Old Fashioned Banana Pancakes | The Rustic Foodie® (2024)

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This homemade fluffy Old Fashioned Banana Pancakes recipe is fluffy and made with bananas and cinnamon. Perfect for breakfast with syrup!

This post has been sponsored by Kemps. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

There is nothing like a batch of these Banana Pancakes! It's been one of my go-to breakfast recipes for years.

I firmly believe that one of the great joys in life are bread-y semi-sweet breakfast foods like pancakes. Pancakes, waffles, French toast, muffins - I love it all. I love savory breakfast dishes as well but there is nothing like a stack of pancakes and a cup of coffee.

My husband and I have a little tradition of making pancakes and drinking coffee (OK, I drink coffee and he drinks tea) when we get up on the weekends.

My all-time favorite pancake recipe is one I found years ago in an old church cookbook. It's got an inscription from my Grandma on the front cover and everything.

One of my favorite versions of this recipe includes adding sliced bananas that caramelize as the pancake cooks and a hint of cinnamon.

I was pretty excited to recently have been introduced to Kemps® Probiotic Milk. This stuff is pretty amazing because it's kind of like yogurt in milk form.

It's got all the probiotic cultures of yogurt - billions of live cultures in every 8 oz. serving and tastes just like regular milk.

You can swap out Kemps Probiotic Milk in place of regular milk that's used in everyday recipes like pancakes!

This recipe is gluten free and uses a gluten free flour blend, such as Bob's Red Mill 1 to 1 Flour or Cup 4 Cup.

A gluten free flour blend works just like AP flour and there is not need for complicated ingredients or substitutions, so I love it for semi-sweet breakfast recipes like pancakes.

Feel free to use regular AP flour if gluten is not an issue for you.

How To Make Pancake Batter

1. These pancakes start off by combining 2 cups of gluten free flour blend (or AP flour if not gluten free), 2 Tbsp. sugar, 4 tsp. baking powder, and a pinch of salt to a large mixing bowl. Stir to combine.
2. In a smaller bowl, combine 2 eggs, 1 ½ cups milk, and ¼ cup olive oil. Whisk these ingredients together until completely combined.

How To Make Pancakes Fluffy

The next step is to combine the wet and dry ingredients. Add the egg and milk mixture to the dry ingredients a little at a time and stir to combine.

Do this until all the wet ingredients are added to the dry ingredients and stir just until combined.

The key to light and fluffy pancakes is not to over-mix the batter. Over-mixing the batter will result in 'tough' pancakes.

The addition of baking powder also adds to the fluffiness of these pancakes.

The batter will be lumpy and that is just fine.

How To Make Old Fashioned Banana Pancakes

Now it's time to cook the Old Fashioned Banana Pancakes. Heat your favorite 'pancake pan' to around medium.

Heat is tricky when it comes to pancakes because the pan needs to be hot enough to give them a nice caramelization but not so hot that they burn. I find that somewhere between medium-low and medium works best.

1. Melt some butter in the pan and add ¼ cup or so of pancake batter. The batter will spread out a bit after it's added to the pan. Feel free to make as many pancakes at a time as you like. I like to make them one at a time so they don't all run together.
2. Cut a couple of bananas into thin slices and add them to the uncooked side of the pancake.
3. Sprinkle a dusting of cinnamon on top of the bananas.
4. Cook the pancakes for 2-3 minutes or so or until the pancake starts to bubble. Bubbling is the best indication that a pancake is ready to be turned.
5. Cook for another 2 minutes or so on the other side.

The bananas will get a little caramelized once the pancakes are flipped and hit the hot surface of the pan.

That caramelized banana flavor and the hint of cinnamon are what make these pancakes.

Cooking times vary slightly when it comes to pancakes depending on the type of pan and the temperature of the surface.

They should be nice and golden when all is said and done.

Love bananas? Don't miss these recipes!

• Coffee Banana Bread
• Roasted Banana Muffins
• Roasted Banana Walnut Bread

One of the best thing aboutKempsis that all the milk is from local family farms and is produced in Rochester, MN. In fact, this new Probiotic milk is only available in Minnesota and Wisconsin.

It is definitely a product to try if you live in these states.

Incorporating Probiotic milk into your daily routine is even easier than taking a probiotic supplement or eating yogurt. And if it means eating more banana pancakes - I'm down.

What To Serve With Banana Pancakes

Fruit would be great with these Old Fashioned Banana Pancakes! Blackberries, blueberries, strawberries, raspberries (any type of berry would work, actually).

You could even add more fresh banana slices on top.

Warm maple syrup is ALWAYS a welcome addition to pancakes.

Yogurt or granola is also a great option.

Fluffy pancakes are great with savory breakfast dishes like this Ham and Cheese Frittata, Sweet Potato Breakfast Bowls, Sweet Potato Breakfast Hash, and Ham and Cheese Egg Cups.

Old-fashioned recipes are the best. They're the ones that never go out of style but can easily be customized to fit our changing tastes.

I love things in life that are sort of 'timeless'. They're just as relevant today as they were the day they were conceived.

These pancakes are just as delicious today as they were the day that old church cookbook was published.

Looking for more pancakes? Check out these Fluffy Gluten Free Pancakes!

Love homemade breakfast treats? Check out these recipes!

• Rhubarb Streusel Muffins
• Pumpkin Waffles
• Eggnog French Toast
• Sour Cream Rhubarb Bread
• Baked Lemon Doughnuts
• Blueberry Buckle
• Apple Streusel Muffins
• Cardamom French Toast

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