Summer fruit pancakes are fluffy and full of flavor from peaches or nectarines. This vegan recipe is easy to customize with any summer fruit!
Nothing says summertime like these fluffy pancakes with fresh fruit from the farmer’s market!
Slightly soft stone fruit like nectarines or peaches are great in pancakes. They're mixed into the batter and sprinkled on top to caramelize while you cook the pancakes.
Just add a dollop of coconut whipped cream and some chopped walnuts for an extra decadent breakfast treat.
Ingredient Notes
You will need these simple ingredients to make pancakes with summer fruit:
Aside from the basics (flour, sugar, baking powder, etc) the most important ingredient to this recipe is the fruit!
Use whatever you have on hand! Summer fruit will vary throughout the season but generally you can find apricots, nectarines, peaches, plums, blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, and strawberries during the summer months.
Personally, I love to use peaches or nectarines for these summer pancakes. They taste amazing when caramelized on top. A combination of multiple fruits like peaches and blueberries would also be delicious.
By the way, you can also use the recipes for oatmeal pancakes or Bisquick pancakes to make the batter!
The recipe card below includes the full list of ingredients + instructions.
How to Make Pancakes with Fruit
- Mix together all of the ingredients for the pancake batter except for the fruit. Add about half of your chopped fruit and mix again.
- Add about ¼ cup of pancake batter to a pan. Place more fruit on top of the pancake and let it cook. I can usually fit 3 pancakes in the pan at once.
- Once the bottom of the pancakes are golden, flip the pancakes to finish cooking the other side and caramelize the fruit topping. Enjoy!
Top Tip
My top tip for fruit pancakes is to include chopped fruit both inside the batter and on the top. Once they're done cooking, you could even add some fresh fruit as a topping!
Having the fruit within the batter helps distribute the fruit flavor throughout the entire pancake. Adding the fruit on top allows it to caramelize once you flip the pancake.
Make sure not to overload the pancake with fruit! Keep it in an even layer and slightly tap the fruit into the batter with a fork to ensure it doesn’t fall off when you flip the pancakes.
Topping Ideas
These summer fruit pancakes are delicious as is, but there are so many ways to level them up with toppings. For even more summer flavor, add peach jam or preserves or serve your pancakes with fresh fruit on the side.
To add a bit more protein, drizzle some almond butter or crushed walnuts on top. A bit of maple vanilla granola tastes great with stone fruits too and adds some variety in texture.
And, of course, you can never go wrong with classic toppings like maple syrup or vegan whipped cream!
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Summer Fruit Pancakes
Ingredients
- ¾ cup all purpose flour or gluten-free flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 ½ teaspoons white sugar or maple syrup
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- ⅔ cup soy milk
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice or apple cider vinegar, white vinegar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon canola oil or melted vegan butter
- 1 cup peaches, nectarines, or other summer fruit chopped
- 1 tablespoon canola oil for cooking
Instructions
- Add ¾ cup all purpose flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder, ½ teaspoon salt, 1 ½ teaspoons white sugar, and ½ teaspoon cinnamon to a medium-sized bowl and whisk to combine.
- Add ⅔ cup soy milk, 1 teaspoon lemon juice, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, and 1 tablespoon canola oil to the bowl with the dry ingredients. Whisk to combine.
- Fold in 0.5 cup peaches, nectarines, or other summer fruit. Make sure not to over mix.
- Preheat a frying pan to medium heat and add 1 tablespoon canola oil. If you're using a stainless steel skillet, make sure you achieve leidenfrost before adding oil
- Add about ¼ cup of pancake batter to the pan.
- Sprinkle a heaping teaspoon of fresh fruit over the pancake in an even layer.
- Allow the pancake to cook for about 2 to 3 minutes.
- Flip the pancake and cook for another 1 to 2 minutes, or until it is golden and the fruit has caramelized.
- Repeat with the remaining pancake batter and fruit. Depending on the size of your pan, you can cook up to 3 pancakes at once.
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Cathy says
These are such a delicious and fresh summery breakfast!
Sarah Pilley says
Thanks Cathy!