Community Pick
Low Fat Whole Wheat Banana Pancakes

photo by justcallmetoni

- Ready In:
- 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Yields:
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10-15 pancakes
- Serves:
- 5
ingredients
- 3⁄4 cup whole wheat flour
- 1⁄4 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons sugar or 2 tablespoons Splenda sugar substitute
- 1⁄8 teaspoon salt
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon cocoa powder
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1⁄2 cup water
- 1⁄2 cup skim milk
- 2 ripe bananas
- 2 egg whites or 1 egg substitute
directions
- Combine the sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, cocoa, and salt, sift in the flour (to remove some of the larger pieces particularly in whole wheat flour), and mix.
- Mash the bananas.
- Add the water, skim milk, vanilla, and egg to the mashed bananas and mix.
- Combine the wet and dry ingredients and stir.
- Heat the griddle to medium/medium-high, and spray with non-stick cooking spray.
- Pour the batter into the griddle. Flip when bubbles appear. Cook until golden brown on both sides.
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Reviews
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Delicious!! I made these this morning for breakfast and everyone loved them. I used 2 tsp truvia instead of sugar, all whole wheat flour, one whole egg and all skim milk. They baked up light and fluffy and delicious! I will definitely be making these again! We always have bananas on hand and I like that they don't have oil in them. I also will be sending this recipe to my brother who is a banana pancake fan! Thanks for a great recipe!
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I made these pancakes pretty much identical to the recipe with the only difference being 1 c whole wheat flour instead of 3/4 whole wheat and 1/4 white. They tasted great and cooked perfectly. I topped them with some sliced strawberries. I usually make pancakes using cottage cheese and either oats or whole wheat flour but the banana was a nice change.
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I must have done something wrong. They came out gooey, no matter how long I cooked them, the middle was underdone. I ate the edges which were more cooked and the flavor was good. But the texture, even there, was still somewhat goey. I did some chopped walnuts, but can't see how that could have affected the texture. Oh well.
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Delicious!! I made these this morning for breakfast and everyone loved them. I used 2 tsp truvia instead of sugar, all whole wheat flour, one whole egg and all skim milk. They baked up light and fluffy and delicious! I will definitely be making these again! We always have bananas on hand and I like that they don't have oil in them. I also will be sending this recipe to my brother who is a banana pancake fan! Thanks for a great recipe!
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These pancakes were AWESOME!!! Even my DH who doesn't like Splenda or whole wheat flour (LOL) loved them and wished I had made more. I followed the recipe except I used 3/4 c 1% milk and 1/4c water (more milk since my toddler would eat them) and used a whole egg. I also used multigrain flour instead of whole wheat and after I sifted it I added back the bits. These didn't need anything on them they were great. Even my 21 month old ate 2!!! :)
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My family really enjoyed these. I changed it just a bit to make it more healthful. I only used whole wheat flour that I too shifted. I have cut out non naturally occurring sugar from my family's diets so I substituted honey for the sugar. I found making sure the bananas were really mushy. I think this helped to cook straight trough. I also added just a bit more water to make it runnier so they were not so think. This too helped to make it not mushy. Lastly as a twist I added Sunspire Grain Sweetened Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips. To top it all off, , we used a nice berry honey that is more buttery tasting then clover like. I think this is better than maple syrup for taste with these as well. Hope this is helpful for others that are avoiding artificial and processed sugar.