for 5 pancakes?
Hi Jessica, try cutting the recipe in 1/3.
These look amazing, but we can’t do banana. Do you think a ripe plantain would work?
That’s probably your best bet!
Thank you! I’ll report back. Another recipe I tried was a gummy, icky failure today. Bah.
You are my hero! I have had several pancake flops on my AIP journey–finally a tasty one that works! I added a little collagen with the tigernut for extra protein. Yum!
Awesome! So glad it worked out for you!:)
This is the best AIP pancake recipe I’ve tasted so far. I didn’t have bananas on hand (nor plantains) so I subbed with 2/3 c homemade AIP applesauce and they were delicious! The apples and cinnamon were a perfect compliment to each other. My kitchen still smells yummy. 🙂
P.S. I found your recipe just in time for my birthday weekend. They were the perfect way to start off my day.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
These are super delicious! I need more ASAP!
Oops, forgot the 5 star rating. These are even better than usual wheat pancakes.
Has anybody tried this in a waffle maker? Looks yummy.
Saturday morning pancakes are back on the table! Yippee!!!!!!!
Do you have any ideas for what I can substitute for the bananas? I’d like to make these for my kiddos, but two of them are allergic to bananas.
Hmm…I’m assuming (sweet) plantains wouldn’t work as well in that case? How about apples? You basically just need some kind of sweet fruit with some binding properties
Pancake Day!!! Thanks for the recipe ?
So question, this turned out more like cake batter than pancake. Did I do something wrong?? Help!
Hi Meagan, it could come down to flour brands (some absorb more liquid than others) – did you try adding more water to loosen the batter a bit?
I have the hardest time with breakfast on AIP. I do not like leftover dinner for breakfast. You changed my life with this recipe!! SO good. It also makes great fritters! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! BTW for the lady above who didn’t have tigernut flour…I didn’t have it either so I ordered on Amazon. Had it in a couple days!
Made these today! They taste GREAT but mine came out super gummy inside no matter how long i let them cook. Is this normal??
Hmm they shouldn’t be super gummy, you could try adjusting the cassava/tigernut flour ratios (switching them) depending what brands you’re using – or adding more water potentially (unless you’re cooking at altitude?).
Just made these. They are excellent. Thank you so much for sharing this recipe. Would it be ok to store the leftover batter in the fridge?
Yes, there are no eggs/dairy so it should last for a few days if covered/wrapped! (It might lose some of the airiness since you’ve already activated the baking soda with the vinegar, but should be okay 🙂
Follows recipe exactly and they came our very dry. Even added more water for a better consistency. Should I do dry ingredients and wet ingredients, then combine? Any thoughts?
I would reduce the amount of flour you’re using and up the liquid component until the consistency looks right – variety in the flour brands and bananas themselves can affect the liquid content/texture of the recipe.
Hello Julie,
Thank you so much for the recipe but for some reason the pancakes didn’t cook properly. They kept breaking and turning into mush. The pancake also kept sticking to the pan even though I was cooking on low heat. I followed the recipe to a T. But not sure why I couldn’t get the desired results.
Thank you,
Nadia
Hi Nadia – what brand of flours did you use, and what type of pan/cooking oil? AIP flour variation sometimes requires different liquid amounts and that can make the difference in terms of batter consistency. I also get different results using different pans and cooking fats so you could try switching those up too.
Hi Julie,
Thank you for the reply. I did change the pan and found the pancakes weren’t sticking. Finally a pancake recipe that was devoured in one sitting. Thank you again for your delicious recipes. Sending blessings your way.
I just made these and had to add an entire additional cup of liquid and they still weren’t really pourable! Any idea what happened?
Hi Gina – most likely comes down to the type of cassava flour, depending on brand they vary widely in how much liquid they absorb. (Otto’s, for example, seems to absorb 2-3x as much liquid as other brands I’ve used.) I’ve added a note in the recipe to reflect this.
These are nice! I used only cassava flour, and found them a bit tricky to work with so second batch I added some flax meal and that did the trick in helping them stick together. Great quick recipe.
I made this recipe this morning and it was amazing! It made me want to cry it was so good. Thank you so much for posting this. This gives me hope that I can do the AIP life. And thank you so much for putting subs for the coconut products!
Can these be frozen and reheated later?
Yup!
I’m a little late to the party, but I wanted to tell you how delicious these pancakes are and that I make them every weekend to eat throughout the week. I bake them in a big sheet pan like a cake and I cut them I to squares. They’re divine!
Yay! So glad you like them. Pancake squares = brilliant idea!
What temperature in the oven?
One thing I had really been missing on the Paleo AIP was pancakes. These were so easy to make and cook. Most importantly they were delicious! I couldn’t even wait to finish cooking them, to start eating them! Haha! Thank you for this great recipe!
Anyone try baking this in a pan? I have the same problem as a lot of people with having to add so much liquid… Just wondering if I could throw it in a pan and bake?
I so desperately needed an AIP recipe win & this was it!!! Thank you for a terrific recipe I will be implementing weekly for sure!
So glad you liked it Melissa! 🙂
I loved these pancakes, but found they stuck horribly to the pan. I tried baking them at 350 degrees on parchment greased with coconut oil. I flipped them after one side was fully set. They came out great! It is so much neater and easier-and delicious. These pancakes have made a HUGE difference for me in sticking to the AIP diet.
These are my favorite pancakes on AIP. I’ve tried so many. I keep the extras in the fridge with parchment paper between them. I’ve also frozen them. My son also likes them which is great except then I have to share. I liked the ideas above with the substitutes for coconut milk and or bananas. Thank you for this great recipe.
Finally tried these! They were as good as the picture. I didn’t have blueberries so I sub’d fresh raspberries and voila! Really yummy with warm maple syrup. Thank you Julie! Every you make is amazing!
Julie! Whenever I see a recipe from your kitchen I trust it will be a winner. I’ve tried So So many different AIP recipes and consistently like yours the best. Thank you for doing all the hard work of figuring out how to use all these alternatives for us. I never have the energy to experiment and am so frustrated when things don’t turn out. You bless us all with your fun stories and in the kitchen. Happy 2020!
Thanks so much fellow Jules! 😉 Happy 2020 to you too, it’s readers like you that keep me blog-perimenting!