Banana Pancakes

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 cup milk
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 2 ripe bananas, mashed

Recipe

• 1 1. combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. in a separate bowl, mix together egg, milk, vegetable oil and bananas.
• 2 2. stir flour mixture into banana mixture; batter will be slightly lumpy.
• 3 3. heat a lightly oiled griddle or frying pan over medium high heat. pour or scoop the batter onto the griddle, using approximately 1/4 cup for each pancake. cook until pancakes are golden brown on both sides; serve hot.
• 4 my note: just a tip for fuss free banana mashing -- stick them in a zip-lock bag, zip and squeeze! when you're done cut a corner off and you have a pour spout! i do the same for marinades and everything else of the sort! so much cleaner! and less dishes to boot!
• 5 some advice and added 1/2t. of vanilla extract. i also used 2t of applesauce instead of the vegetable oil to make it a little healthier. delicious!
• 6 i have found that by measuring the dry ingredients and then putting them through a shifter makes for fluffy pancakes. i also substitute melted butter for the oil, i mix the liquid ingredients including the egg and then add the liquid mixture to the dry and stir to mixed, add two whole banannas and using a potato masher, mush them well. i use 1/4 cup measure per pancake. for thinner add a bit more milk.
• 7 for me. but 1 thing to note is really to cook this on a low temperature so that the insides of the pancakes gets cooked. it's also less mushy and easier to turn. i learnt this the hard way. the first time i did this i turned the stove on high and the bottom browned really fast. i was struggling to turn it over but the whole thing basically fell apart cos it was still very soft and mushy inside. the bottom ended up black and i had to throw it out and start from a lower temperature other than that.
• 8 and for the peanut butter lover i added to a sauce pan 1 cup of each water, sugar & peanut butter best with smooth peanut butter. and brought this to a boil and cooled i used this as the syrup for the pancakes. so i saved a few calories on the pancakes but added a few on the peanut butter syrup. it was well worth it.