Oatmeal Banana Pancake

Let me start off by confessing my love for pancakes. I love pancakes. I love all varieties, flavors, sizes and shapes of pancakes. These make the perfect special weekday breakfast or lazy weekend treat. For me, I can have pancakes day and night!

Now with that being said, pancakes that we typically encounter aren’t made from the scratch; they’re pre-made, highly processed, highly refined, contains hydrogenated oil and nutrition starved flour mix. I am sure we all want the real goodness with taste. So, let’s follow the simple ground rules.

Pancakes are naturally quite simple to make; they require a flour, leavening agent, a binding agent, and some sweetness or additional flavors from spices. These pancakes  are so incredible easy to make, you’ll never look back at purchasing the another pre- made processed pancake mix again. Also, most of these ingredients are staple ingredients in my pantry and probably yours too!
 

I hope you love these pancakes as much as I do! They’re : 

Fluffy
Tender
Naturally Sweet
Banana- infused 
Easy to make 


Ingredients 

1. 1. ½ cup of dry rolled oats, grounded into a flour 
2. 1 whole frozen banana 
3. 2 tablespoon of almond flour 
4. ¼  teaspoon baking soda 
5. ¼ teaspoon baking powder
6. ½ cup milk ( your choice of milk)
7. 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
8. 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
9. 2 teaspoon of oil 

Directions: 

1. In a small grinder or food processor , grind the dry oatmeal into a fine flour. Now add all the dry ingredient to it.
2.  Add all wet ingredients in a large mixing bowl.
3. Pour the wet ingredients into the bowl with your dry ingredients. 
4. Blend it until well combined. You can use the spatula to see the consistency of the mixture. 
5. Additional milk maybe needed, depending on how thick or thin you like your pancakes.
6. Grease a large skillet with oil.
7. Pour about ¼ - ½ cup of the pancake batter onto the skillet ( on medium heat) - you can adjust the amount depending upon the size of your skillet. 
8. Cook until the right side up has small bubbles escaping. 
9. Flip and finish cooking until both sides are golden brown and fluffy.
10. Plate and serve with your favourite toppings : Stewed apple, bananas, maple syrup, drizzle of local honey, almond butter , cinnamon or castor sugar etc.

Pro Tips : 

1. Because you are blending the oats, you can easily use rolled oats or quick cooking oats - avoid steel cut oats. 
2. You can use variety of milk - they can be easily made dairy free by using almond or coconut milk.