Happy November!! While you might be in a sugar coma from Halloween goodies, one more decadent breakfast won’t hurt, right? Plus, these pancakes are both gluten-free and vegan.

For this week’s gluten-free flour, I used the All-Purpose mix sold at Trader Joe’s. Bob’s Red Mill also has a gluten-free all-purpose mix, along with a myriad of other brands. Trader Joe’s mix includes brown rice flour, tapioca starch, potato starch, and rice flour. While purchasing pre-mixed gluten-free all-purpose flour can sometimes be more expensive than buying one specific kind of GF flour, it takes the guesswork out of gluten-free baking.

So about that recipe….

Gluten-Free Vegan S’mores Pancakes with Gluten-Free All-Purpose Flour

serves 2

• 3/4 cup gluten-free all purpose flour
• 1/4 cup gluten-free graham crackers (about 4 crackers)
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/16 tsp salt
• 1 cup unsweetened almond milk
• 1 tbsp sunflower oil (olive oil can be subbed)
• 1-2 tbsp maple syrup (depending on sweeteness preference) (alternatively, you can sweeten with a few drops of liquid stevia)
• 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
• 4 tbsp vegan chocolate chips (separated)
• 2 tbsp vegan marshmallows
• cooking spray

1. Finely crush graham crackers . You can place in a ziploc bag, seal, and crush to smithereens by hand, or throw in your food processor and pulse.
2. Preheat skillet over medium heat on stove. If you want an authentic S’mores pancake (and have an oven-safe skillet), preheat your oven to broil.
3. Combine flour, graham cracker crumbs, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl. Stir with a whisk to fully combine.
4. In a medium bowl, combine almond milk, oil, maple syrup (or liquid stevia), and vanilla extract. Stir to combine.
5. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients, stirring just until combined. Stir in 2 tablespoons chocolate chips.
6. Spray skillet with cooking spray. Drop batter (about 3 tablespoons per pancake) onto heated skillet.
7. Allow pancakes to cook for 4-5 minutes. When bubbles form around edges and pancakes seem set, flip. Allow pancakes to cook for 2-3 more minutes.
8. Top with marshmallows and serve. Alternatively, if you would like to get all campfire with this (which I highly recommend), remove half of the pancakes from skillet. Top the remaining pancakes with marshmallows. Stick (oven-safe) skillet into heated oven. Remove once browned, about 2 minutes.  Watch the marshmallows closely when broiling!!
9. Top marshmallow pancakes with remaining 2 tbsp chocolate chips. Throw another pancake on top to form a S’more. BITE!