Bananas are a very nutritious and delicious fruit. They’re often overlooked because of berries, citrus fruits, and exotic superfoods, but bananas can actually be considered a nutritional powerhouse.
They’re full of vitamins, minerals, and fiber. From essential vitamins like vitamin B6 and vitamin C, to a ton of potassium and dietary fiber, bananas really have lots of health benefits. In fact, the benefits of eating bananas can be huge – they support heart health and digestion, they give you energy (in fact, they’re one of the best fruits for energy in the morning), and overall well-being.
Now, while it’s totally great to eat them by themselves, I actually love turning my bananas into breakfast pancakes! Yup – you not only get the nutrients from bananas, but you get to eat a healthier version of your favorite breakfast, completely guilt-free (not that you should feel guilty for eating regular pancakes, of course).
In this blog post, I’ll share my super easy and quick 3-ingredient banana pancake recipe! It’s so easy and so quick, plus, you can make it with a few simple ingredients you probably already have in your home!
As a bonus, I’ll also share a banana pancake recipe with just a few more ingredients, for those who want to try out which recipe works for them the best.
3-Ingredient Banana Pancakes
Okay, let’s chat about the recipe itself.
First of all, as I mentioned, bananas are super healthy. So this is one of those recipes that has it all – it’s quick to make, extremely easy to make, it’s healthy, and it’s so delicious. It doesn’t get much better than that, right?
Another reason why I love this recipe is that it actually helps you use up those over-ripe bananas you have left that you haven’t eaten. Of course, they work perfectly in a delicious banana bread, but why not switch things up a bit, and turn them into pancakes?
Plus, what’s better than knowing you’re eating delicious pancakes for breakfast that are actually good for you AND that can fit your weight loss journey?
You don’t have to use over-ripe bananas for this recipe, but it will actually be even better if you do.
This recipe is vegetarian, but it’s not vegan, as it calls for eggs. If you’re vegan, you can normally substitute eggs with “flax eggs” aka a mixture of flaxseed meal and water. That typically works in cookies, muffins, and similar foods.
How To Make 3-Ingredient Banana Pancakes
Banana Pancakes with 2 Tbsp PB
365 calories
Ingredients
- 1 Banana – 105 calories
- 1 Egg, large – 72 calories
- 2 Tbsp Peanut butter (Tbsp) – 188 calories
- ¼ tsp Cinnamon – 0 calories
Instructions
Step 1: Mash bananas and whisk them with eggs. Add in cinnamon.
Step 2: Heat up a non-stick pan to medium heat, and stray it with an oil spray.
Step 3: Add a small amount of batter to pan, flip and cook on the other side (it’s time to flip when you can easily slide the turner under it)
Step 4: Make a sandwich with the PB or dip pieces of pancakes into the PB on the side
No nuts or peanut allergy? Use almond butter or any other seed or nut butter you prefer.
You’ll notice that there are actually 4 ingredients written there. However, peanut butter is eaten on the side, and therefore it’s not necessary at all (it’s just what I recommend to eat the pancakes with, to add some more protein and healthy fats into your breakfast and make this a balanced meal). But the pancakes themself call for 3 ingredients only – bananas and eggs, as well as a little bit of cinnamon.
If you don’t like the banana flavor, this next recipe (that calls for 6 ingredients instead of 3) might be a better choice for you, because the banana flavor is less strong in that one, as there are some ingredients that help mask it.
Here’s the 6-ingredient version, so you can choose which one you like the best!
6-Ingredient Banana PB Pancakes
341 calories
Ingredients
- 1 Banana – 105 calories
- ½ tsp Baking powder – 0 calories
- 1 Tbsp Chocolate chips, Tbsp – 70 calories
- 1 Egg, large – 72 calories
- 1 Tbsp Peanut butter (Tbsp) – 94 calories
- ¼ tsp Cinnamon – 0 calories
Instructions
Step 1: Whisk all ingredients together in a bowl with a fork. Blend in a blender if helpful.
Step 2: Spray a non-stick pan with an oil spray.
Step 3: Add mixture (will make 4-5 pancakes) to pan and cook for 2-3 minutes on each side.
No nuts? Feel free to use any other nut/seed butter you prefer.
As I hinted above, the chocolate chips and the peanut butter (that’s IN the batter itself for this recipe, and not on the side of pancakes like in the previous one) mask the banana flavor a little bit, so if you aren’t the biggest fan of bananas, you might want to try this one first.
You can notice neither one of these two recipes calls for flour! That’s what I love about them – it’s so simple and healthy, yet super delicious. It really is possible to get nutritious and delicious pancakes with just 3 ingredients (or 6 if you want to enhance the flavors). Plus, this way, there are fewer carbs in the recipe, if you’re looking to lower your carb intake.
If you do want to add flour, I recommend oat flour or almond flour.
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