A delicious alternative to traditional pancakes. This recipe is a great way to use bananas whose peels have started to brown; the riper the banana, the easier to mash and the more flavor they will give the pancakes! Top with peanut butter or chopped nuts if desired.
Serves 2
Serving Size: 3 pancakes
Prep time: 5 minutes
Cook time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes
Ingredients:
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 2 bananas, mashed
- ½ cup of old fashioned rolled oats, uncooked
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ⅛ teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon olive oil
- ½ cup fresh or frozen fruit of your choice (optional)
Directions:
- In a medium bowl, combine eggs, bananas, rolled oats, baking powder, vanilla extract, and cinnamon. Batter should be cohesive and without lumps.
- Heat olive oil in medium skillet on medium-low heat. Once heated, spoon ¼ cup portions of the batter onto skillet and cook until golden brown on both sides (about 4 minutes on each side).
- Heat fruit in small skillet until warm, stirring occasionally. Serve over pancakes. You can also serve pancakes with chopped nuts or peanut butter on top.
Nutrition Information per Serving:
(Based on ½ cup frozen mixed fruit)
- Serving Size: 3 pancakes
- Vegetables: 0 cups
- Fruits: 1¼ cups
- Calories: 302 calories
- Carbohydrates: 47 grams
- Fiber: 6 grams
- Protein: 11 grams
- Fat: 9 grams
- Sodium: 198 mg
(41 votes, average: 3.46 out of 5)
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These pancakes are way tastier than regular pancakes and even better, they keep you filled up for longer!!
Definitely a 5 star rating!!
Thanks, Irma! Glad you are enjoying the Banana Pancakes! This is a favorite dish of ours as well! A delicious option for any meal! =-)
I once tried a paleo banana-egg pancake recipe and this one is much, much better. The addition of oatmeal gives it a satisfying pancake-like bulk and the vanilla, cinnamon and baking powder probably added baking magic. The pancakes took a lot longer to cook than the recipe specifies. At 4 minutes I would have been unable to flip them intact. As a result, mine got very brown (dark but not burnt) yet were still tasty. I served with a shmear of nut butter but I love the idea of boiling down berries to make a syrup and will try that next time.
I have made these pancakes several times. LOVE. THEM. It is one of my favorite “treats” for breakfast…
Can you substitute unsweetened Applesauce for the banana? We have a banana-phobe in our midst.
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Can you substitute unsweetened Applesauce for Banana? We have a banana-phobe among us.
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For this recipe, replacing the bananas with only applesauce will likely make the mixture too wet and not achieve the right pancake texture. An alternative could be to replace the 2 bananas with: ½ cup of unsweetened applesauce and a ½ cup of pumpkin puree – or 1 cup of Greek yogurt.