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! :
Pin for later:
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.
Kate says
My son has severe allergies to milk and eggs (anaphylaxis). He’s 2 so just getting to the age where he wants to be eating the same thing as his brother and sisters. Have tried other egg and dairy free recipes that were not so great. This one is a winner! Followed the recipe exactly and it turned out great! I actually liked it better than the recipes that contain milk and eggs! The texture is great, very cakey. This is our go to pancake recipe from now on. Thank you!!!
Patti Montgomery says
This was awesome.. I am out of EVERYTHING! Tried these I made these gf, I milled rice flour, buckwheat, millet 1..25 cup and added starch 3/4cup with 3/4 guar gum. Worked out perfect thanks so much!
Pamela Reed says
Awesome, so happy they worked for you!! 🙂
Ashley B says
So I have made these a few times and have decided that these are great in a pinch. I agree with other people that they are a bit doughy in the middle. I tried adding water to make it less thick so that the middle would could better which helped. I tried making a bigger pancake once and that was a fail because the middle really didn’t cook well at all. I could have cooked it lower for longer but in the past I have found doing so usually causes dried out pancakes. I’m not right sure of the flavour but it could be because I am using margarine instead of butter. Real butter always tastes better. So overall I will give it 5 stars because it exceeded my expectations for a no egg or milk recipe but the main thing to remember is to add more water for sure!
Kim says
I just made these and they were a complete and utter SUCCESS! 😀 Thank you so much for the recipe!
Pamela Reed says
So happy to hear you liked these pancakes – thanks for stopping by!
Natalee says
I love this recipe 😍😍 it’s the best when you have no eggs although I used vegetable oil for a substitution for the butter 😒 but still this was amazing 🤩 if I could I would rate it a 1000/10
Pamela Reed says
Your comment made me so happy – thank you Natalee! 💜
frazer says
i loved it, i had no milk or eggs and was craving pancakes after watching norris nuts who can eat the most pancakes video. would recommend. it had an extremely strong taste of olive oil and I really like olive oil so its a thumbs up from me. it was thin and small and fragile and it makes me happy because it is a small petite little thing just like me UwU.
Pamela Reed says
Glad you liked the pancakes! Thanks for stopping by.
Mary says
What a phenomenal recipe!!! Dairy free friendly, when you exchange the butter for dairy free butter. Great recipe for children to help make – a keeper!!!
Eddie Jordam says
This recipe was great , I put blueberrirs in this made it reallr good
Pamela Reed says
Yum, that’s always a bonus! Thanks for commenting! 🙂
Angela K says
Way better than traditional milk and eggs pancakes. We have a winner 😁🏆
Pamela Reed says
So happy to hear you liked the pancakes! 🙂
Sue says
Very tasty and easy to make (for the most part)! The batter was a little thicker than I’m used to, so while trying to reshape one, I launched a UFO across the cook top! Hey, I never claimed to be Julia Child. ;-} LOL!
KatieAnne says
I was skeptical at first, but once I made them and tried a bite…they were delicious and easy to make.
Angela Arce says
Thank God I found a recipe with no eggs and milk. My kids love pancakes and we are a family of six so I make a lot. So of course we run out of the eggs and milk. But with this recipe I also added cinnamon and really sweet fresh bananas OMG!!! So Good. Thanks try it
Pamela says
So happy to hear you liked these pancakes, Angela! Thanks for stopping by! 🙂
Kels says
I don’t know how I feel about this recipe… the flavor is absolutely amazing however the batter is a little hard to work with for round pancakes. I ended up adding quite a bit more water to try and get the batter more pourable; didn’t quite work out with the shape of the pancakes. They were doughy in the middle, so thankfully no raw egg; I’ve been making dairy-free gluten-free egg free pancakes for a long time these are strange to me but they’re really good. I still give five stars and I will probably use this recipe again.
Lucia smith says
I have tried the recipe for Easy fluffy pancakes but I have tried it with ghee instead of butter. Ghee offers higher smoke point, hence for deep frying ghee is a better butter. Now you may ask how to use ghee? I prefer using Milkio grass-fed ghee for all culinary purposes. . ghee is a safe cooking oil. I use it as cooking oil of my pancakes.
Aimee says
Easy to make, came out great! I did add some lemon juice as part of the water measurement
Jo red says
I really like this recipe it makes my schedule so much better thank you blessed your heart 💓
Mia Endah Wulandari says
Easy to make. Thank you for the recipe.
Curtis Calvert says
Easy to make, good flavor, came out heavy and we prefer a fluffier pancake
Rebecca says
We came across this recipe because we did not have milk, and we love it, we will be using this recipe!!
Sharon Hillman says
I really liked this recipe cuz I don’t always have eggs and milk. These were very good…I will make them again
alesi says
HAD TO CHECK THIS PAGE FOR SIMPLE PANCAKE MAKING AND I REALLY LOVED IT!
Kathleen says
My so. Will only eat these pancakes! Would love more nutrition info please (fat, sodium, protein etc) thx!
Madison Banton says
I was scared to try this becouse I still say little issues with it and I burnt it a little on the edges and it was a little liquidity but I’m eating it now and they are amazing thanks
Makaela says
I don’t really like it bc when theyou are done cooking they have a dowey inside
Kayla says
My toddler is allergic to eggs so this was the perfect pancake recipe for him! They were delicious and these will absolutely be our go-to recipe.
Joanna Louis Nathan says
can we use room temp butter instead of melted butter?
Pamela says
Melted butter is recommended for pancakes to make a lump free batter. Hope this helps!
Mickey D says
We’re snowed in, and I stumbled upon this recipe and my Son says they’re gre! Thanks so much!
Gie Kim says
I ran out of milk and eggs and luckily I found this! It’s truly amazing and surprisingly gooood! My hubby loved it as well💕
Kirin says
I subbed out half cup of flour and the sugar for a very sweet birthday cake protein powder.
Excellent recipe! So much more fluffy than I thought was possible.
Will make again.
TA says
This was great when I found myself out of milk and eggs! I did find that adding an extra 1/4 C of water helped them pour and get more of a pancake shape on the griddle.
Fellow Brooklyner says
Thanks so much! Just what I needed…I am in my 10 day quarantine & had no milk or eggs, just a huge pancake craving!
S Brooks says
I was skeptical but these are so delicious. They will be my go to scratch recipe.