Updated March 2025! Here is my kid-friendly recipe for wheat free, diet friendly and really tasty Ready Brek oat pancakes. They are really simple and quick to make and need only three ingredients. We’ve been eating these pancakes for over five years now (not solidly…) and still make them regularly as a yummy weekend breakfast that the kids will enjoy.
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If you are looking for something easy and a little bit different for breakfast, Ready Brek pancakes made with oats rather than flour are great!
This oat pancake recipe shows you how to make some tasty pancakes which are not only wheat free (and can be made gluten free by using gluten free oats), but also diet friendly at under 70 calories each (using 75ml of skimmed milk, based on making 6 large pancakes per recipe).
My kids absolutely love them and always ask for more (and have been for the last six years since I first wrote this post. Nuts!).
Grab some Ready Brek or other finely milled oats (or use your blitzer to make your own out of normal or gluten free porridge oats) to make a really easy, wheat free* alternative to normal American-style flour pancakes.
How to make Ready Brek oat pancakes
These pancakes are wheat free and Slimming World friendly – or use gluten free oats for an entirely GF alternative!
To make six Ready Brek pancakes you will need:
- 45g Ready Brek or other finely milled oats (gluten free oats if required)
- 3 eggs
- Around 50-100ml of milk (or dairy-free alternative)
How to make the Ready Brek pancakes:
1. Pre-heat a non-stick frying pan with a little butter or oil.
2. Measure out the Ready Brek or blitzed oats, and crack the eggs in.
3. Mix with a fork until the eggs are well combined with the Ready Brek/oats.
4. Add the milk a little bit at a time and keep stirring until the mixture is the right consistency. You want it pourable, but not too thin. About the same consistency as porridge works well. It might take a little trial and error but once you know what consistency you like, it will be easy! You can always add a few more oats if it gets a little thin. You don’t need to worry about getting all the lumps out; it’s actually a lot easier than using flour.
5. Pour the mixture a large spoonful at a time into the hot pan – it shouldn’t spread too far and you’re aiming for it to be about 6mm thick
6. Flip the pancake with a spatula when you can do so without the pancake falling apart (which should take a few minutes). Again it may be a little trial and error but it won’t be long before you get perfect pancakes every time.
7. Top with bananas, honey, Nutella, or anything else that takes your fancy. Obviously if you’re on Slimming World the best option is fruit!
Simple and delicious!
You can buy Ready Brek oats, or own brand alternatives, basically anywhere (that sells food, I mean. Don’t try and get it from Dorothy Perkins). Most Free From aisles sell gluten free oats. You can get them delivered from Amazon too.
*Note that Ready Brek pancakes are perfect if you can tolerate oats however Ready Brek does contain gluten from oats. According to the Weetabix website, Ready Brek oats may be suitable for some Coeliacs depending on their tolerance to oats. Ready Brek hot oat cereals do not contain any wheat or barley ingredients.
You can switch out the Ready Brek for gluten free oats and blitz them to make entirely gluten free pancakes!
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If you like this Ready Brek oat pancakes recipe or have any suggestions for improvements, please leave a comment!
My kids love this receipe, but beware if you’re on Slimming World. We talked about pancake receipes in group this week, and blizzing oats is considered a tweak. I’ve tried making them without blizzing the oats and they work pretty well then too!
You’re kidding! It’s exactly the same. Gosh they do come out with some proper nonsense, but yes you can use normal oats too.
Im going to try it today i go to slimming world
Hello!
What size eggs do you use? Worries if I use large, they’ll be really eggy 🤢
Usually large, but eggy is fine 😀
Thanks I can’t get flour online as a “shielder” so this is ideal for my little boy! I’m fed up with Disney cupcake kits.
Enjoy! We love them 😀
Hi, is this 70 kcal per pancake with the ready brek, eggs and milk included? I’m on a calorie decifit so just want to make sure I have the correct info. Thank you
Your best bet would be to look it up on a calorie counting app to check 🙂 I worked it out when I first wrote the post but can’t vouch that it is 100% accurate now, it would also depend on which milk and which eggs you use.
Can the left over pancakes be frozen?
Most things can be but to be honest I would just make the number you want to eat, they only take a few minutes
How many calories for the hole pancakes
Depends how big you make ’em 😉
Hi could you store the rest of the mix in the fridge to the next day thanks 😊
You could, although you might have to add more milk if the oats have soaked it up otherwise it will be very thick.
Can you use almond milk?
Not a clue, sorry! Try it and report back 🙂
Thank you for this recipe.
This dish looks absolutely delicious. shall we add honey to give it a little bit sweetness?
Pardon me for saying. But any porridge including Ready Brek, should always be cooked with salt added. Not a lot, but it brings out the natural flavour of the oats. I use sea salt. Or just sprinkle a tiny bit before you eat it. No sweetness required. I hate sweetness on my porridge. You have to use too much to get a good flavour.
This method is how the Scots always cook or cooked their porridge. And sea salt is the best.
This has to be the absolute weirdest comment I’ve ever received. Thank you!