Makes about 8 servings when crepes are made very thin. Eat on their own or pair with a protein or sauteed veggies. Make up a whole batch so you can have them in your fridge as snacks all week.
Each 8″ (diameter) crepe is a serving.
Approximate cooking time: 20 minutes
Ingredients
- 7 large eggs
- 5 large, ripe bananas
- 1 (403 mL) can of full fat coconut milk
- 1 tsp salt
- 2-1/4 cups tapioca flour (about 10 oz)
Instructions
- Mix and mash all ingredients together to make a pretty soupy batter (a hand held mixer works well).
- Meanwhile, heat a large, non-stick pan over medium low heat.
- When the pan is hot, cover the bottom of the pan with a thin layer of batter (about 1 cup or so).
- Flip when bottom is golden brown. Cook until both sides are lightly browned.
- These crepes are great plain, or use them to wrap meat and veggies.
30 Comments
ljsymons
Maybe I am just not seeing this somewhere, but how many crepes is a serving? Is it just 1 crepe, so this makes 8 crepes?
Neely
ljsymons – I just updated the recipe to say (at the top) that each 8″ crepe is a serving.
Sutimonster
Could only find tapioca pearls, is there a way to make that work?
Neely
Sutimonster – Hmmm. Not sure. Maybe you could powder them in a food processor?
Shilpa
Look for the flour in the Asian aisle or nearest asian store. I get an 12oz bag for $1 in my usual grocery store in the Asian aisle.
michael
Each 8″ (diameter) crepe is a serving.
Ann
I found Tapioca Flour at WINCO in the bulk section.
Brent
We love these crepes! My son and I look forward to these the night before. We put a bit of maple syrup on them to sweeten them up. I make them thin and use about a 1/4 cup for each small crepe. This recipe makes a heck a lot them at this size. I even serve them to my sons non paleo friends and they gobble them up faster than I can make them.
Kelly
These are PHENOMENAL! I just made my first batch yesterday, having never used tapioca flour or even had crepes before. I had one last night with a thin spread of lemon curd and another right now with some almond butter. These are seriously the best baked good I have ever had. Simple and yummy and just perfect. Thank you so much for posting it! I made 6 inch crepes so I have 4 left in my fridge and another 8 in the freezer. Mmm-mmm.
Kelly
I guess they’re not a “baked” good, I just mean pastry. I used to eat tons of wheat foods before going primal, and this surpasses all of them.
I couldn’t find tapioca flour at any local store, so I ordered Bob’s Red Mill in bulk on amazon. It came out to about $3 per bag, I think, and thank goodness I got so many since one batch uses half a bag!
tdschubert
I just made a batch of these and they are deliscious . I used 2 less banana s then called for. I layered them between wax paper and put them in a sealed plastic container. Should they be refrigerated anyone? Thanks Julie
Neely
tdschubert – Glad you like them! Yes, they need to be refrigerated. You can reheat them if you want to get their consistency back when you eat them later. I just eat them cold though :)
Holly
1st time to Paleo and this recipe….Turned out great….I used grapeseed oil bc my pan was not nonstick and it worked great.
Catherine
I’m not sure what I did wrong, but these turned out gummy and inedible. I was so disappointed because I was really looking forward to it. I mixed the batter in my Blendtec on the “batter” choice. Not sure if this would have messed it up??
Neely
Catherine – Make sure you cook them until they’re golden brown on both sides, and the thinner they are, the less gummy they’ll be. Tapioca flour is gummy by nature, so you have to either heat the gumminess out of it, or create a small enough product that you don’t notice it. I honestly like the gummy texture myself :)
SW
Thanks for this great recipe! I’m in the middle of making the crepes now, and mine are coming out nicely browned on both sides, but the middle is still kinda soupy, and makes me nervous to eat it. Is this normal? I feel like it’s undercooked, but when I cooked it for longer, it burned the sides of the crepe. Thanks!
Neely Quinn
SW – Did you use canned coconut milk or cartoned coconut “milk”? You want to use full fat canned coconut milk. And how thick did you make them? Make sure the crepe batter is evenly placed in the pan, meaning, make sure it’s not super thick in the middle and thin on the outside. You can adjust it by moving it around with a spatula.
natalie
I really like the look.of these, can I use.almond flour instead of tapioca? I am.struggling to get it
Neely Quinn
natalie – Not sure. Let me know what happens if you try it. You can always get all these uncommon Paleo ingredients at http://www.amazon.com if you can’t find them locally.
Anu
Can I sub the bananas with plantains if It is to sweet? If so would the ratio change?
Neely Quinn
Anu – Did you try it and it was too sweet? I’m just curious because I don’t think they’re very sweet at all. It’s kind of like eating honey wheat bread or something – just a hint of sweetness, but maybe that’s just me. I haven’t tried subbing plantains, but I don’t see why it would be any different. If you try it, please let us know how it goes :)
LT
I’m a believer! I was skeptical just because I thought, if this fails, I’ve wasted 5 bananas & 7 eggs! I’ve also never used coconut milk before, so when I opened the can and saw the milk was hardened, I was very nervous. But, they crepes turned out awesome. Any chunks from the coconut milk in the batter melted down in the pan.
My six year old daughter declared — ‘best.breakfast.ever!’ So, I will definitely make again.
amy2010@rocketmail.com
I was very happy with this recipe and have been happy with all of the paleo recipes so far, especially the muffin, cake, and cookie recipes. Every recipe turns out perfect! No failures so far. Yay! These were fantastic, easy and made enough for extra grab-n-go breakfasts and snacks for people with busy schedules.
Colleenie
Is tapioca starch the same as tapioca flour? Went to my local asian grocery market and they had a variety of tapioca starch.
Neely Quinn
Colleenie – Yes, it’s the same thing. Make sure you get the starch and not the tapioca pearls, which you use to make the classic tapioca pudding (I think).
Wendy
Can anyone tell me how long these are good in the Fridge? BTW AMAZING!!! Not fully following Paleo diet but eating quite a few recipe’s to help with the healthy aspects! :)
Herta Davila
I made this recipe on Sunday, the first pancake was horrible because it stuck on my iron pan, bat the rest came out beautiful, I loved them! and the gumminess hmm.. simply delicious. I haven’t bought coconut milk lately so I had to use almond milk, I find that they were so good anyways. I will make a whole lot to have them ready, I could eat them every day. Thank you for sharing the recipe!
PKHPaleo
Since it makes such a big batch are these ok to be frozen?
Neely Quinn
PKH Paleo – I’ve never tried freezing them to be honest. I’ve refrigerated them for up to a week, but not sure what the freezer would do to them…
PKHPaleo
I made a 1/2 batch of these today since I’m following the meal plan and they don’t have us eating them again for breakfast. To cut the 7 eggs in half I just used 3 whole eggs and one egg white, it seems to have worked perfectly. I still got about 7 crepes from just 1/2 recipe and they weren’t tiny either, at 1/2 c batter they spread out to about 6″.
I loved how the bananas cut down on the gumminess of the tapioca starch, best Paleo crepes I’ve had yet! Paired with some blueberries these were an excellent breakfast and will hopefully be a good snack tomorrow.