# Tofu Is the Secret to These Vegan Pancakes

> Silken tofu replaces the eggs, and a heavy hand with leavening keeps the stack fluffy instead of dense.
- Title: Tofu Is the Secret to These Vegan Pancakes · Bon Appétit
- Summary: Silken tofu replaces the eggs, and a heavy hand with leavening keeps the stack fluffy instead of dense. Blend silken tofu with its liquid for the binder…
- Keywords: vegan baking, pancakes, tofu, breakfast, blueberries, food, lifestyle, Secret, Vegan, Bon Appétit
- Source: Bon Appétit — https://bonappetit.com/recipe/blueberry-protein-pancakes
- Author: Rebecca Firkser
- Published: 2026-09-09T14:00:00+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: vegan baking, pancakes, tofu, breakfast, blueberries, food, lifestyle
## Tofu goes in the batter
Silken tofu, blended smooth with its packing liquid, does the binding work eggs normally do in these vegan blueberry pancakes.

> Tofu in blueberry pancakes?! Your eyes do not deceive you.
## No eggs means more lift
Tofu is dense, so the recipe fights back with two leaveners: a full 2 tablespoons of baking powder plus a teaspoon of baking soda.

> you'll need as much help with leavening as possible to cut through the density of the tofu
## Why two leaveners
Baking powder fires twice, once with the water and again in the hot pan. Baking soda reacts with the water and the acid in the brown sugar.
## Buy aluminum-free powder
Regular baking powder at this volume leaves a metallic taste. Aluminum-free keeps the flavor clean when you are using 2 tablespoons of it.

> make sure to use the aluminum-free kind to mitigate any unpleasant flavor
## Weigh your flour
Measuring cups pack in extra flour and stiffen the batter. Use a scale, or add a tablespoon of water until it pours like whole-milk yogurt.

> you want the batter to be the approximate consistency of pourable whole-milk yogurt
## Cook, then freeze
Scatter berries on top of each pancake in the pan, 4 minutes a side. The batch of 16 keeps three months frozen and reheats in a toaster.
## Key takeaway

Blend silken tofu with its liquid for the binder, then go big on baking powder and soda so the batter still rises without eggs.