Easy fluffy pancakes that are made with no milk and no eggs. This homemade recipe is made with simple pantry ingredients and water.

Pancakes Without Milk and Eggs
If you’re out of milk and eggs but still craving pancakes, don’t worry—I’ve got you covered with this delicious, fluffy pancake recipe! I already have a No Butter Pancakes recipe, but this one takes it a step further. Instead of milk, we’re using water. Yes, water! You’ll be shocked at how light and airy these turn out, even without milk and eggs.
Sometimes I run low on simple ingredients like milk and eggs, and I don’t realize it until I open the fridge and find them missing—right when I’m ready to make breakfast. But don’t worry, you can still whip up the perfect stack! These pancakes are so fluffy that even my family couldn’t believe they were made without milk and eggs! Pair them with crispy bacon (check out how to cook bacon in the oven for an easy method), or serve them alongside my No Butter Waffles for a full breakfast spread.
How to Make These Pancakes
These pancakes are simple to make, you only need 1 bowl and 1 pan.
In a large bowl mix all purpose flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Mix it up.
These pancakes are extra fluffy because we’re using 4 teaspoons of baking powder. Make sure to use the full amount for full fluffiness!
For the main liquids we’re using butter and water. For the butter, you’ll want it to be melted. I throw mine in the microwave for 30 seconds.
The main liquid though is water. That’s right, just good ol water. There’s nothing fancy here. You’ll need 1 1/2 cup water, I just turn on my tap!
Add melted butter, water, vanilla and vegetable oil on top of the dry ingredients. 1 bowl – don’t you love it?
Continue mixing with a spoon until it’s pretty smooth and you don’t see many clumps. You don’t have to make it completely clump free, a few clumps isn’t going to hurt anything.
Heat up a frying pan over medium high heat, making sure to spray with nonstick spray if its not a nonstick pan. Add 1/3 cup batter to the skillet. Each 1/3 cup will equal a pancake.
Allow to cook for 2-3 minutes or until you can easily flip them without them falling apart. Flip and then lightly brown the other side.
The recipe makes about 10-12 pancakes which is about 4-6 servings depending on how many pancakes per person everyone is going to want.
Now add your favorite syrup on top, or top with butter and fresh fruit preserves (like blueberry jam!). My favorite is just simple maple syrup, nothing else!

How to Freeze Leftovers
We have a family of 3, so often we’ll have leftovers. I actually love having leftover pancakes because this is a simple breakfast that I can pull out of the freezer on weekday mornings, throw in the microwave for 30 seconds, and ta-da! Mom made homemade pancakes again!
All I do is throw the pancakes into a freezer bag, I don’t separate them or anything. When it’s time to take out of the freezer, they’re pretty easy to just peel apart from each other. Then they go straight into the microwave. These easily freeze for months, so you don’t have to eat them quickly.
I hope you love these No Milk No Eggs Pancakes! Enjoy! :
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No Milk No Eggs Pancakes
PrintIngredients
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup butter melted
- 1 1/2 cup water
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
Instructions
- In a large bowl mix flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.
- Pour in melted butter, water, vanilla and vegetable oil and mix with a spoon until mostly smooth.
- Heat a frying pan up over medium high heat, spraying it with nonstick spray. Add 1/3 cup batter to pan, for each pancake. Allow to cook for about 2-3 minutes, or until firm enough that you can easily flip them over. Lightly brown the other side. Once browned on both sides, remove from stove. Repeat this until all batter is gone. Batter should make 10-12 pancakes.
Mel says
I found your recipe on supercook. This recipe was delicious. I was not expecting it to turn out so sweet and delicious like it did. My husband even asked for more. I will be making the dry ingredients for when I want some more so prep is easier lol. The best homemade pancakes I’ve ever had and honestly… I can say they taste better than ihops and I love their pancakes too. So if I don’t have the money or don’t want to travel 35 minutes for some pancakes, I will be making these…thank you! Plus the price of eggs and milk rising this is perfect
Pamela Reed says
Thank you Mel, what an amazing comment to wake up to. So happy to hear you guys enjoyed the pancakes!
R says
Tasty, but so oily! They were very greasy, left me with stomach ache.
Pamela Reed says
Hey R sorry you didn’t like these. The recipe only calls for 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil for 4 servings of pancakes, are you sure you only added 1 tablespoon?
Lionia says
I made these for my family and they turned out so much better than my normal recipe. Thick and fluffy. We loved them! 10 out of 10!
Elaine Ehardt says
I subbed out pumpkin, not pumpkin pie filling, for oil. Added cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice and cloves & had to oil griddle, but was worth it.
Nita Anderson says
My daughter is allergic to milk and eggs. She always misses out on pancakes. Thank you for this recipe. They are delicious and she loves them.
Veta says
I used your recipe to make sweet crepes. I just added more water to thin it out and these are delicious!!!
Maggie says
Best pancake recipe on the internet. Period.
No seriously, i’ve never reviewed a recipe before but these were incredible. The only eggless milkless pancake recipe i’ve found that was a success!
Poppy says
I’ve been using this pancake recipe for over a year and it’s just incredible, every time! Thank you, it really saved me when I didn’t have eggs!
Mel says
These are wonderful! My son loves pancake but I was out of eggs and made these. Never using eggs again. Love them. I did add a dash of cinnamon cuz it’s pretty standard for us 🙂
tara ashleigh says
about to try for the first time 🙂 super excited!