Banana oat weekday pancakes
My favorite buttermilk pancakes are tall, fluffy, buttery show-offs. I make them on the weekend because my mom always made pancakes on the weekend and it feels as weekend-y as cake for breakfast should. But does Thursday morning deserve a pancake, just for being Thursday? I realized recently that a weekday pancake is different to me — fork-mixed, one-bowl, and fairly nutrient-packed, something I could make the kids before school and feel like I was sending them out armed with essentials — and also that my existing recipes left me short. Even these very beloved oatmeal pancakes require you to have or to make oatmeal before you begin, and then use two different flours and two different sugars. I love them… it’s just not happening on a weekday. [See also: complex thoughts or even a bare modicum of functioning before 9 am; alas, I live with two charges who disagree.]
- 2 large, very ripe bananas (will yield 1 to 1 1/4 cups mashed)
- 3/4 cup (80 grams) quick-cooking oats
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon (optional)
- 1 large egg
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 3/4 cup (95 grams) whole-wheat flour
- Milk, dairy or non-dairy, as needed (about 3 to 5 tablespoons)
- Butter or oil, to fry pancakes