Banana Bread Pancakes

Fluffy and light banana bread pancakes with a generous drizzle of maple syrup and chopped walnuts for added crunch- who can resist this stack of pancakes for breakfast?

These are the types of pancakes you’ll want to make at least once a week. They are easy to whip up with those overripe bananas on your counter for a quick breakfast or breakfast-for-dinner.

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Easy Banana Nut Bread Pancakes

If you love banana bread, then you’re going to love this delicious Banana Pancake recipe. Making these pancakes is easy and the secret of the perfect pancake batter is using a blender to blend the banana into the liquid ingredients so it mixes evenly.

Once cooked, you’ll get the flavors, and that taste you love from a fresh slice of banana bread in every bite you take.

Ingredients

Make sure you have these ingredients before you make any substitutions when making these banana bread pancakes. You’ll find the measurements in the recipe card.

• all-purpose flour: basic pancake ingredient that can be swapped with a 1:1 all-purpose gluten-free flour. 
• baking powder: add the “fluff” to fluffy pancakes.
• salt: enhances the flavors of the other ingredients. 
• brown sugar: adds a little sweetness. 
• milk: use regular or your favorite non-dairy alternative. 
• egg: provides structure to the batter and helps the pancakes rise, unless you use this egg-free pancake recipe. 
• melted butter: for delicious buttery flavor in every bite. 
• ripe bananas: the riper the banana, the better the pancake. 
• spices: cinnamon and nutmeg make it taste more like banana bread. 
• vanilla extract: a staple ingredient for banana bread so we need it in these pancakes. 
• maple syrup: for topping. 
• chopped walnuts: this is if you like walnuts in your banana bread. They add a delicious crunch! 

How to Make Banana Bread Pancakes

The key to banana bread pancakes with a fluffy texture and even banana flavor is to blend the banana with the wet ingredients. It creates a smooth batter, with no lumps to weigh the batter down! Here is how:

1. Combine the dry ingredients
   Sift the flour, baking powder, and sugar in a large bowl. Make a well in the middle and set aside.
2. Grab a blender
   Combine milk, egg, melted butter, bananas, cinnamon, nutmeg, and vanilla in the blender jar and process until smooth.
3. Make the batter
   Pour the wet ingredients into the flour mixture and stir to combine. 
4. Get the griddle hot
   Lightly grease and heat a griddle or large pan over medium-high heat. 
5. Cook
   Pour 2 tablespoons of batter for each pancake, making sure you spread the batter thin onto the griddle or pan. Wait until bubbles form to flip.
6. Make a stack
   Stack the pancakes 2-3 high and serve with maple syrup and chopped walnuts.

Want to watch them come together? I filmed a quick video so you can watch these banana bread pancakes come together from start to finish!

Quick Tips for the Best Banana Bread Pancakes

It’s possible to avoid the most common pancake mistakes and achieve fluffy and delicious banana bread pancakes at home. Some helpful tips:

Use baking powder
Baking powder is the essential ingredient for making these pancakes rise -not baking soda, these are two different things! If you’re out, check this recipe for pancakes without baking powder.

Heat the pan or griddle first
Before you grease it, heat the pan. This avoids burnt butter or pouring the pancake batter on a pan that’s not hot enough and getting flat pancakes. 

Wanna keep the banana goodness going? Try these banana waffles next time!

Best Banana Bread Pancake Toppings

While there’s nothing wrong with serving these banana bread pancakes with maple syrup, I’ve got a short and simple list of incredible pancake topping ideas to really bring out that banana flavor. 

• Brown Sugar & Butter Syrup + chopped nuts
• sprinkle of cinnamon + chopped walnuts + Cinnamon Syrup
• peanut butter + sliced bananas
• peanut butter + honey
• chocolate chips/Nutella + sliced bananas + walnuts