Banana Pancakes

We had some awesome, delicious, amazing banana pancakes when we were staying in Kauai for our anniversary. I found this recipe online and am excited to try it sometime:

Epicurious.com (My Kids' Favorite Banana Pancakes)

2 large eggs
2 cups buttermilk
6 tablespoons (3/4 stick) unsalted butter, melted
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 cup sugar
2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1 cup diced bananas (2 large)
1/2 cup finely chopped pecans
Nonstick cooking spray or 2 tablespoons unsalted butter

In a medium bowl, whisk together the eggs and buttermilk. Stir in the melted butter.

In a small bowl, mix the flour, sugar, baking soda, and salt together.

Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, stirring until just combined — don't worry if there are a few lumps. Stir in the bananas and pecans.

Lightly grease a large sauté pan or griddle with the nonstick spray or butter. Heat the pan until hot and then spoon out 3 tablespoons of batter per pancake. Cook the pancakes until the tops look dull and a few of the bubbles pop, about 3 minutes. Turn the pancakes over and cook for another minute.

Transfer the cooked pancakes to an ovenproof dish and place in a warm oven until the entire batch is ready to be served.



What added to the awesomeness of our pancakes in Kauai is that they had coconut syrup, too. So I'll have to try this recipe as well:

Coconut Syrup

Ingredients:
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup water
2 tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon coconut extract

Combine sugar, water and butter and bring to a boil; boil 5 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in flavoring. Serve over warm pancakes.


I'm excited to try these out sometime - maybe I'll surprise Jack with this for breakfast one morning!