Peanut Butter ‘Cake’ Coconut Flour Pancakes

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When I was growing up my mom would make my sisters and I a rich peanut butter cake for every birthday party. When I made these pancakes I had no idea that these pancakes would literally bring me back to my childhood birthday cake! They were so rich, that I almost felt as though I need a glass of milk to wash them down, and it was all thanks to one of my favorite ‘secret’ ingredients….

The ’secret’ ingredient in these pancakes is the coconut flour! Coconut Flour is one of the most divine ‘undiscovered’ ingredients that I use all the time to make low carb/gluten free baked goods! It is high in fiber, protein, and low in carbs and calories. I use it a lot of times when baking to replace white flour and I am always amazed at how moist my breads, cakes and muffins turn out! It instantly makes any batter very thick, so a little goes a long way!

Method

The estimated total time to make this recipe is 15-20 Minutes.

1

In a medium size bowl, combine all of the ingredients, except for the water, and begin to mix. (It will be very lumpy/thick at this point…don’t worry!).

2

Begin adding water slowly, a little at a time, stirring until a thick pancake batter forms, (you can also use a blender, hand-held mixer, or immersion blender to mix up ingredients with ease!) *Note: Batter will be a little thicker than typical pancake batter, but should still be ‘thin’ enough to pour onto a griddle!

3

Meanwhile, heat a nonstick griddle (or nonstick skillet) coated with cooking spray over medium heat. Spoon about 1/4 cup of batter per pancake onto griddle. Turn pancakes over when tops are covered with bubbles and edges look cooked.

4

Serve warm with sugar-free/low sugar syrup, light butter, whip cream, or whatever topping sounds good to you!

Ingredients

5 tbs Coconut flour
1/4 tsp Baking powder
2 tsp Peanut butter (or 2 tbs peanut flour)
1-2 pktsStevia or sweetener of choice
PinchSalt
7Egg whites
1/4 - 1/2 cup Water1
OptionalVariation: a few drops of maple extract, a few chocolate chips, or 1 Tbs of cocoa powder for a PB-chocolate version!

1 Start with 1/4 cup water, and add more depending on consistency of batter…add slowly until pancake consistency forms!

Nutrition Breakdown

1 Serving (8-10 small pancakes)
330 Calories Per Serving
9 g Fat
27 g Carbohydrate
16 g Fiber
1 g Sugar
35 g Protein
6 WWP+*

*Weight Watchers Points per serving

56 Comments

Julie said:

I have been looking for a gluten-free recipe so this is perfect, can’t wait to try it!

May 4th, 2010 — 11:09am  |  Reply

Tina said:

I’ve never heard of coconut flour. It sounds right up my alley though.

May 4th, 2010 — 11:42am  |  Reply

Kelly @ Healthy Living With Kelly said:

Holy yum! This looks and sounds amazing!! I definitely will be making these! My gluten-free kitchen is happy!

May 4th, 2010 — 12:55pm  |  Reply

Lizzy said:

hey beautiful chica!!
wow these look fabulous!! thank you soooo much for posting the recipe…as a Celiac I am always on the lookout for delicious alternatives! I will definitely give you a shout out if I find time to give these a try!! I hope youre having a great tuesday girlie!
xoxo~!

May 4th, 2010 — 1:44pm  |  Reply

Naomi(onefitfoodie) said:

i wonder if I can make this subbing soy flour for coconut flour since i have a big ole bag of it!! hmmm…anyways, this looks DELICIOUS!!!!

May 4th, 2010 — 2:19pm  |  Reply

Melissa@HealthyBitesBits said:

These look AMAZING! I’m definitely going to have to try them, thanks for the recipe!!

May 4th, 2010 — 9:08pm  |  Reply

Erica said:

Wow! This look amazing! Coconut flour sounds interesting! I may need to try that!

May 5th, 2010 — 6:11am  |  Reply

Emily said:

I can testify… these are amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is one mine and Katie’s favorite things to make! You honestly get soooo many pancakes for such a small amount of calories. Coconut flour is a MUST!

May 5th, 2010 — 7:26am  |  Reply

Katie said:

Those look delish! My boyfriend would be so happy if I woke him up with those.

