Banana Pancakes are the recipe that Lucia makes every time she has the most perfectly ripe and the most deeply spotty overripe bananas on the counter and she wants to create the most completely extraordinary and the most genuinely extraordinary breakfast that tastes like the most beloved marriage between the most beloved and the most deeply fragrant classic buttermilk pancake and the most warmly comforting and the most deeply satisfying banana bread.
Because mashing the most overripe and the most intensely sweet individual bananas directly into the buttermilk and brown sugar and egg and vanilla wet mixture produces the most beautifully moist and the most deeply banana-flavored individual pancake batter that creates the most completely extraordinary and the most genuinely thick individual fluffy pancakes that are the most dramatically satisfying and the most warmly comforting individual breakfast stack that every family member devours immediately and requests again the very next weekend morning. She mashes the most perfectly overripe bananas, whisks the most beautifully combined wet mixture with brown sugar, combines with flour and baking powder and salt, and cooks on a most buttered medium-low griddle.
Banana Pancakes are the most easy and deeply extraordinary 20-minute moist fluffy banana-bread-meets-buttermilk-pancake breakfast made with 1 1/2 cups flour 2 tsp baking powder and 1/4 tsp salt combined with 3/4 cup mashed ripe banana 2 tbsp melted butter 1 egg 3/4 cup buttermilk 1/4 cup brown sugar and 1 tsp vanilla cooked on buttered griddle. Come follow us on Pinterest where we share beautiful breakfast recipes and easy morning favorites from our kitchen every single week.
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Why You Will Love This Banana Pancakes Recipe
This Banana Pancakes recipe is the most completely extraordinary and the most genuinely innovative individual breakfast pancake that delivers the most beloved and the most deeply familiar banana bread flavor and the most beautifully moist and the most properly rich individual texture in the most convenient and the most perfectly stacked individual breakfast pancake format — producing the most wonderful use for the most overripe bananas that would otherwise be discarded.
The brown sugar is the single most completely transformative sweetener choice that distinguishes these banana pancakes from every plain sugar banana pancake recipe. Brown sugar provides the most deeply caramelized and the most warmly molasses-rich individual flavor that harmonizes the most perfectly with the most intensely ripe individual banana and the most properly tangy buttermilk for the most deeply layered and the most completely extraordinary individual breakfast flavor. Our Banana Layer Cake makes a beautifully equally banana-rich and equally celebration-worthy companion for a complete and wonderful banana baking collection.
Ingredients Needed for This Banana Pancakes Recipe
- 1½ cups All-Purpose Flour
- 2 tsp Baking Powder
- ¼ tsp Salt
- ¾ cup Mashed Ripe Banana (approximately 2 small bananas)
- 2 tbsp Unsalted Butter, melted (plus more for greasing)
- 1 large Egg
- ¾ cup Buttermilk
- ¼ cup Packed Brown Sugar (dark brown sugar preferred)
- 1 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract
To Serve: Butter, pure maple syrup, sliced banana, walnuts, and/or chocolate chips
How to Make This Banana Pancakes Recipe
In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
In a separate bowl, whisk together the mashed ripe banana, melted butter, egg, buttermilk, brown sugar, and vanilla until the most well combined wet mixture forms.
Add the wet ingredients to the dry and stir with a rubber spatula until just combined — do not overmix. The batter will be the most beautifully thick from the mashed banana, cara mia.
Heat a griddle or large skillet over medium-low heat and grease most generously with butter. Drop the batter in approximately one-third cup portions onto the griddle, spreading gently into even circles. Cook until the most beautiful bubbles begin to form on the surface — this may take slightly longer than standard pancake batter because the banana batter is the most thick and the most dense. Flip and cook for an additional 2 minutes until cooked through.
Be careful not to turn up the heat too high — the most important technique for the most properly cooked individual banana pancake is cooking the most slowly and the most gently at medium-low heat so the most thick banana batter interior cooks through completely without burning the exterior.
Serve hot with butter and syrup.
How to Serve This Banana Pancakes Recipe
Serve immediately hot from the griddle topped with a generous pat of butter, a most generous pour of pure maple syrup, and the most beautifully arranged additional fresh banana slices fanned across the most gorgeously golden individual pancake top for the most completely extraordinary and the most naturally vibrant individual presentation.
For the most completely indulgent individual serving, scatter a handful of walnut pieces and a few chocolate chips over the warm maple-syrup-drizzled individual banana pancake stack for the most completely extraordinary chocolate-banana-walnut individual pancake experience. Our Banana Layer Cake makes a beautifully equally banana-rich and equally extraordinary companion for a complete and wonderful banana baking collection.
How to Store This Banana Pancakes Recipe
Store leftover banana pancakes in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. The banana in the individual pancake keeps the most beautifully moist individual texture throughout the full storage period. Freeze in a single layer on a baking sheet until solid, then transfer to a freezer bag with parchment paper between individual pancakes for up to 2 months.
Tips to Make This Banana Pancakes Recipe
Use the most overripe and the most heavily spotted — or entirely brown — bananas for the most intensely sweet and the most deeply fragrant individual banana flavor in every pancake. Underripe or only slightly spotted bananas produce a much less flavorful and the most barely-banana-tasting individual batter. The most overripe bananas also mash the most effortlessly for the most smoothly incorporated individual wet mixture.
Cook on medium-low rather than medium heat for the most complete and the most properly cooked individual thick banana pancake. The thick mashed banana batter requires the most extended and the most gentle cooking at lower heat to allow the most complete interior cooking without exterior burning. The most impatient medium-to-high heat produces a beautifully golden exterior hiding a raw and doughy center.
