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Cinnamon Pear Oat Pancakes

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Fluffy, gluten-free, and vegan pancakes for a cold winter morning. Sweetened by pears with hints of cinnamon and vanilla, you’ll want to get out of bed, even on the coldest darkest day!

It’s winter and that means it’s PEAR season! Growing up, my mom only ever bought the good ole’ Bartlett Pear. She still does and I just told her recently that she needs to branch out and try some of the wilder varieties. There’s nothing wrong with the Bartlett, they just seem to ripen so quickly and need to be eaten asap. But they’ll always remind me of my childhood. The comfort fruit.

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Now-a-days, some of my favorite varieties include the Green Anjou, Red Anjou, Comice, and the Starkrimson. The Anjous are my favorite, with their tough skin. Sweet and hearty, but crisp and with a bite! Other varieties include Bosc, Asian, Concorde, French Butter, Seckel, and Forelle.

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What better way to combine this good-feel fruit with the extra comfort of pancakes for breakfast? I’d say it’s a win-win and will easily get you out of that winter morning funk! I used two beautiful and nutrient dense flours that work with the sweetness of the pears beautifully. Oat flour and buckwheat. To make things even more enjoyable, you’ll find subtle notes of cinnamon and a bit of vanilla. This luscious stack is topped with a dollop of natural pear butter to tie it all together!

Cinnamon Pear Oat Pancakes 

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Ingredients: (serves 1)

+ 3 TB Gluten-Free Oat Flour

+ 2 TB Buckwheat Flour

+ 1/2 Tsp Ener-G Egg Replacer

+ 1/4 Tsp Baking Powder

+ 1/4 Cup Pear Puree

+ 1/4 Tsp Pure Bourbon Vanilla Extract

+ 1/4 Tsp Cinnamon

+ 1/3 Cup Water

+ Pear Butter (for topping, I use Kauffman’s Fruit Farms)

Directions:

+ In a small bowl, mix together the first 4 ingredients with a fork. Next add the last 4 ingredients to the bowl and mix again until you have a nice batter.

+ Heat a non-stick pan, rubbed with some coconut oil, over medium heat.

+ Once the pan is hot, add about 1/3 of the batter in a circle on the pan. Cook for 3-4 minutes, flip and cook an additional 2-3 minutes. Repeat for the rest of the batter.

+ Feel free to top your pancakes with whatever you’d like. I used pear butter with extra cinnamon swirled in! I then put a dollop on each pancake, acting as “glue” for the pancake stack!

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Not only are all pears delicious, but they are also full of vitamins like C, K, B2, B3, and B6, fight free radicals, are full of fiber to keep us full and protect our hearts, are low glycemic, and are one of the most hypoallergenic fruits available, making them “safe” for everyone.

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So while it’s still peak season for the beautiful pear, load up and make some pancakes while you’re at it 😉 You’ll be glad you did!

So tell me:

+ What’s your favorite variety of pear?

+ What’s your favorite winter fruit? 

*Recipe linking up for the week! WIAW, Allergy Free Wednesdays, #RecipeFridays, #RecipeOfTheWeek, #StrangeButGood, Gluten-Free Wednesdays, Real Food Friday, Gluten-Free Fridays, Tasty Tuesdays, Savoring Saturdays, #WeekendBites, Real Food Recipe Roundup, Tasty Tuesdays, Lena’s Tasty Tuesdays!*

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Comments

  2. CJ Huang says

    Sounds like some yummy pancakes! I recently tried some seckel pears, and I have to say I like the flavor a lot more than the “regular old pears.” 🙂 I hope you can stop on by and share this or any other recipe with us on Five Friday Finds! (Open until midnight Wednesday.)

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    • Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine says

      What!? Pancakes do not have to be heavy! You could eat these everyday! They are 100% nourishing and healthy!

