The Best Keto Pancakes Recipe

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My fellow brunch lovers, I promise this is the BEST Keto Pancakes recipe you can find. Even though they are low carb, grain-free, and gluten-free, you won’t be able to tell! These almond flour pancakes are simple, fluffy, and delicious. Read on and watch the video tutorial for tips to make them and suggestions for keto pancake toppings.

keto pancakes topped with syrup and butter

Why Make This

5g net carbs: One of my favorite old fashioned pancake recipes has over 21g of net carbs per serving! As to eating a whole day’s worth of carbs in one dish, this recipe is a delicious replacement with less than half the carbs.
Made by brunch lovers: We love breakfast and brunch in my family. In fact, we sometimes eat it for dinner. So, I knew that if we had any chance of eating keto-friendly foods for any sustained period of time that we’d need a keto pancake recipe. This recipe is the result of months of testing, but it’s still simple and easy.

Ingredients Needed

Almond Flour: this is blanched and super-fine grain
Natural Ancient Sea Salt: I’m using fine grain sea salt
Baking Powder
Powdered Monk Fruit Erythritol: this is my sweetener of chocie, but you can use any keto sugar replacement that you prefer.
Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Milk: you can use any unsweetened milk that you prefer. Several readers have also made this with heavy cream with great results.
Eggs
Vanilla Extract
Butter: this should be melted for the batter, but you should also have extra cold butter for cooking the pancakes in your griddle or pan.

almond flour, milk, vanilla extract, salt, baking powder, powdered monk fruit

How to Make Keto Pancakes with Almond Flour

In a small bowl, mix the dry ingredients (almond flour, salt, baking powder, and sweetener).
In a larger bowl (enough to hold the complete batter), whisk the wet ingredients (almond milk, eggs, vanilla extract and butter).
Pour the dry ingredients into the wet and use a baking spatula to incorporate.
Heat butter in a large skillet and cook up to 4 pancakes at a time

Top Tips & FAQs

It’s important to know that since low-carb pancakes do not have regular flour, they cook faster and require a lower cooking temperature. I’m including some tips so that you don’t burn your pancakes below:

Use Less Than 1/4 cup of Batter Per Pancake: a common problem when making keto pancakes is that they burn easily. For me, the key to not burning these is using less than 1/4 cup batter per pancake. By keeping the pancakes small, they cook evenly without burning.
Make up to 4 Pancakes at a Time: similar to the tip above, another strategy is to only make a few at a time. This allows you to monitor the pancakes because they cook quickly.
Use Salted Butter when Cooking: salted butter takes these almond flour pancakes to a new level. It brings out all of the sweet flavors. If you omit the salted butter, these will still taste delicious, but I prefer to use a sliver of it per batch when cooking.

Keto Pancakes with Coconut Flour

You cannot substitute coconut flour 1:1 for almond flour in any recipe. Coconut flour is much drier and denser than almond flour. So, it requires more liquid, eggs, and fat.

To make Keto Pancakes with coconut flour, I’d recommend trying this coconut flour pancakes recipe. You’ll notice that it requires double the eggs and three times to the liquid to have a light and fluffy result!

Keto Pancake Toppings

There are so many low-carb options for pancake toppings. Some of my favorites are:

Fresh Berries: I typically choose strawberries
Sugar-free Whipped Cream: I like whipped cream on my pancakes. Fortunately, it’s easy to make at home. My homemade keto cool whip recipe takes less than 5 minutes. Plus, it tastes better than anything you can pick up at the store.
Keto Pancake Syrup: There are two main options that I prefer. First, Honest Syrup has 1g net carbs and a lot of flavors like Banana, Caramel and Peach! If you want to try that, then use DRDAVINAHS at checkout to save 10%. Second, Keto Maple Pancake Syrup is a new favorite and I love it because it tastes almost exactly like real pancake syrup.
Sugar-free Berry Sauces: Pair your pancakes with my blueberry, raspberry, or strawberry sauces. They have less than 5 ingredients and can include any frozen berries you have on hand.

Why are keto pancakes grainy?

This is usually the result of your almond flour. I‘m using superfine blanched almond flour in this recipe because I’ve found that it works best in making almond flour recipes taste more like recipes that use regular flour.

What is keto pancake mix made of?

This keto pancake mix includes almond flour, baking powder, sweetener, and salt. You do need to add wet ingredients to the mix like vanilla, almond milk, eggs and butter.

Is almond flour OK for keto?

Yes! Almond flour is low in carbs and grain-free.

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