This post may contain affiliate links.
Hearty oats, juicy apples and plenty of cinnamon make these Apple Oat Pancakes the perfect easy breakfast! Less than 10 minutes to prep, fluffy and full of flavor, and made so simply with the help of a blender! This pancake recipe is great for a delicious breakfast!
A big bowl of oatmeal is great in the morning, but taking your oatmeal and turning it into fluffy pancakes is next level!
These apple oatmeal pancakes are the most kid approved pancakes in our house–hoping they will be for you as well!
Try these other breakfast recipes to get in all the hearty oats: Peanut Butter Oatmeal Balls, Apple Pie Overnight Oats, Pumpkin Baked Oatmeal, 6 Easy Overnight Oats Recipes, or these Banana Bread Overnight Oats!
Why We love these Apple Oat Pancakes
- Easily made in the blender: from processing the oats into flour, to whipping up the apple mixture, you don’t have to make much of a mess other than dirtying up the blender to make these.
- Super kid friendly. We started our little guy on these from the time he was about one and they continue to be his favorite. He stopped eating oatmeal in its traditional form around that time so I worked on a way to incorporate oats into pancakes instead!
- Easily made gluten free. If you can’t have gluten, don’t worry–just make sure you have certified gluten free oats or oat flour and you are set for these apple oatmeal pancakes.
- They are freezer friendly. I make a couple batches at a time and then freeze them for up to two months at a time.
Ingredients Notes
- Rolled oats or oat flour: Making your own oat flour is soooo simple and much more cost effective. You just have to make sure you blend it well enough–you want it just like flour for best results.
- Milk: I switch back and forth between whole and almond milk. It always just depends on what I have or what needs to be used up.
- Apple: gala apples or fuji apples for me, every time. But use your favorite for sure! You don’t have to peel the apples, just cut into large chunks and add to the blender.
- Oil: I typically go with canola oil but melted coconut oil can work well or another mild flavored oil.
- Maple Syrup: I prefer maple to sweeten these but also add in some brown sugar sometimes too.
Step-By-Step Instructions
Step 1: If using rolled oats versus oat flour, add the oats to a high powered blender or food processor.
Step 2: Blend or process the oats until a very fine flour–make sure this is not super grainy or the texture of the pancakes won’t be quite right. Transfer the flour to a medium mixing bowl.
Step 3: Add the milk, eggs, apples, cinnamon, maple syrup, oil and vanilla to blender.
Step 4: Blend until smooth.
Step 5: Whisk the salt, oat flour, and baking powder together in a bowl.
Step 6: Add the wet mixture to the dry ingredients and whisk. Make sure not to over mix here. A few lumps are ok.
Step 7: Adjust the batter if it feels too thick or thin by either adding a bit more flour or milk. Rest for 5-10 minutes.
Recipe Tips
- If you have oat flour ready to go, you will need about 2 cups. 2 cups of oats will yield about 2 cups of oat flour, if not just slightly less so the amounts are so similar from using the oat flour versus the oats.
- You can grate or small dice extra apples and add them into the apple oatmeal pancake batter for even more apple flavor. Chopped pecans or nuts are great in these as well.
Storage
Store leftover pancakes in an airtight container or plastic bag in the refrigerator for about 3-4 days. To freeze, allow them to cool completely and add to a freezer-safe container. Freeze for up to 3 months.
Common Questions
You sure can! Use a flax egg in place of the regular egg by whisking together one tablespoon of flax meal with three tablespoons of water. Chill in the refrigerator for about 10-15 minutes so it becomes gel-like. Use plant based milk and then you will have yourself a vegan stack of apple oat pancakes.
Other breakfast recipes:
- Banana Oat Blender Pancakes
- Zucchini Bread Pancakes
- Blueberry Baked French Toast Muffins— These are a MUST try if you love anything sweet on the go in your mornings.
- Blueberry Muffin Overnight Oats–one of my absolute favorites!
HUNGRY FOR MORE? Subscribe to my newsletter and follow me on Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest for all the latest!
Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal Pancakes
Ingredients
- 2 cups oat flour (or 2 cups rolled oats), regular or gluten free
- 2 large eggs*
- 1 cup milk of choice, we use whole milk
- 1 medium apple, we use Fuji or Gala
- 1/2 Tbsp cinnamon, I also add a pinch of nutmeg sometimes
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1-2 Tbsp maple syrup
- 1 Tbsp oil
- ¼ tsp sea salt
Instructions
- If using rolled oats, In a food processor or high powered blender, process the oats until a flour consistency.
- Transfer flour to a mixing bowl and whisk the baking powder and sea salt with it.
- In a blender, add all other ingredients and blend until smooth and combined.
- Pour the wet mixture into the oat flour mixture and whisk to combine. Do not over mix here! If the batter seems too thick, add more milk one tablespoon at a time until desired consistency, if it's too thin, add a tablespoon or two more of oat flour. Rest for about 5-10 minutes.
- Heat griddle to medium heat. Pour about 1/3 cup of batter for each pancake onto greased griddle.
- Heat until bubbles form all around the edges of the pancakes and then flip.
- Cook to desired golden brown.
- Add your favorite toppings and enjoy!
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Shop This Post
Buy Now → 
Buy Now → 
Buy Now → 
Buy Now → 
How many pancakes does this make?
Hi! It makes about 6-8 4 inch pancakes. You can certainly make them bigger!
How long would these last in the fridge?
Hi! Sorry for the delay. They will last about 1 week!
Hi! This sounds delicious! How would you go about thawing if freezing, and reheating?
Hi! I typically pop them in the microwave covered with a paper towel and heat for about a minute or so. If I know we are going to eat then the next day, I pop them in the fridge to thaw overnight. Enjoy!
I actually found the mixture to be really watery. I used coconut milk. Had to let it sit for a few mins before pouring.
Sorry, i forgot to add… these were great! 😅 I’ve never tried anything like this but am switching my diet to eat healthier and these were simply delicious!.10/10 recommend
Yay! So great to know Cristy! Happy to hear you enjoyed them!
Yes–letting them sit is ideal in general!
Tried them out this morning (although I only used 1/4 of the recipe and got a nice pancake out of it) and they are really delicious and also very filling. Will definitely make them again!
Oh wow, good to know that they came out great just for one pancake!
The batter turned out VERY thick when I made these according to the recipe. I had let it sit for 10 min as I have found that has helped other oatmeal pancake recipes i’ve Made actually fluff when I cook them, so maybe that was the problem? I added about 1/4c more milk after
The first pan and they were softer than the first ones which were very dense. The flavor is nice though and I’m happy to have an apple pancake recipe that doesn’t use applesauce!
Thanks for the feedback, Morgan–I will make these this week and see what I can do!
Easy and delicious! Like Morgan I had to add more milk though. Next time I will use less oats and more apple. I like the ease of just chucking the apple in the blender but one day I might try just mixing in some grated apple.
Ok, good to know! I will play around with this recipe over the holiday and see if I can help make things a bit better!
Delicious! Added some ground clove and nutmeg, but otherwise made as written. Will double the recipe next time!
Oh yum–sounds perfect to me! And yes, I double and triple them often!
That’s what I was thinking. Clove and nutmeg work completely well with apples.
These sound AMAZING! And even a little healthy. I love apples and cinnamon flavors. Can’t wait to use fresh apples that we pick this fall. Thanks for the idea!
Agree! I love apple season. Fall is the best!
As a big fan of oatmeal in any form, this sound fantastic to me, Lorie! Can’t wait to try it. Just one thing. What do you do with the apple? Peel and chop?
Hi Eda! So sorry for the delay in responding. Somehow I initially missed this comment. Do I just cut the apple, skin and all off the core and tossed it into the blender. If you have a high powered blender then you shouldn’t even detect the skin was on! Hope you love them!
Apple-Cin Oatmeal pancake very good! I used half the cinnamon and used half buttermilk and half 1% milk. MADE 7 -6″ PANCAKES.
So glad you liked them Linda! Thanks for sharing!
Brilliant recipe. Works every time.
I love hearing this! These are definitely one of my favorites. thanks so much for sharing!