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banana pancakes on plate with butter and syrup
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Banana Pancakes

Banana Pancakes made from scratch with mashed ripe banana, walnuts, and buttermilk are what family breakfasts are all about! These fluffy homemade pancakes are perfect with a pat of butter and warm pure maple syrup. Don't bother using a mix when it's so easy to mix up a batch with ingredient you have on hand!
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time8 minutes
Total Time23 minutes
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: American
Servings: 12 servings

Ingredients

Instructions

  • In a large bowl, mix together the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
  • In a separate bowl, combine the buttermilk, eggs, melted butter, vanilla, and mashed banana.
  • Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix just until combined. Fold in the nuts. Batter will be slightly lumpy.
  • Heat a griddle to medium low heat and grease with butter. Cook the pancakes until they are golden brown on each side, flipping only once.

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Notes

These pancakes will burn more easily than pancakes from a mix, so be sure to have your heat set lower than what you're used to.
Recipe makes 12 (4-6 inch) pancakes

Cooking Tips for perfect results:

  • Aside from finding a good recipe (ahem, like this one), there is a trick to properly mixing your pancakes. The trick is to not overly mix them. If you're a good parent and let your kids stir the batter, just be sure to make them stop mixing as soon as all of the ingredients are fully incorporated.
  • The perfect ripe banana is yellow with some brown spots.
  • Make sure your griddle is nice and hot before you add the batter. This will allow them to start cooking instantly. Also, I like to use a medium low temperature that is slightly cooler than the temperature I use to cook eggs. This allows the center of the pancake to cook without burning the outside.
  • Never flatten your pancake with your spatula! Only flip it once and let it rise to it's airy fluffy glory.
  • To prevent them from sticking, you can use a cooking oil, but I prefer to melt butter all over my griddle as well as on top of the cooked pancake. Mmmmm... butter.
  • And for the love of God, please use real maple syrup! You'll break my heart if you use corn syrup "syrup".

Nutrition

Calories: 195kcal | Carbohydrates: 25g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 39mg | Sodium: 281mg | Potassium: 262mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 205IU | Vitamin C: 1.7mg | Calcium: 96mg | Iron: 1.4mg