Oatmeal Banana pancakes - Vegan

I have a small passion for pancakes. Probably obvious to anyone who tries talking to me on a weekend morning, the questions "What are you doing today?" is almost always answered with "making pancakes then..."

Most of my pancakes for the last year or two were made with greek yogurt and another dairy. Pretty healthy for pancakes, but since I don't keep dairy at home anymore I needed to figure out a new method. My first attempt at vegan pancakes was a no go, I used a recipe I found online and it just didn't work. So, attempt two is below. I loved them, let me know what you think.

1 cup wheat flour
1 cup quick oats
1 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon allspice or clove
 - I sifted the dry ingredients and then stirred in the oatmeal. This is important to get your baking powder evenly distributed.

1 cup unsweetened almond milk - this time I used vanilla and omitted the extract
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 frozen banana
 - blend these 3 ingredients together until smooth
 - Mix wet blended ingredients into dry until well mixed.
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
 - stir in vegetable oil, let batter sit for 10-20 minutes.

When cooking these use a slightly lower heat, and let them cook a bit longer. They're very thick, and you want to make sure the oats cook all the way. I had enough for 3 people, or for myself for 3 breakfasts. I had them cold with peanut butter on them the next day, amazing!

Griddle cakes VS Pancakes

There is a distinction in these two wonderful breakfast options that I've been trying to figure out. So far I'm finding all griddle cake recipes make very thick, hearty cakes. They tend to puff up and take much longer to cook. I love them, but they can be tricky to cook all the way through. They are doughy and almost feel like a cross between a biscuit and a pancake. Pancakes are a thinner and softer, generally quicker to make. I haven't done as much research as I think I want to on this, I'm certainly open to advice.

Oatmeal Pancakes & Apple oatmeal alternative

These are my favorite Sunday morning pancakes. I always have greek yogurt in the house, and mixing it with milk this way replaces using buttermilk with a slightly healthier alternative. 

1 cup Flour
1 cup Oatmeal - quick oats
1 tsp Baking Soda
2 tsp Baking Powder
1 tsp Salt

1 1/2 cup Milk w/ enough plain greek yogurt to equal 2 cups
1/4 cup Oil
2 Eggs

Combine dry ingredients set aside.
Mix wet ingredients, making sure the yogurt and milk mix is smooth. Add to dry ingredients and let sit at least 20 minutes to soften the oats.
Pour pancakes onto hot griddle and cook until edges are dry before flipping. These pancakes will take a little longer then most to cook.

These are great the day after as well.

After a fall trip to an apple orchard a had a few pounds of apples sitting around and decided to experiment with them a little. What came out was delicious! 

Apple Variation -
Add 1 tsp Cinnamon, 1/2 tsp nutmeg, and 2 tsp vanilla w/ 1-2 chopped apples. I used cortland because they are nice and soft and cook fast.