Helpful Notes for This Banana Pancakes Recipe
For a most dramatically stronger brown sugar flavor, use packed dark brown sugar rather than light brown sugar. Dark brown sugar contains more molasses than light brown sugar and produces the most deeply caramelized and the most intensely warm individual flavor that complements the most ripe banana most magnificently.
This recipe makes approximately 8 medium-sized individual banana pancakes using a one-third cup portion per pancake. The recipe doubles the most beautifully for larger families or gatherings — simply double all ingredients proportionally.
Variation of This Banana Pancakes Recipe
Maria made a version folding half a cup of mini chocolate chips through the dry ingredients before combining with wet for the most completely extraordinary and the most deeply indulgent chocolate chip banana brown sugar pancake. Teresa tried swapping half the buttermilk for the same quantity of full-fat Greek yogurt for the most completely extraordinary and the most protein-rich individual banana yogurt pancake.
For a gluten-free version, substitute a 1:1 gluten-free flour blend for the all-purpose flour in the same one and a half cup quantity for the most completely extraordinary and the most equally moist and fluffy gluten-free banana brown sugar individual pancake. Our Cinnamon Roll Muffins make a beautifully equally warm and equally morning-indulgent companion for a complete and wonderful breakfast baking collection.
FAQs About This Banana Pancakes Recipe
How ripe do the bananas need to be for these pancakes?
The most overripe and the most heavily spotted or entirely brown bananas produce the most intensely sweet and the most deeply fragrant individual banana flavor throughout every pancake. Underripe yellow bananas mash to an inferior texture and produce the most barely detectable banana flavor — the most overripe individual banana is always the most correct choice for the most genuinely extraordinary banana pancake.
Can I substitute regular milk for buttermilk?
Yes — make a quick buttermilk substitute by combining three-quarters cup of whole milk with three-quarters tablespoon of white vinegar or fresh lemon juice and allowing to sit for 5 minutes until the most properly curdled. The buttermilk contributes the most essential tang and moisture that makes these banana pancakes the most properly moist and the most beautifully tender individual result.
Can I add mix-ins to the banana pancake batter?
Yes — mini chocolate chips, chopped walnuts, blueberries, or white chocolate chips all fold through the finished banana batter the most beautifully before cooking. Add approximately half a cup of any individual mix-in for the most properly balanced individual proportion without overwhelming the most essential banana brown sugar flavor character.
Conclusion
These Banana Pancakes are the most completely extraordinary and the most deeply moist brown sugar banana-bread-inspired breakfast stack that makes every weekend morning and every ripe banana occasion feel genuinely and completely special through the most deeply ripe mashed banana and the most warmly caramelized brown sugar and the most properly tangy buttermilk in every single beautifully thick and completely irresistible banana pancake.
We hope they bring the same deeply joyful banana brown sugar morning warmth and the same completely satisfied breakfast table to your kitchen that they have always brought to ours. Make them, share them, and come back to tell us all about it. With all our love, Maria, Lucia, and Teresa.
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Banana Pancakes The Most Easy Moist Fluffy Brown Sugar Buttermilk Mashed Banana Vanilla Breakfast Stack You Will Make
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 4 servings approximately 8 pancakes 1x
- Diet: Vegetarian
Description
The most extraordinary moist fluffy Brown Sugar Banana Pancakes made by combining 1 1/2 cups flour 2 tsp baking powder and 1/4 tsp salt in large bowl whisking 3/4 cup mashed ripe banana 2 tbsp melted butter 1 egg 3/4 cup buttermilk 1/4 cup packed brown sugar and 1 tsp vanilla in separate bowl adding wet to dry stirring with rubber spatula just until combined do not overmix batter will be thick heating griddle or skillet over medium-low heat greasing with butter dropping 1/3 cup portions and spreading gently into circles cooking until bubbles begin to form flipping and cooking 2 more minutes until cooked through being careful not to turn heat too high and serving hot with butter and maple syrup and sliced banana. A completely perfect moist brown sugar banana pancake recipe.
Ingredients
1 1/2 cups All-Purpose Flour
2 tsp Baking Powder
1/4 tsp Salt
3/4 cup Mashed Ripe Banana approximately 2 small very ripe bananas
2 tbsp Unsalted Butter melted plus more for greasing
1 large Egg
3/4 cup Buttermilk
1/4 cup Packed Brown Sugar dark brown preferred
1 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract
Butter maple syrup sliced banana walnuts and chocolate chips to serve
Instructions
1. Combine flour, baking powder, and salt in large bowl. Set aside.
2. Whisk mashed ripe banana, melted butter, egg, buttermilk, brown sugar, and vanilla in separate bowl until well combined.
3. Add wet ingredients to dry. Stir with rubber spatula just until combined. Do not overmix. Batter will be thick.
4. Heat griddle or skillet over medium-low heat. Grease with butter.
5. Drop batter in approximately 1/3 cup portions. Spread gently into circles.
6. Cook until bubbles begin to form on surface. Banana batter is thick and takes slightly longer.
7. Flip. Cook 2 more minutes until cooked through.
8. Do not turn heat too high. Medium-low ensures interior cooks without burning exterior.
9. Serve hot with butter, maple syrup, and sliced banana.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 5 minutes
- Category: Breakfast, Pancakes, Banana
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 2 pancakes
- Calories: 347
- Sugar: 19g
- Sodium: 216mg
- Fat: 9g
- Saturated Fat: 5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 59g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 8g
- Cholesterol: 61mg
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