Shrove Tuesday is fast approaching! Are you as excited as I am for it? I absolutely love pancakes and by extension, crêpes. I have fond memories of Sunday afternoons with my mum in the kitchen, making crêpes and filling them with chocolate spread, jam and sugar. It’s been difficult trying to come up with a vegan crêpes recipe that I was happy with, but I think I have finally found the one!
So, without further ado, here’s a vegan crepes recipe for you, if you’re looking to switch things up this Pancake Day!
Ingredients to make this vegan crêpes recipe
We’re using quite a lot of easy alternatives in this vegan crepes recipe to make it as easy as possible to make! I’m not a big fan of complicating vegan bakes and cooking, to me it needs to be as efficient as possible. Crepes are already super easy to make, and this vegan recipe is no different, crepes without eggs and milk can still be delicious.
We’re using our classic flour and plant milk as our base. The cornflour helps to make the crepe light and fluffy. The soya yogurt is to replace the eggs; we don’t need anything stronger to bind the batter like a cake recipe, all this does is help retain the moisture in the crepe. And finally, as an optional ingredient, we can add in some rhum. If you’re not into alcohol, you can completely skip this step; all it does is add some extra flavour to the batter, to make the best vegan crepes!
Recipe
Step 1. Sieve the flour and cornflour into a bowl.
Step 2. Make a “well” in the middle of the dry ingredients and add the two tablespoons of oil and the plain soya yogurt, and combine.
Step 3. Slowly add the milk, a little bit at a time to avoid lumps, and stir until the batter is smooth.
Optional steps: add a cap of rhum to lightly flavour your crêpes if you feel like it! And if you’re able, let the batter stand for an hour at room temperature; if not, no worries, you can start making your crêpes straight away!
Step 4. Heat up a medium-sized frying pan or crêpe pan. Grease it with a little oil, add a ladle of batter to the pan, spread the batter evenly and cook your crêpes for a couple of minutes on each side until golden.
Step 5. Serve with your filling of choice!
Vegan French Crepes Recipe
Ingredients
- 300g of plain flour
- 50g of cornflour
- 650ml of plant-based milk - I used oat for this batch
- 100g of plain soya yogurt
- 30ml (2 tbsp) of neutral oil (sunflower or rapeseed)
- 10ml of rhum (optional)
Instructions
1. Sieve the flour and cornflour into a bowl.
2. Make a "well" in the middle of the dry ingredients and add the two tablespoons of oil and the plain soya yogurt, and combine.
3. Slowly add the milk, a little bit at a time to avoid lumps, and stir until the batter is smooth.
Optional steps: add a cap of rhum to lightly flavour your crêpes if you feel like it! And if you're able, let the batter stand for an hour at room temperature; if not, no worries, you can start making your crêpes straight away!
4. Heat up a medium-sized frying pan or crêpe pan. Grease it with a little oil, add a ladle of batter to the pan, spread the batter evenly and cook your crêpes for a couple of minutes on each side until golden.
5. Serve with your filling of choice!
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Vegan Crêpes Recipe: 2 tips to success
Mastering the art of the perfect vegan crêpe recipe is something I’ve been working on for a long time! I have two crucial tips for this; you may have read or heard them before but they’re worth emphasising if you’re looking to make the perfect crêpe!
1. A hot pan. My first tip would be to make sure your pan is hot enough before pouring in your batter to make your first crêpe. My first crêpe used to be a big fail every single time I would make it, and I realised a little while ago that it was because my pan was too cold still to start making the crêpes! To make sure your pan is at the right temperature, simply put a drop of water on it: if it rolls without sizzling, it’s not quite where you want it yet, but if it sizzles and creates smoke, you’re ready to go!
2. A non-stick pan. My second tip is to use a non-stick pan, if you’re able to. I find that traditional pans make your crêpes stick and tear, even with a well-oiled bottom. Choosing a non-stick pan as well as a well-oiled bottom will help ensure that your crêpe peels away from the pan without sticking and therefore breaking!
A reel of the recipe if available on my instagram, if anyone is wondering how to make the recipe!
Are you going to try this recipe for Pancake Day?
Em ♥
I never tried vegan crêpes! I too have very fond memories of making them with my grandma when we were kids! I’ll surely give this a try, thank you so much for sharing x
You absolutely have to taste crêpes, in my (French) opinion they’re nicer than pancakes! xx
This looks sooooo good 😍 I love crepes, but Dutch pancakes are always to thick (not as thick as american ones though). This looks a lot more thin and crispy and In sure I’ll love it. Thanks for sharing!
I only had Dutch pancakes once, but they were so nice! Please let me know if you do 🙂 xx
OK these look delicious! Can’t wait for pancake day! Weirdly one of my favourite days of the year!
Katie | katieemmabeauty.com
Me too, I love Crêpe Day! Not that it stops me having them all year round… xx
So many fond memories as a child having pancakes like this! I love that these are vegan so I will be trying them out!
Me too, baking is always associated to happy memories for me! Let me know what you think 🙂
They look great! I’ve always preferred fluffier pancakes to crepes but it’s great to see a vegan version that’s so simple to make x
I’m the opposite, I much prefer crepes over pancakes! x
Thank you so much for sharing this recipe. I am saving it to try this weekend. It looks delicious. Crepe’s are my favorite!
xo Erica
You’re welcome, let me know how it goes! Mine too, I much prefer them over American pancakes! xx
Great post, I love crepes! It’s a great idea to put a vegan spin on pancake day, allowing more people to get involved with this day and have a delicious recipe to use x
It took me a while to get the recipe right but I’m so happy with it, it’s truly my favourite vegan recipe. It’s my hope non-vegans will try it too! x
Every year we attempt crepes and every year they fail hahaha! Gonna give it a go with your tips and try out the drop of water to make sure the pan is hot enough!
Don’t give up! It’s one of my best tips, it changes everything! x
I am definitely going to try this recipe. I have to admit though, I only eat crepes and pancakes for the Maple syrup. Really I have crepes with my maple syrup, not the other way around.
Let me know if you liked it! Same here, if you look at that last picture you can definitely tell there is a pool of maple syrup there….. But it’s so yummy!
I was just saying to my partner that we weren’t organised for pancake day! Thank you for sharing this recipe, I think we’ll be trying this recipe later today.
This things creep up on you don’t they! Oh that’s great, let me know if you enjoyed it! x
I haven’t tried a French crepe. Now, you got my curiosity and I will have to try this recipe. It sounds so delicious!
I’m glad that recipe piqued your interest! Let me know what you think of it when you do! x
Okay, so not only these look super yummy, your tricks have been a great help when making mine yesterday! Thank you Em x
I’m so glad! Thank you!! xx
These Vegan French Crepes are easy to prepare. What I love about these is that you can stuff them with almost any food item. Thanks for sharing.
Wow these look so tasty! I love finding new recipes for this time of year x
Oh! I love crepes as much as I love waffles and pancakes! And what’s way much better is that this crepe is suitable for vegetarians. Thank you for sharing.
These look delicious. When I went to France once, I had a savoury crepe and I’ll be honest, I wasn’t a fan! I think they’re better sweet. My partner and I are going to our favourite French restaurant tomorrow night (Cote) because they’re doing free chocolate crepes for Pancake Day!
Interesting recipe. I love the use of the plant based yogurt and milk in your crepe recipe. Had no idea what is Rhum, but sounds tasty to me. Thanks for sharing.