Description
Easy Banana Pancake Bites: Soft, fluffy, naturally sweet bite-sized pancakes made with simple ingredients for a quick, kid-friendly breakfast.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 ripe banana, mashed
- 1 large egg
- ½ cup milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup all-purpose or whole wheat flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- Pinch of salt
- Optional: mini chocolate chips or blueberries
Instructions
- In a bowl, mash the banana until smooth.
- Whisk in egg, milk, and vanilla until well combined.
- Add flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt. Stir gently until just mixed.
- Heat a nonstick skillet over medium heat and lightly grease.
- Spoon small dollops of batter onto the skillet to form bite-sized pancakes.
- Cook for 1–2 minutes until bubbles form, then flip and cook until golden.
- Serve warm or let cool completely for meal prep.
Notes
- Ripe banana provides natural sweetness; no refined sugar needed.
- Gluten-free option: substitute with 1 cup gluten-free all-purpose flour (check that baking powder is GF).
- Great for meal prep; reheat in a skillet or toaster oven.
- Optional add-ins: mini chocolate chips or blueberries.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 5 minutes
- Category: Breakfast
- Method: Pan-frying
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 pancake bite (about 34 kcal)
- Calories: 34
- Sugar: 1 g
- Sodium: 15 mg
- Fat: 0.5 g
- Saturated Fat: 0.2 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0.3 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 6 g
- Fiber: 0.4 g
- Protein: 1 g
- Cholesterol: 9 mg
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