Posted May 8, 2015, Updated December 17, 2025
How does delicious fluffy banana pancakes sound for your brunch this weekend? And an added bonus of using up those brown bananas on the bench!
These are the ultimate comfort food, perfect for brunch, quick to make and absolutely delicious! They are fluffy and light and totally moreish!
The origins of this recipe are from a children’s cookbook so they are not difficult to make, in fact my helper today was my 4 year old daughter so it can be a total team effort! I found this updated version on Once Upon a Chef so I encourage you to check out her page as it is just lovely.
The banana is subtle flavour and you could easily add more to bump up the flavour if you wished, but adding some banana on the side was a lovely touch and added that extra dimension to texture too! My son said we were just missing the bacon and whipped cream so maybe next time!
It is a simple matter of mixing the wet ingredients into the dry and cooking! Doesn’t get simpler than that and of course since it uses every day ingredients it is an added bonus when the cupboards are a little bare!
I hope you try this out the next time you are wanting something different for breakfast or brunch (or dinner!) it was definitely a 5 star thumbs up from my lot!!
Now onto the Fluffy Banana Pancakes Recipe
Fluffy Banana Pancakes
T๏ปฟhese Fluffy Pancakes make a perfect easy and delicious weekend breakfast or brunch!
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 Cups All Purpose Plain Flour, 195 grams
- 2 Tablespoons Sugar
- 2 1/2 teaspoons Baking Powder
- 1/2 Teaspoon Salt
- 1 over-ripe Banana, peeled (the browner, the better)
- 1 Cup plus 2 Tablespoons milk (normal or reduced fat), 250 mls plus 30 mls
- 2 Large Eggs
- 1/2 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract, 2.5mls
- 42 Grams Butter, melted
For Cooking
- Butter or Oil - or both!
For Serving
- Banana slices
- Icing Sugar
- Maple Syrup or Golden Syrup
- Cream, Bacon - whatever takes your fancy!
Instructions
- In a medium bowl combine the flour, sugar, baking powder & salt.
- In a separate bowl mash the banana very well, so mushy instead of lumpy!
- Whisk in the eggs to the banana, then add the milk, vanilla and combine well.
- Pour the banana mixture and the melted butter into the dry ingredients
- Gently fold the ingredients together with a large spoon or spatula, careful not to overmix but ensuring all flour combined. The batter will be lumpy and thick and that is ok!
- Heat a non stick frying pan or griddle over a medium heat until hot
- Add butter or oil - or a tablespoon of both to the pan
- Add 1/4 cup or ladle the mixture into the pan, leaving 2 inches between each pancake and cook gently until bubbles begin to rise to the top of the pancakes, approx. 2 minutes then flip.
- This other side will take 1-2 minutes until it is golden brown
- Remove the pancakes from the pan and place on a serving plate and repeat with remaining mixture - if you are fussy you can wipe out pan in between with paper towel - then add more butter, oil or both and repeat with mixture.
- ~To Serve~
- Dust with icing sugar, add sliced bananas, maple syrup and whatever else you like!
- Serve and enjoy
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 12 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 180Total Fat: 4gSaturated Fat: 2gUnsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 41mgSodium: 262mgCarbohydrates: 30gFiber: 1gSugar: 4gProtein: 5g
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I do hope you enjoy this recipe! It is so easy and absolutely lovely – something the whole family can help with and enjoy!
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Happy Baking!
Anna
Emma says
I love bananas and I love pancakes. Thanks for the recipe.
Lucy @ Bake Play Smile says
Yay! So glad I saw this recipe today! It’s a long weekend here, so I’ll definitely be making them in the next few days!
justamumnz says
Thanks for stopping by Lucy – such an easy and yummy recipe ๐
Anzac says
It was delicious, I shared it with the family, it was great. Can’t wait to get baking again, thanks so much
justamumnz says
Awesome Anzac! Thanks for letting me know, perhaps next time make this one! https://justamumnz.com/2014/03/18/weetbix-slice/ Happy Baking ๐
Anzac says
Thanks for all of your feed back at class the other day, you went very well and i cant wait to get cooking
justamumnz says
Thank you Anzac – it was my pleasure and I hope that you have fun cooking and blogging! ๐