May 5th, 2010 — 12:00pm  |  Reply

Megan @ Healthy Hoggin said:

Those pancakes look amazing! I’ve actually been on the lookout for coconut flour, and I didn’t find any at my local Whole Foods! I’ve found a source online, though, so perhaps I’ll invest in some soon!

Thanks for sharing the recipe! :D

May 5th, 2010 — 5:32pm  |  Reply

Susan said:

I’ve noticed coconut flour popping up a lot lately – now I know why! You may have convinced me to go get some – these pancakes sound amazing :)

May 6th, 2010 — 5:08am  |  Reply

Kami said:

What do you use as a healthy alternative to syrup?

June 16th, 2010 — 5:08am  |  Reply

Mary Beth said:

Anything involving peanut butter is a winner in my book! Off to buy coconut flour! :)

March 17th, 2011 — 8:31am  |  Reply

Ana Maria said:

i have never thought of peanut butter and pancakes, but i worry that i might end up with chocolate also being involved in these pancakes!

March 17th, 2011 — 10:30am  |  Reply

Hannah (mindrunningwild) said:

ooooh cake…..you could put anything in these too, cause PB goes with EVERYTHING!

March 17th, 2011 — 6:04pm  |  Reply

Missy said:

These are great! – and I used PB2 so that made the calorie stats a little lower!

March 21st, 2011 — 5:26pm  |  Reply

Ashley Marg said:

can’t wait to try these.. you must looooove peanut butter as much as i do ;) only 300 calories?! PERFECT!!!

March 23rd, 2011 — 11:59am  |  Reply

Becca B said:

can you use regular or whole wheat flour if you dont have coconut flour?

March 25th, 2011 — 10:24am  |  Reply

Carly said:

I’m dying to try these! I’ve bought the coconut flour, but now it’s a matter of waiting for the weekend…for some reason I feel like pancakes are a weekend breakfast :)

March 29th, 2011 — 6:17pm  |  Reply

Audrey said:

Could you use GF oat flour insetad of the Coconut flour. Not a fan of coconut flavor…. thank you.

April 12th, 2011 — 7:04am  |  Reply

Sonia The Healthy Foodie said:

These look amazingly delicious! My mouth is watering just now.

Must be 8 really tiny pancakes though… like the size of an orange slice, say? I have never tried coconut flour either, but this seems like a very good place to start! I will definitely have to go get some this week-end.

This one is going on my must try list!

June 21st, 2011 — 3:32pm  |  Reply

Charissa said:

I just made some killer pancakes this morning and when I saw your picture on Food Gawker I had to come and drool at it some more. Tomorrow I’m going to be having my pancake recipe up too…because pancakes are the best food in the world!

June 21st, 2011 — 4:46pm  |  Reply

Heather I. said:

Totally bookmarking this recipe!! I’m at WF all the time and have never thought of buying coconut flour- putting it on the list asap. What an awesome idea for a healthy & tasty breakfast!

June 21st, 2011 — 4:51pm  |  Reply

Maryanna said:

Yum! I’ve never had coconut flour before, but now I’m itching to try. :)

June 21st, 2011 — 7:11pm  |  Reply

Kathy said:

That looks so good!! I’m sad that, where I am and the store that I usually go to, does not have coconut flour :(

June 21st, 2011 — 7:50pm  |  Reply

Traci said:

Katie, do you think this batter would work for waffles? I know pancake batter doesn’t always translate to waffles well, and I was wondering if you’d tried it!

June 24th, 2011 — 2:19pm  |  Reply

Sonia The Healthy Foodie said:

I just made these for breakfast and I am still speechless. All I can say is WOW! Man they were GOOD!!! And the coconut flour? What an awesome discovery. I’m in love!

Thank you so much for that, Katie! They turned out so pretty, too! Of course, look for them on my blog soon…

Think I can have them again for lunch, and dinner? ;)

July 3rd, 2011 — 8:17am  |  Reply

Maddie said:

Wow! These sound so amazing! But do they really use SEVEN egg whites? What do you do with all of your left over yolks?

