The Best BANANA PANCAKES Recipe

Do you have some overripe bananas ?

I'm gonna show you one of the best things you can make with very ripe bananas .

Check this out everybody .

It's Natasha of Natasha's kitchen dot com .

I'm gonna show you how to make your new favorite breakfast .

Banana pancakes .

These taste like banana bread in pancake form .

They are such a treat , the taste , the texture and they're mostly naturally sweetened with the banana .

Before these banana pancakes , our family favorite was ricotta pancakes .

We made them all the time and these are seriously a contender .

They are such a treat .

You have to make these because it's a great way to use up those bananas and it's super easy and I'm hungry .

So let's get started .

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We'll start by combining all of our dry ingredients .

You'll need 1.5 cups of all purpose flour , one tablespoon of granulated sugar , a teaspoon of baking soda and a quarter teaspoon of salt whisk that together and create a well in the center then set it aside .

Next , you'll need to mash up two medium , very ripe bananas .

And I just like to mash them up with a fork until they're a chunky apple sauce consistency and overripe bananas are perfect for this because the riper , your bananas are the sweeter .

Your pancakes will be .

It's also much easier to mash ripe bananas .

You'll notice there's still some chunky texture there .

That looks perfect .

We're gonna set that aside and combine our wet ingredients in a large mixing bowl , add one and a quarter cups of buttermilk and it can be cold .

That's the great thing about this recipe .

You can pull ingredients right out of the refrigerator .

Also add your mashed bananas and two large eggs , then melt and add three tablespoons of unsalted butter and a teaspoon of vanilla extract .

And this is our homemade vanilla extract .

I will link to it in the notes .

Now whisk all of the wet ingredients together until they're well combined .

Now , it's as simple as pouring the wet ingredients over the dry ingredients and you wanna whisk those together until they're just combined .

Be careful not to over mix .

The batter should be fairly thick like a cake batter and it should look lumpy .

Now that our batter is ready and it is the perfect consistency .

We're gonna fire up the stove .

If you have a griddle , use that to cook a lot of pancakes at once .

We're just gonna use a cast iron skillet , place your pan over medium heat and add about a tablespoon of oil .

Once the oil is hot , scoop about a quarter cup of batter at a time onto the greased pan .

And I love my trigger release ice cream scoop for even portioning .

This is my favorite scoop and I will link to it in the notes .

The batter should be bubbling and sizzling at the edges .

When you add it to the hot skillet for about two minutes per side flipping .

once you'll know it's time to flip the pancakes .

When you see bubbles forming on the surface , there'll also be a light golden brown on the first side , flip them over and cook them for about another two minutes on the second side , adding more oil as needed .

Once they're ready , I like to transfer them to a wire rack or you can put them on a platter if you're going to serve them right away , then repeat with the remaining batches .

All right .

Who's excited for the taste test ?

But one thing that I really love about this batter , I only sauted about half of them .

The rest I am going to refrigerate overnight .

This is a great make a head batter .

You can refrigerate overnight and then just put them on a skillet the next day and it is seriously just as good .

I love make ahead breakfast ideas like this .

So that's exactly what I'm gonna do for fresh homemade banana pancakes the next morning .

Just transfer them into a measuring cup to take up less space in the fridge .

Boom , boom , boom .

Ok .

You do want to cover it up .

So it doesn't dry out though .

That is important right into the fridge .

That goes boom .

Alright now let's do this taste test because I cannot wait any longer .

These pancakes smell amazing .

Ok .

So we're just gonna make a lovely stack here .

Boo boom .

It's giving me a lot of pancakes .

How many pancakes can I eat ?

And again , these are kind of guilt free for me because they're sweetened with the banana so that they're healthy .

It's like eating fruit .

Right .

Right .

Mhm .

And I do love to top these with freshly sliced banana .

Then everybody knows they're banana pancakes .

You know , then I have some toasted pecans .

You can use pecans or walnuts .

But this is a nice topping .

It goes so well with banana pancakes .

I just Sprinkle them over generously and toasting nuts really makes them so much more flavorful .

Ok .

Now , last but not least we're gonna give this a generous drizzle of real maple syrup .

Here we go .

Oh , that's what I'm talking about .

OK .

We're gonna dive right into this because I am just , my mouth is watering for pancakes .

What can I say ?

Ok .

So here we go .

Cut right in .

OK .

Here we go .

Right .

Doesn't that look like cake ?

Ok .

Here we go .

Mm hm .

Hm .

Mm .

That is a breakfast of champions my friends .

It seriously tastes like a freshly baked banana bread , but it was super easy .

Super quick .

I love the taste and texture of these .

They're sweet but not too sweet .

And then they have like this spongy , super soft and airy consistency .

These go down easy .

I love it .

Love it .

Love it .

Can't wait to eat the rest of this giant stack .

Maybe I'll share with my husband , the cameraman .

I don't know .

We'll see also these reheat really Well , you can just pop them in the toaster oven , in the toaster , in the air fryer , whatever on the skillet , they reheat super well the next day .

And my kids love these because they taste like banana bread .

I mean , you can't go wrong .

I hope you guys love this recipe and that it becomes a new favorite recipe for overripe bananas .

Those are the best here because they end up the sweetest enjoy and we'll see you in our next video .

Just throw them up .

I think that's fine .