Double Blueberry Banana Pancakes

“Mmmm, yummy! Can we have it again tomorrow?” This was the resounding comment that I got from our kids for our Double Blueberry Banana Pancakes. Recently I’ve come across a few different versions of pancake with bananas and eggs. The first recipe I tried asked for one egg per banana. That’s simple enough I thought, but my hubby thought the banana was too overwhelming for him. So together we came up with our own version of banana pancakes. Now everyone’s happy and this is definitely one breakfast that’s kids loved and mom approved! Besides, everybody pitched in to cook breakfast. This is an easy recipe for young children to take part in the cooking process.

Ingredients:

4 ripe bananas

8 eggs

1/3-cup size measuring cup

2/3 cups Trader Joes multigrain pancake mix (our favorite multigrain pancake mix)

Fresh blueberries

Fresh strawberries

½ tsp vanilla extract

Instructions:

1. Have one child smash the bananas.
2. Another child beats the eggs.
3. In the meantime, someone else can wash the strawberries and blueberries. Then we have all three of our kiddos sliced the strawberries using butter knives (most of the strawberries did not turn out into slices, but that’s okay, we all enjoyed some yummy odd-shaped strawberries).
4. Preheat griddle to 225 degrees F. (in frying pan over medium heat if you don’t have a griddle)
5. Now mix together the mashed bananas, eggs, a handful of fresh or frozen blueberries, pancake mix and vanilla extract.  The batter will be slightly lumpy.
6. Using a 1/3-cup scoop, pour batter onto a lightly oiled griddle, (we used coconut oil) and cook pancakes until golden brown, about 6 ½ minutes. Then flip pancakes and again cook this side until golden brown, about 4 ½ minutes. Note that the second side required less time to cook than the first.

Serve hot drizzled with raw honey or maple syrup and even some butter if you prefer; Ours were simply topped with fresh blueberries and strawberries. We gobbled up those pancakes in no time!

Yield: 17 pancakes

For a family of 5, we had 3 pancakes left after breakfast and the kiddos ate it for their afternoon snack.

Bon appetit!