Moist, light, and fluffy Banana Pancakes sweetened with brown sugar and flavored with vanilla. The best Banana Pancakes EVER!
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.
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!
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:
Recipe
Brown Sugar Banana Pancakes
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
Nutrition
Nutritional Information is an estimate based on third-party calculations and may vary based on products used and serving sizes.
Tried this recipe?Leave a comment and rating below!
Erin
Could you add the bananas into pre-made pancake batter from a box lol
Allison
I would assume so. But that would be a totally different recipe. 🙂
Anthony
Thank you for the recipe. My family loved the banana pancakes. I can’t wait to make it again.
Allison
I’m so glad! Thanks for stopping by. 🙂
Lisa
These were the best pancakes I have ever eaten!! So fluffy!!!!!!!
Allison
I’m so glad you enjoyed them. 🙂
Elisheba
Thanks for the recipe. It’s delicious I must say. I only struggled with the consistency as it was quite thick so I added about 1/4 cup of milk. Thanks again. Lemme look up more of yo recipes for more yumminess.
Cheers
Allison
I’m glad you enjoyed them!
vienna
amazing recipe and the buttermilk substitute worked a treat:))
Allison
I’m glad you enjoyed them! 🙂
Jess
The tastiness itself was amazing! Really good banana pancakes with a good texture. Better then I thought they would be. The only reason I give 4 stars is because the batter is so thick ( I made buttermilk with yogurt so maybe that’s why?) But the batter being so thick made cooking it a little bit more of a challenge. Despite the challenge I really enjoyed them and will be making again!
Pat
Very good
Brandi
Can you add milk instead of buttermilk?
Allison
The texture might be a bit different but that should be ok.
Isilda
Delicious and easy to make
Allison
I’m glad you enjoyed them!
Wilma
This recipe definitely needs to add 1/4 cup of heavy cream, and a 1/4 tsp baking soda.
They turned out so yummy. (I did add the heavy cream & baking soda).
I made homemade cinnamon syrup to go with them. 😋
Suha
Can I skip the sugar all together?
Allison
Sure. The banana will provide some sweetness but they will be less sweet than intended.