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    Home » Recipes » Breakfast » Pancakes and Waffles

    Whole Wheat Banana Pancakes

    Published by Melissa on August 2, 2013 | Updated June 10, 2022 | 18 Comments

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    Whole Wheat Banana Pancakes | BarbaraBakes.com

    Banana pancakes are the perfect way to start a lazy weekend. My whole wheat banana pancakes are light and fully with bananas in the batter and more bananas piled on top. 

    Every Saturday and Sunday morning I get up early before the rest of my family is awake and make them a scrumptious hot breakfast. It’s my way of enticing them out of bed on the weekend.

    The other morning when I walked in to the kitchen the first thing I noticed was the perfect bunch of bananas on the counter. You know that stage that only lasts about one day. When they’re perfect for eating, the green is all gone, and there’s only one or two brown spots on them. I couldn’t let that perfection go to waste, so I decided I should make banana pancakes.

    Whole Wheat Banana Pancakes

    I have a large electric griddle that’s perfect for cooking up lots of pancakes in no time. This recipe makes about 16 pancakes, and that’s only two batches using my electric griddle.

    I used my favorite whole wheat pancake recipe as the base. The egg whites are whipped separately and folded in to the batter, so the pancakes are light and fluffy and not dense and heavy like many whole wheat pancakes.

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    You could use bananas that have turned brown in the batter, but for the topping you want them to be perfect. Unless of course you’re someone who likes their bananas very ripe.

    I didn’t take a picture of it, but I couldn’t resist eating my banana pancakes with a little Nutella instead of mable syrup.

     

    And of course while you’re making banana pancakes you need some happy, fun to listen to banana pancakes music playing in the background. Enjoy!

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    Whole Wheat Banana Pancakes

    Prep Time5 mins
    Cook Time2 mins
    Total Time7 mins
    Course: Pancakes and Waffles
    Servings: 16 pancakes
    Author: Barbara Schieving
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    Ingredients

    • 2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
    • 2 teaspoons baking powder
    • ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
    • ½ teaspoon salt
    • 1 ½ cups milk
    • ⅓ cup canola oil
    • 2 ripe bananas mashed
    • 2 egg yolks
    • 2 egg whites stiffly beaten
    • additional bananas sliced for serving

    Instructions

    • Preheat griddle to 350º.
    • In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt.
    • In a small bowl, whisk together milk, oil, bananas and egg yolks. Add to flour mixture and stir until just combined. Gently fold in beaten egg whites.
    • Spray the griddle with nonstick cooking spray. Ladle ⅓ cup batter onto the griddle for each pancake. Cook until bubbles form on top and the pancakes are golden underneath, 1 to 2 minutes. Flip the pancakes and cook for 1 minute more. Repeat with the remaining batter.

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    1. Aimee

      January 29, 2015 at 2:03 pm

      Hi, I would like to ask if it’s possible to substitute the whole wheat pastry flour with coarse whole wheat? Thanks.

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      • Barbara Schieving

        January 29, 2015 at 2:07 pm

        You could substitute coarse whole wheat flour, but they’d probably be really heavy pancakes. I would recommend substituting half coarse whole wheat and half all purpose instead.

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    2. Jamie

      August 16, 2013 at 9:05 am

      Mmmm very clever the secret of whipping the whites! Your pancakes do look perfect! But I am ogling those lemon ricotta pancakes! I have a recipe I’ve been wanting to try for ages and I think you just pushed me over the edge! Breakfast for lunch!

      Reply
    3. Nutmeg Nanny

      August 10, 2013 at 8:29 pm

      Oh so yummy! I love banana pancakes and yours look wonderful 🙂

      Reply
    4. Natalie

      August 04, 2013 at 8:23 pm

      they turned out perfect, great recipe!

      Reply
    5. Alessandra

      August 04, 2013 at 6:39 pm

      They do look yummy, it is lunch time here in NZ, but I feel like pancakes now!

      Ciao
      Alessandra

      Reply
    6. leslie

      August 04, 2013 at 6:39 pm

      I adore whole wheat pancakes. They taste nice and earthy! YUM

      Reply
    7. Chaya

      August 04, 2013 at 1:02 am

      The whole wheat flour sells this one.

      Reply
    8. Angie@Angie's Recipes

      August 02, 2013 at 10:19 pm

      A wholesome breakfast! Love those ricotta pancakes too.

      Reply
    9. Maureen | Orgasmic Chef

      August 02, 2013 at 10:13 pm

      I hate to admit that not only haven’t I ever made banana pancakes, I’ve never eaten one either. These look so good I wonder what I was thinking!

      Reply
    10. Katrina @ Warm Vanilla Sugar

      August 02, 2013 at 1:55 pm

      These pancakes look perfect! LOVE the recipe!

      Reply
    11. Averie @ Averie Cooks

      August 02, 2013 at 8:46 am

      Barbara they’re perfect! I’d love a nice big stack! Pinned!

      Reply
    12. 2 Sisters Recipes

      August 02, 2013 at 8:18 am

      YUM! OHhhh How I need my cup of espresso coffee with your pancakes- especially these are my absolute favorite flavor – BANANA!
      Barb – how did you know? Love this recipes!! Thanks for sharing….
      xxoo Anna

      Reply
    13. Tieghan

      August 02, 2013 at 8:07 am

      I love banana pancakes!! Oh and Whole wheat pastry flour is the best. I use it all the time!

      Reply
    14. Rosa

      August 02, 2013 at 7:50 am

      Deliciously healthy!

      Cheers,

      Rosa

      Reply
    15. steph@stephsbitebybite

      August 02, 2013 at 7:43 am

      These look super fluffy and perfect for the weekend! I need a big ole stack!

      Reply
    16. Liz @ The Lemon Bowl

      August 02, 2013 at 7:30 am

      I swear by WW pastry flour too!! Love this!

      Reply
    17. Lori @ RecipeGirl

      August 02, 2013 at 7:29 am

      Pretty cute that Jack Johnson sings about Banana Pancakes 🙂 Love it!

      Reply

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