Banana Oat Pancakes

Submitted by yooper

"Thick, oversize pancakes that will satisfy even the hungriest of eaters."

 

• Ready In: 17mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1 cup old fashioned oats
• 1 cup nonfat milk
• 1 cup mashed ripe banana (about 3 medium)
• 2 large eggs, beaten to blend
• 2 tablespoons toasted wheat germ
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 1⁄2 cups reduced-fat oat-bran pancake mix or 1 1/2 cups other mixed-grain pancake mix
• 6 tablespoons butter (3/4 stick)
• maple syrup
• berries (optional)
• sliced banana (optional)

directions

1. combine oats and milk in large bowl.
2. Let stand until oats are soft, about 15 minutes.
3. Mix in mashed bananas, eggs, wheat germ and cinnamon.
4. Gradually stir in pancake mix (batter will be very thick).
5. Prheat oven to 250.
6. Melt 2 tablespoons butter in large nonstick skillet over medium-low heat.
7. Using generous 1/4 cup batter for each pancake, drop in 4 pancakes, spacing apart.
8. Cook pancakes until brown on bottom and some bubbles begin to break around edges, about 3 minutes.
9. Turn pancakes over.
10. Cook, until brown on bottom and firm to touch in center, about 3 minutes (pancakes will be thick).
11. Transfer pancakes to baking sheet; place oven to keep warm.
12. Repeat with remaining butter and batter in 2 more batches.
13. Serve pancakes with syrup and if desired, berries and bananas.

Reviews

[Italian_mama]

This is a great, filling, and healthy pancake!! I omitted the eggs( there was enough moisture). I used unprocessed bran instead of wheat germ and reduced the baking mix to 2/3 cup. Then I just used cooking spray not butter to cook. It was soo filling that we didn't eat anything till late that night. Thanks for a "good for you" pancake recipe.

 

[shimmerchk]

As big fans of a thicker, dense pancake this recipe was a winner for us! These were tasty, super healthy and filling pancakes. I used Hodgson Mill Buckwheat pancake mix and added a couple tablespoons of ground walnuts and almonds. I also substituted lowfat buttermilk for half of the skim milk. The banana and cinnamon are a lovely highlight to the flavor and are not overpowering. I had mine spread with Smart Balance and hubby spread his with a little natural peanut butter. We both topped ours off with Sugar free maple syrup served along side fresh fruit which made for a delicious and South Beach friendly breakfast. I did find the batter needs a pinch of salt after tasting the first pancake, so we added it to the rest of the batter. Do not try this recipe if you like a light fluffy or eggy pancake, but if you want a substantial more dense and tall pancake that will fill you up and is good for you, this is it!!