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Best Banana Pancakes are delicious pancakes that taste just like warm banana bread! Great for using over ripe bananas!
Mornings taste better with pancakes! If you love pancakes as much as I do try this Maple Sweet Potato Pancakes, Blueberry Sour Cream Pancakes or The Best Buttermilk Pancakes.
Banana Pancakes
I am starting to think that I buy bananas just so that they can get over ripe and I can make something delicious!
I needed a yummy breakfast and I love banana bread so I couldn’t wait to try this recipe!
I have seen banana bread pancakes and I have been wanting to try it for a while now.
These pancakes tasted just like banana bread!
They were really thick and moist and had a delicious banana flavor.
I especially loved the vanilla maple glaze on top!
This was the perfect way to use my over ripe bananas and this breakfast was a huge hit!
What you need to make banana pancakes
- All purpose flour: holds it all together and adds the thick, rich flavor of pancake.
- Baking powder: helps them fluff up and stay puffy.
- Salt: baking powder and salt have a perfect combination of raising the pancakes.
- White sugar: a little sweetness to the pancakes.
- Cinnamon: added taste of homemade bread.
- Nutmeg: love the nutty, earthy flavor in these pancakes.
- Milk: makes them nice and creamy.
- Vanilla extract: just a hint of extra flavor.
- Bananas: the riper the better!
- Butter: sticks it all together.
- Pecans: adds a more delicious topping over these banana bread pancakes.
Vanilla Maple Glaze:
- Maple syrup: sugary and sweet for the glaze.
- Powdered sugar: thickens the glaze up.
- Vanilla: a dash adds so much flavor!
How to make banana bread pancakes
- Whisk together ingredients: Preheat a skillet to medium low heat. In a large mixing bowl whisk flour, baking powder, sugar, salt, cinnamon, brown sugar and nutmeg. Add the milk and vanilla and stir until incorporated. It will be thick.
- Combine and mix together:Add in mashed bananas and melted butter and mix together until the batter is smooth.
- Prepare skillet: Spray skillet with cooking spray and add ⅓ cup of batter to the center. It takes about 1-3 minutes for the bubbles to appear because the batter is thicker. Once the bubbles appear flip to the other side.
- Cook pancake batter: Repeat with remaining batter. I was able to get about 8 pancakes.
- Make the vanilla maple glaze: whisk together the maple syrup, powdered sugar and vanilla. Serve over warm pancakes.
Topping and add-ins for banana bread pancakes
- Chocolate: chocolate chips, white chocolate or Nutella.
- Nuts: pecans, walnuts, candied nuts, cashews.
- Fruit: raspberries, cranberries, blueberries or strawberries.
- Coconut: shredded
- Syrup: maple, caramel, chocolate or buttermilk.
Tips for making banana bread pancakes
I love to make these ahead of time before my kids come down to eat.
Resting them in the oven only helps keep them warm and does not over bake them.
They are still fluffy, moist and ready to enjoy!
For fluffier pancakes let the batter rest for a moment
- For more of a banana bread pancake divide the flour with 1 cup flour and 1 cup wheat flour.
- Instead of white sugar, you can use brown sugar in replace of it for a sweeter taste.
- These pancakes don’t take much time, but to make it easier you can even mix and combine the ingredients in the blender and blend until smooth.
- The batter does best if you give it some time to rest before cooking it on the skillet. This will activate the leavening agents and help to thicken up the batter.
- For best results, using a non-stick skillet will help your pancakes cook throughout.
- A little butter or non-stick grease is great to add to the skillet before pouring your batter on.
- You will want to make sure that your skillet is warm to hot before you pour your batter on it. That way they will cook evenly throughout the pancake.
- Once the middle begins to bubble up, the pancakes are ready to be flipped.
- If you are planning to make these a little ahead, keep them warm and fresh by simply placing the cooked pancakes on a baking sheet and place in the oven at the lowest temperature (around 170 degrees Fahrenheit. When ready to serve, pull them out of the oven.
More banana recipes to enjoy!
- Magnolia Bakery Banana Pudding
- No Bake Banana Caramel Pecan Pie
- Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
- Banana Bread Streusel Muffins
- Easy Banana Muffins
Banana Pancakes
Ingredients
- 2 cup all purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup white sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon Brown sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
- 2/3 cup milk
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 3 large very ripe bananas mashed
- 2 tablespoons butter melted
- chopped pecans for garnish optional
Vanilla Maple Glaze:
- 1/2 cup maple syrup
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
- Preheat a skillet to medium low heat. In a large mixing bowl whisk flour, baking powder, sugar, salt, cinnamon, brown sugar and nutmeg. Add the milk and vanilla and stir until incorporated. It will be thick.
- Add in mashed bananas and melted butter and mix together until the batter is smooth.
- Spray skillet with cooking spray and add ⅓ cup of batter to the center. It takes about 1-3 minutes for the bubbles to appear because the batter is thicker. Once the bubbles appear flip to the other side.
- Repeat with remaining batter. I was able to get about 8 pancakes.
- To make the vanilla maple glaze, whisk together the maple syrup, powdered sugar and vanilla. Serve over warm pancakes.
Notes
Nutrition
Serves: 6
All nutritional information is based on third party calculations and is only an estimate. Each recipe and nutritional value will vary depending on the brands you use, measuring methods and portion sizes per household.
How much brown sugar do I use in the banana pancakes?
1 teaspoon of brown sugar.
No eggs?
The bananas kind of take form and you do not need eggs for this recipe.
No kidding, this is so thick, at one point I kneaded the “batter” to incorporate the dry ingredients. 2 out of 3 girls said it was ok. Will not make again.
I added another 1/3 cup milk.
Eating these baby’s for breakfast right now!! YUMMY 😉 Didn’t change a thing!
these look soooo good! gonna try this weekend!
Yum! Made these today for my toddler and I . Only chance I made was adding chocolate chips,yummy!
I made these today and liked them. I did notice that in the directions it mentions sugar but there is not measurement above for sugar. I added some anyways. Does anyone know or has anyone added an amount? The ones I made today are good but not very sweet..
I’m making these for my family right now. They smell amazing! The boys can’t wait to dig in.
I am always looking for new ways to use up those ripe bananas, and these pancakes look like the perfect solution Alyssa!!
I wonder if you could turn this batter into waffles as well?
Oh, if I only had some ripe bananas, I’d make these tomorrow morning! I pinned, and now I’ll wait impatiently for my bananas to ripen.
These sound amazing! Breakfast tomorrow!
Banana bread + pancakes, these look amazing! Two of my favorite things in one. And for breakfast, yum!! Pinned! 🙂