Healthy Pancakes!

The other day I promised a healthy pancake recipe. I am finally getting around to posting it for you! This is not my recipe but I made a couple changes based on what I had in my kitchen. My sister made these when I was visiting Florida a few weeks ago and I had to get the recipe from her. These are vegetarian and gluten free for those who are concerned with those things. I love them because the are healthy, taste good, and give me energy.

You will need:
3 bananas
2 eggs
1 tsp honey or maple syrup
1 tbsp lemon juice
2 tbsp coconut oil or butter (use real butter not margarine to keep them healthy)

1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp cinnamon, ground
1/2 nutmeg, ground (I didn't have this and mine tasted fine)
1 cup oat flour
1/2 tsp salt
handful of chocolate chips or other mix in (optional)

It is best to mix the dry ingredients separate from the wet ones, then combine them. I used syrup because I didn't have honey. I do have coconut oil which is better than butter. But use what you have if you don't want to go buy it. The bananas are better if they are super ripe with brown spots. I had a couple in the freezer that I had to put in there to keep from going bad. I usually use them for my morning shakes but they work fine for the pancakes too if you thaw them out. I put a little extra cinnamon in mine but I love cinnamon. I normally don't care for chocolate chips in my pancakes but I like them in these so I used them. You don't have to, or you could add blueberries or other fruit. I may try blueberries next time!

Mash the bananas then mix with the other wet ingredients. For the oat flour I just used plain oats I had and ground them up. Just don't use instant oatmeal with all the additives. Get all the ingredients mixed well, adding the chocolate chips or other add in last, and then heat your pan to a medium heat. If the pan is too hot, they will burn easy. See?

This was my first attempt. After this, I switched to my griddle to make more at once and kept the heat lower. Also, these seem to be difficult to flip so keep them small. My batch made about 9 pancakes. You can double it, my sister did when she made them and it turned out fine. I put my leftovers in the freezer. I was worried about the banana in them. When eating them, they taste amazing with strawberry jam on them. But mine and my daughter's favorite thing to put on them is peanut butter and a little bit of syrup.

These are so delicious. I don't know if I will ever buy a pre-made pancake mix again. (I'm sure I will, because I'm lazy like that.) Enjoy!!