Oat Pancakes with Spiced Apples

Makes 15

Who says vegans can’t eat the same as everyone else? These apple topped pancakes will prove everyone wrong — they are sweet, fluffy and oh-so-delicious.

For the pancakes:

• 450ml (15.2fl oz) soya milk

• 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar

• 300g (10.5oz) White’s Organic Jumbo Oat Flakes

• 50g (1.7oz) sugar

• 2½ tsp baking powder

• 1½ tsp cinnamon

For the apples:

• 4 eating apples • 1 lemon, juice only • 3 tbsp soft brown sugar

• 1 tsp cinnamon

• ½ tsp ground nutmeg

• Pinch of ground cloves

1 First peel and core the apples and chop into small pieces.

2 Put into a pan with the lemon juice, sugar and spices.

3 Heat on medium-high heat, stir until the sugar has dissolved and bring to a simmer.

4 Simmer until the apple is soft, stirring occasionally.

5 While the apples are cooking mix together the soya milk and apple cider vinegar. The mixture will thicken and turn into a buttermilk.

6 Whizz the oats up in a blender until you have a fine flour.

7 In a large bowl combine the oat flour, sugar, baking powder and cinnamon then pour in the milk mixture and mix well.

8 Heat a frying pan with a very light coating of oil and cook spoonfuls of the batter until brown, then flip over and cook on the other side.

9 Serve with the apples, maple syrup and some vegan cream or yoghurt.

10 If you have a lot of apple cooking liquid left over you can reduce it down by simmering for a few minutes until syrupy. The flavour will be quite intense with the spices but a half a teaspoon on top of a pancake along with the apples and some yoghurt is delicious.

Recipe by @gingervegan for Whites Oats, whitesoats.co.uk