Making Banana Pancakes - 15 minutes and Minimal Ingredients

Making pancakes seemed like a massive obstacle for me not too long ago. Are you craving pancakes this morning, but you're terrified of turning your kitchen into a mess with 10+ ingredients? Are you hungry now and you think this is going to take you an hour? Have no fear. Here's a very easy, no fail banana pancake recipe for you.

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When people asked me what I enjoy making in the kitchen, I always said, "Oh, I don't cook. I don't bake." The idea seemed like an unnecessary mountain to climb. I'm not sure if you're in the same boat as me. But the more I tried it out and the more I repeated recipes, I gained confidence and my food started to turn out surprisingly tasty.

The more you push yourself, the smaller the obstacle becomes. The result is something you can be proud of and honestly, it's probably cheaper and healthier than eating out. For me, the key is to use healthy ingredients, minimally added sugar, and minimal ingredients.

What's worse than cooking with a ton of ingredients? The clean up afterwards! Who wants to cook for an hour and then clean up for another hour? When do you get to sit down and eat? After your food is cold? No thank you! That's how I figured out this recipe.

Why choose bananas to add into my recipe instead of keeping it as a traditional buttermilk pancake? At least every other week, I end up with overly ripe bananas. I guarantee that many of you have overly ripe bananas sitting on your counter right now or you did recently and just tossed them - unless you don't eat bananas regularly.

Despite having a sweet tooth, I love to change out traditional ingredients in popular recipes for healthier ones. In this case, instead of buttermilk or having empty calorie ingredients, I wanted to incorporate healthy ones like bananas. They have such as strong, sweet flavour so you can cut out a lot of sugar in your recipe and have a lovely gooey texture that fits perfectly with the pancake batter. And, of course, we can't leave out the nutritious value bananas have.

I'm going to make this very simple for us. Banana pancakes with six ingredients you probably already have in your pantry, unless you plan on adding the optional maple syrup drizzle on top. Then, it's seven ingredients to make your dish complete. My pancakes don't feel like pancakes without the maple syrup. So, it's a necessity on my list. Ready? Here we go!