These oatmeal banana pancakes are easy to make, have no added sugar, and my kids eat them ALL every single time I make them. The little dark marks on the pancakes in the photo are chocolate chips (which DOES add some sugar). The chocolate chips are not at all required but very delicious – unless you are my eight-year-old who prefers chocolate chip free pancakes. The bananas (and especially chocolate chips, if you add them) make these sweet enough that my kids are happy to eat them for breakfast, dinner, or as an after school snack with no added toppings – pretty healthy! This is a great kid-friendly recipe that also provides opportunities for kids to practice fractions!
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Banana Oatmeal Pancake Recipe
- 1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup old-fashioned oats
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup milk (I sometimes substitute kefir or buttermilk here)
- 2 mashed bananas – the riper the better. Frozen bananas work, also, provided you let them thaw out enough to mash.
- 1 tsp vanilla
Combine flour, oats, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt. Stir will, and then add in eggs, milk, bananas, and vanilla. Stir until all ingredients are combined, then cook on a griddle. I set our electric griddle to 350 degrees.
Do you have a favorite pancake recipe?
MaryAnne is a craft loving educator, musician, photographer, and writer who lives in Silicon Valley with her husband Mike and their four children.
Oh, these look great! I pinned it to try on the weekend. We always have ripe bananas in the freezer! :)
Our favourite pancake recipe is from an old Newfoundland cook book: http://www.shopdownhome.com/item.php?id=205
That cookbook looks interesting! Do you make many things from it?
My 7 year old begs to differ with your 8 year old. Everything is better with chocolate chips! Great recipe!
I agree with your 7-year-old!
yummy! im excited to try them!!
I’ve been looking for oatmeal recipes, and we love pancakes, so thanks for sharing this!
I’m going to have to give these a try since they remind me of a wonderful banana bread I used to make, which had chocolate chips. Sounds delicious!
They are always a hit in our home!
Tweaking a pancake recipe is a great way to sneak in some healthy ingredients that kids will eat. Thanks for sharing your recipe! I’ll give it a try!
I hope your kids like it as much as mine do!
Yes we have a favorite pancake recipe that I got from the Simply Recipes blog. But I’m always open to new pancake recipes and in fact went through a series where I tried different ones all the time. We love pancakes and have Pancake Saturdays every week :)
We try a lot of different recipes, too – the variety is fun!
These look great, can’t wait to try them out!
I hope you like them!
Yay for no sugar! We had brunch at friends’ house this morning, and she cooked Nourishing Traditions Soaked pancakes (I believe this is the link: http://dontwastethecrumbs.com/2013/05/nourishing-traditions-soaked-pancakes/). They were delicious, and I liked how she served them with both savoury (asparagus, mushrooms, and scrambled eggs) and sweet (whipped cream, cut up bananas, watermelon, and pear) sides.
That recipe sounds good! Thanks for the recommendation, Elisa!
Yum! We love adding oats and bananas to our pancakes!
They go together really well, don’t they Jen!
Yum, my kids would certainly give it a try.
Lily loves to help me make them, too :)
These look delicious – I like the no added sugar!! Pumpkin pancakes are my favorite but I can’t remember the last time I made them!
Pumpkin are one of our other favorite recipes as well. Hope you like these!