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Brown Sugar Banana Pancakes

Published: Sep 13, 2020 · Modified: Aug 14, 2022 by Allison · 153 Comments

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Moist, light, and fluffy Banana Pancakes sweetened with brown sugar and flavored with vanilla. The best Banana Pancakes EVER!

Stack of three banana pancakes on a white plate.Banana Pancakes! For breakfast, lunch, and brinner, because we need all the comfort food we can get. Am I right? This delicious stack of pancakes tastes like a marriage between buttermilk pancakes and banana bread, and I am HERE FOR IT.

If you’ve tried my Banana French Toast Casserole, Banana Nut Muffins, Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins, or Easy Banana Bread you know that the combination of bananas and brown sugar is fantastic. These pancakes feature the flavors of brown sugar, banana, and vanilla. They taste like a warm and cozy hug piled high on a plate.

Stack of three banana pancakes on a white plate.

Banana Pancake Recipe Overview

These moist Banana Pancakes bake up fluffy but light. They come together in minutes. Here’s how to make them:

  • Combine dry ingredients: flour, baking, powder, salt.
  • Combine wet ingredients: mashed banana, melted butter, egg, buttermilk, vanilla, brown sugar.
  • Combine the wet and dry.
  • Scoop the batter onto a greased griddle. Cook, flip, cook – enjoy!

Banana pancake batter in a large white bowl.

Recipe tips

  • Buttermilk helps make these pancakes moist, tender, and fluffy. If you don’t have buttermilk you can try my Buttermilk Substitute.
  • For a stronger brown sugar flavor use dark brown sugar. Out of brown sugar? Try my Brown Sugar Substitute.
  • Use overripe bananas, as they are extra sweet and soft. You’ll need about 2 small bananas.
  • This recipe makes about 8 medium-sized pancakes. If you need more you can easily double it.
  • For a gluten free version, I have successfully swapped a 1:1 gluten free flour blend for the all purpose flour.

More banana recipes:

Banana Bundt Cake with Brown Sugar Glaze
Banana Baked Oatmeal
Homemade Banana Pudding
Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
Banana Macadamia Nut Crumble

 

Banana pancakes on a white plate topped with sliced banana.

Recipe

Stack of three banana pancakes on a white plate.

Brown Sugar Banana Pancakes

Moist, light, and fluffy Banana Pancakes sweetened with brown sugar and flavored with vanilla. The best Banana Pancakes EVER!
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Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: Breakfast
Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 5 minutes minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes minutes
Servings: 4 (approximately 8 pancakes total)
Calories: 347kcal
Author: Allison - Celebrating Sweets

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ cups all purpose flour*
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ¾ cup mashed ripe banana, about 2 small bananas
  • 2 tablespoons melted unsalted butter, (plus more for greasing griddle)
  • 1 large egg
  • ¾ cup buttermilk**
  • ¼ cup packed brown sugar, (I prefer dark brown sugar)
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • To serve: , butter, maple syrup, sliced banana, walnuts, and/or chocolate chips.

Instructions

  • In a large bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and salt.
  • In a separate bowl, whisk mashed banana, butter, egg, buttermilk, brown sugar, and vanilla. Add the wet ingredients to the dry and stir with a rubber spatula until combined, being careful not to overmix.
  • Heat a griddle or large skillet over medium-low heat and grease with butter. Drop the batter in approximately ⅓ cup portions onto the griddle, spreading out the batter to form even circles. Cook until bubbles begin to form (it might be hard to see the bubbles because the batter will be thick). Flip and continue cooking until cooked through (another couple minutes). Be careful not to turn up the heat too high, as you want the pancakes to cook slowly so that the outside doesn't cook faster than the inside. Serve hot with butter and syrup.

Notes

*To properly measure flour: fluff the flour with your measuring cup, scoop a heaping portion and level it off with the back of a knife.
**If you don't have buttermilk you can try one of these buttermilk substitutes.

Nutrition

Calories: 347kcal | Carbohydrates: 59g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 61mg | Sodium: 216mg | Potassium: 447mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 19g | Vitamin A: 327IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 163mg | Iron: 3mg

Nutritional Information is an estimate based on third-party calculations and may vary based on products used and serving sizes.

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  1. CiCi

    August 16, 2023 at 7:36 am

    5 stars
    We are a strictly homemade pancakes family and are always looking for something different to try. This recipe was a wow!

    Reply
    • Allison

      August 18, 2023 at 2:28 pm

      Yay! I’m so glad. Thanks for taking the time to comment. 🙂

      Reply
  2. Jessica

    August 21, 2023 at 7:40 am

    Every time I make this recipe the pancakes are thick and burn. Next time I’m going to try less flour and add another egg plus milk. No one in myself likes brown bananas so I always use yellow bananas which may be the culprit but the batter needs to be skinnier to have good pancakes in my opinion.

    Reply
  3. June

    August 27, 2023 at 6:47 am

    These came out so delicious and fluffy! Definitely adding these to our breakfast rotation. I didn’t have buttermilk so I used the milk and lemon alternative in the notes.

    Reply
    • Allison

      August 31, 2023 at 12:47 pm

      Perfect! I’m glad you enjoyed them. 🙂

      Reply
  4. Maya

    September 02, 2023 at 12:31 pm

    5 stars
    I made these today as my mom is older and doesn’t necessarily feel like coming to make them for us anymore LOL. They were AMAZING and super easy to make, and the buttermilk recipe came in clutch! Thank youuuu!!

    Reply
    • Allison

      September 06, 2023 at 12:21 pm

      You’re welcome!

      Reply
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