Strawberry Banana Pancakes

We recently picked up several pounds of strawberries from a local farm, and I’m chipping away at my long list of things to make.  At the top of the list was pancakes, but not just any strawberry pancakes… Strawberry Banana Pancakes!  I searched online for inspiration and found nothing, so I decided to just make something up.  I took my standard pancake base recipe, combined it with my Strawberry Vanilla Pancakes and added some banana.  The result is a Strawberry Banana Pancake made with a buttermilk pancake base, a good dose of vanilla, and a generous amount of chopped strawberries and mashed bananas.  Such a delicious combination!

I never thought my little Adam would ever love any pancake more than Cottage Cheese Pancakes.  Well, after making these Strawberry Banana Pancakes, I stand corrected.  He devoured 4 pancakes with impressive speed and has been asking about them ever since.

Strawberry Banana Pancakes
 
Yields: 4 servings
Ingredients
  • 1½ cups whole wheat pastry flour (or all-purpose flour)
  • 1 tablespoon brown sugar, packed
  • 1½ teaspoons baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 1¼ cups low fat buttermilk
  • 2 eggs, lightly beaten
  • 2 tablespoons vanilla extract
  • 2 cups diced strawberries
  • 2 mashed bananas (about 1 cup)
  • 1 tablespoon oil
  • Cooking spray or addtional oil, for pan
Instructions
  1. In a large bowl, whisk flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
  2. In a separate bowl, whisk the buttermilk, eggs, vanilla, oil and mashed bananas until well-blended.
  3. Add flour mixture to banana mixture, stirring gently until just moistened (batter may be lumpy) and then fold in strawberries. Let batter sit for about 10 minutes.
  4. Preheat nonstick skillet to medium heat and spray with cooking spray.
  5. Spoon batter onto skillet by the 2 tablespoonfuls to ¼ cupful, depending on desired size. Cook for 3 to 4 minutes, or until bubbles form and the edges look set. Flip pancakes and cook for another 2 to 3 minutes, or until golden.

 

 

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Comments

  1. Strawberries and bananas – two of my favorite things! These look wonderful 🙂

  2. These look amazing. I want to make them right now!

  3. I quite admire the beautiful soft-pink splotches in these pancakes – quite aesthetically charming. Looks delicious!

  4. My wife loves pancakes and I think she will want to recreate this recipe!

  5. These look incredibly tasty. That’s tomorrow’s breakfast sorted then!

  6. Yum!! What a great pancake recipe! I love strawberry season, it has to be my favorite time of year!

  7. Anonymous says:

    Made these this morning… Absolutely delicious!

  8. I made these with frozen strawberries. I halved the recipe since there were only two of us and I have no self control around pancakes. They turned out absolutely perfect.

  9. I made these for brunch today, and they are delicious! My young adult son raved about them. I cut the bananas in half and didnt add vanilla to our taste, but the fresh seasonal banana and strawberries were so savory. Thanks for posting this delicious recipe. It is definitely a keeper!