      Reply

  6. Robin says

    Thanks for sharing this. When my children were younger they had some food allergies and it was difficult to find recipes. Since celiac disease runs in my family I’m sure we will have to eventually rid gluten in our home so I will definitely save this recipe.

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  7. vegetarianmamma (Cindy) says

    Thanks for linking up at our Gluten Free Fridays Party! I have tweeted and pinned your entry to our Gluten Free Fridays board on Pinterest! 🙂 I can’t wait to see what you share next time!
    -Cindy

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  10. Judy says

    Thanks for coming and linking up at The Weekend Social. Please be sure to come back next week starting Thursdays at 9PM EST The Midnight Baker! I hope to see you there!
    Judy

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  11. kimmythevegan says

    I’m not sure pears are in season here… I’ll keep my eye out. What a creative way to make pancakes! I’m guilty of loading mine with chocolate chips – this is a much better option =)
    Love that they are gluten free. And the pear butter is a nice topping.

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    • Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine says

      🙁 I will send you pears!
      My pancakes are always a creative new combo! They just can’t be plain and boring!

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  12. Laura says

    These look amazing! I do not have celiac disease, but I do eat mostly gluten free. I have tried quite a few mixes that don’t come out quite right. I’m looking forward to trying your recipe! I bet the pears give these pancakes a unique flavor!

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    • Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine says

      Oat is lovely and such a nice neutral base, but buckwheat is my favorite and even the small amout here just brings so much deepth to the flavor…and color!

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  13. Raia says

    Well, I’ve never met a pancake I didn’t like. These certainly look delicious! 🙂 Thanks for sharing them at Savoring Saturdays, Rebecca!

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  14. Marla says

    Hi Rebecca,
    Great recipe. Sounds delicious. My favorite pear is Bartlett or else Keffer, but I do like all pears. Thanks for sharing on Real Food Fridays. Twitted & pinned.

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  22. Laura O says

    I ate so many pears when I was a kid that I really stopped liking them for a long time. I still don’t buy pears, but I LOVE the pears that my mother-in-law grows. I don’t know what variety they are, but they are a lost crisper than the store bought ones I grew up on.

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    • Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine says

      Yea, if I Have them to often I get sick of them! That’s happened before!
      I’m sure any homegrown fruit is simply amazing!

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    • Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine says

      It’s always fun to play around with different flour combos!
      Thank you for hosting Deborah! XOXO

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  26. Arianna says

    How DELISH! I’d have to agree that the pear is definitely my favorite winter fruit. My mom gets them so I’m not sure what type she gets, but they’re a little more sweet than other ones I’ve tried. These pancakes look AMAZING!

    XO,
    Arianna // AriannaHenderson.com

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  27. RFC says

    These look delicious! Two questions (I’m not the best cook) could you substitute regular flour for gluten free, and real eggs for the egg substitute? My exception to a mostly vegan lifestyle is eggs, we have local friends who hand raise their chickens, and we get eggs from them. “Happy” chickens I call them 😉

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    • Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine says

      Yes to the flour and just skip the tiny bit of egg-replacer here. The pear puree is the real “egg” here!

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    • Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine says

      Learn your fruit varieties girl! Haha 😉
      Grapefruit is too sout for me, but I haven’t had it in years!

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  33. Kaylin @ Enticing Healthy Eating says

    I wish we had more fresh varieties of pears in my region…we just don’t seem to have many options in Arkansas! Darnit. Oh, and I wanted to comment on your photography because I think you mentioned trying to improve? I have seen an improvement in your food photography (not that you were awful before, they just look even better) so I wanted to let you know! Good job and two thumbs up

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    • Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine says

      I think you should order some Harry and David’s pears! Haha!
      Thanks! These are old recipe photos from the summer!

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  34. Farrah says

    I know we’ve had a discussion on pancakes and how I really should get over my fear of making them, and I am ashamed to admit that I STILL HAVEN’T. ;_; Your super beautiful pancake recipes may force me to change this once I finish off everything in my fridge! <3 (I'm trying to clean out my kitchen/pantry, har har.)