August 8th, 2011 — 10:21pm  |  Reply

Angela said:

Sorry if this is a stupid question, but could you please clarify what is considered a serving. I’m confused if it’s one pancake is 330 calories or 4 large pancakes….thanks

August 14th, 2011 — 7:58pm  |  Reply

Lauren said:

Can you use oat flour instead of coconut?

March 20th, 2012 — 7:09pm  |  Reply

Melissa said:

Hi Katie..These look great!!! How many carbs
in a serving? Thank you!!!

May 22nd, 2012 — 9:52am  |  Reply

Maya said:

I can’t eat peanut butter, but someone mentioned using the powdered PB2 and that brings me to wonder – would this possibly work with protein powder? they look soooo yum!

June 1st, 2012 — 9:34pm  |  Reply

Dashing Dish said:

just leave the pb out.. it will still work!

June 2nd, 2012 — 6:23am  | 

Alicia said:

If I wanted to use egg beaters egg whites in the carton…how do you determine how much is equal to one egg white? Thanks!

June 16th, 2012 — 11:11pm  |  Reply

Dashing Dish said:

its usually 1/4 cup= 2 egg whites

June 18th, 2012 — 1:10pm  | 

Tiffany Buss said:

If I substitute the pb2, what would the weight watchers points plus value be? Yum!!!

June 27th, 2012 — 3:34pm  |  Reply

Lauren said:

can these be refridgerated and eaten later? I want to make a big batch to have for breakfasts throughout the week but not sure if they keep ok.

September 30th, 2012 — 5:04pm  |  Reply

Dashing Dish said:

Yes

September 30th, 2012 — 7:51pm  | 

Amy Cole said:

I just made these and WOW, THEY ARE AMAZING! Also, you get a ton! I am stuffed! I am loving the stats, 330 cals and 35 grams of protein is incredible. I will be making these again soon! Thank you so much for this recipe! To die for!

December 16th, 2012 — 1:59pm  |  Reply

liza said:

How many egg whites is 3/4 cup? 6?

December 28th, 2012 — 1:31pm  |  Reply

Janelle Flores said:

These were great!!! Thanks for the recipe :)

February 3rd, 2013 — 11:55am  |  Reply

Nikki T. said:

Hey Girl!

I made these for my son this morning and he loved them! We are trying to eat better in our house these days especially since my hubbs is type 1 diabetic. We have also made your strawberry muffins and they were a HUGE hit! Thank you for trusting in the Lord to guide you to launching this site and helping all of us!

Love DD <3

February 20th, 2013 — 8:04am  |  Reply

Dashing Dish said:

That means the world to me thank you Nikki!!!

February 20th, 2013 — 10:42am  | 

Katie Farrell said:

Hmmm…I dont know, you probably could (because I often substitute coconut flour for soy :)) Although I love how the coconut flour makes these really moist…I would give it a whirl if I were you though, it might be great! :)

May 4th, 2010 — 5:03pm  |  Reply

Katie Farrell said:

Hey Katie! :) Thanks! They are sooooo good, I think he’d love ya forever! Maybe you should! ;)

May 5th, 2010 — 12:28pm  |  Reply

Katie Farrell said:

Kami…you could use sugar free syrup, light syrup, agave nectar, honey, or even light hershey’s syrup! :)

June 16th, 2010 — 6:35am  |  Reply

Katie Farrell said:

for this recipe only coconut will work! :)

March 26th, 2011 — 4:00am  |  Reply

Katie Farrell said:

you know, i havent tried it yet traci! I will have to do so and get back with you!

June 24th, 2011 — 9:00pm  |  Reply

Katie Farrell said:

i like the sound of that sonia! :)

July 3rd, 2011 — 10:13am  |  Reply

Katie Farrell said:

yep 7 egg whites is correct! :) i freeze the yolks and add them to omelets later! :)

August 9th, 2011 — 10:07am  |  Reply

Katie Farrell said:

no.. good ? angela! one serving is the entire recipe! which comes out to be about 4 large pancakes!

August 15th, 2011 — 8:01am  |  Reply

Katie Farrell said:

so glad you liked them!!

March 9th, 2012 — 10:57am  |  Reply

Katie Farrell said:

Hi Lauren, just stick with coconut flour for this recipe! :)

March 20th, 2012 — 8:26pm  |  Reply

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