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BANANA PANCAKES

Lieve Vandenweghe

Vegan banana pancakes your kids will love

Weekend breakfast equals banana pancakes at our home. My kids (and I) just love them. Since I am lactose-intolerant and sensitive for gluten and so are my boys, I had to start making alternatives for a much loved desert/breakfast at home. So I started experimenting, I think I tried 10 different recipes, from which half of them did not work out the way I wanted. So I mixed and combined and added things until I found the perfect result for us.

INGREDIENTS

For 12 pancakes

  • 2 ripe medium bananas

  • 250 ml unsweetened coconut milk

  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

  • 1 tbsp maple syrup


  • 125 gr spelt flour (or buchweit if you want them completely gluten-free, I prefer spelt)

  • 50 gr oatmeal flour (you can easily make this yourself mixing oatmeal in the blender) without gluten

  • 1 tbsp baking powder

  • 1 tsp baking soda (bicarbonate)

  • Pinch of cinnamon

  • Pinch of salt

  • Coconut oil


TOOLS

  • Pancake pan (optional, I bough mine in the Ava)

  • Blender (optional)

  • Spatula


OPTIONAL TOPPINGS
(I usually mix or according to what we have in the house)

  • Red fruits (Finn and Sun like blueberries, raspberries and bananas to top)

  • Almond flakes

  • Coconut powder

  • Maple syrup

  • Peanut butter (Finn and Sun are big fans)

  • Dark chocolate


METHOD

  1. Whisk dry ingredients in a bowl

  2. Put the ripe bananas, vanilla extract, coconut milk and maple syrup in a blender and mix

  3. Add the dry ingredients and mix all together till you get a smooth batter

  4. Let it rest for a couple of minutes

  5. Heat the (pancake) pan and grease with coconut oil (I like to use a brush to grease)

  6. Put two tbsp of the batter in the pan and rub it with the back of the spoon until you get a nice little round

  7. Let it heat for 30 seconds (or longer until you get little bubbles on top and the pancake is gold brown)

  8. Carefully flip it over and heat the other side for 30 seconds (or longer), I like to press it on a little and adjust the round with the spatel so they stay nice round

  9. Stack all banana pancakes on a plate

  10. Top with (red) fruits, maple syrup and add peanut butter or something else your kids like

TIP: if you’re not sensitive for gluten, you can replace the oatmeal and spelt flour by 150 gr wheat flour as well

If you like them a little big lighter, you can add some more coconut milk