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    • Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine says

      You need to do it!!!!! I have a gazillion more pancake recipes to post and they only way you can taste the glory is to get over that fear!!!!!

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  36. Natalie @ Feasting on Fruit says

    I had to do a double-take before realizing that there isn’t any actual sweetener, just fruit sweetness! Gotta love fruit. Are there brands of pear butter without lots of sugar and other such things? I mean I could make my own I suppose, but, you know…laziness 😀

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  37. Amna says

    I recently got a cookbook for gluten free recipes because i’m moving soon to Chicago, and I feel like I need to add this separately in my book!!!!! THIS LOOKS DELICIOUS!

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  41. Patty @ Reach Your Peak says

    Cinnamon and pear is a combo I never would have thought of! I occasionally make pancakes on weekends where I have extra time and can actually take the time to cook (because I’m lazy lol). I do want to get a waffle maker too though – I’ve seen some delicious looking protein waffle recipes I can’t make!

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    • Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine says

      My flours are all different brands. There are no protein powders here as you can see. I grind my own gluten-free oats for the oat flour. I love Arrowhead Mills organic gluten-free buckwheat flour.

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  45. Rachel says

    I have a weird “relationship” with pears. With most fruit, I enjoy eating it raw as it is, but the texture of just biting into a pear drives me crazy. But when they’re dried or put into something (especially with cinnamon and vanilla like your pancakes) I love them!

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    • Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine says

      Hahaha! Hey, as long as we get it in some way! I feel that way about apples, but reversed! I really just LOVE them whole and raw! Not cooked!

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    • Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine says

      There are just so many varieties of fruits out there! Gotta try them all!
      The pear butter I use is from Kauffman’s Fruit Farm! Just pears and goodness! No added sugars!

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  60. Alyssa says

    Pears have been a little forgotten in my life, I think I need to incorporate them back in! I think my favorite winter fruit would have to be grapefruit! I can’t get enough of them.

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    • Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine says

      YES! Don’t neglect the wonderful pears! I’m not a big fan the grapefruit, haha! Too sour!

      Reply

  64. Sam @ PancakeWarriors says

    yum!! I just love this recipe. I bet the buckwheat and pears are perfect together. I haven’t used the egg replacer you mentioned, do you think this will wiork woth chia or flax egg?? Can’t wait 🙂 thanks for sharing

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  65. lindsay says

    you know i love pears! and this combo. It reminds me of dessert! I can never get the egg replacer to work well with me though. Which brand do you use?

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    • Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine says

      Ener-G! It’s the only good one on the market (out of the very few to begin with). You don’t really need it here though since the pear puree works like any other good egg-sub. I just like the extra binding sometimes!

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  66. Susie @ SuzLyfe says

    Forelle pears are some of my favorite fruits of all. I love the tiny size, for one, and the unique taste. But how good are the standard Harry and David D’Anjou??
    I do, however, despise Asian Pears. Give me a big ol’ jicama instead, please and thank you!

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    • Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine says

      Any Anjou is my favorite! It seriously is just so perfectly crafted, haha!
      Asian pears are weird. It’s like an apple and a pear….strange texture!

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  67. Linda @ Veganosity says

    So I have to ask – did your mom agree to take a walk on the wild side and try a different type of pear? 🙂

    I love buckwheat pancakes, and I haven’t had them in years. Thanks for the reminder! The combination of pears and cinnamon sounds very inviting. I can’t wait to give this recipe a try.

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    • Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine says

      Hahahaha! NO, she still only buys the Bartlett 😛 She doesn’t know what she’s missing! Plus when she buys them for herself or my brother, no one east them, so I HAVE TO end up eating them! The pear struggle 😛
      Buckwheat flour is the best! I always have to sneak it in every recipe! Thanks Linda! XOXO

      Reply

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