Banana Oatmeal Blender Pancakes with Berry Compote
Banana oatmeal blender pancakes with berry compote.
Surprisingly, these are the first pancakes I’m sharing on the blog. Not that I’ve been blogging for very long, but I somehow made it over a year and a half without sharing a pancake recipe. Believe me, these were worth the wait!
Honestly, I’m not much of a pancakes for breakfast kind of person. I have a rotation of 3 different breakfasts that I eat week after week and rarely do I crave something different. Yes, I basically wake up every morning craving oatmeal or toast. However, sometimes I do change things up, usually when it’s a special occasion. It may not be because I want a change, but mostly because I feel a change would be appropriate for special occasions. For example, I would make pancakes for Easter or for Shaun’s birthday. Both of which fall on the same day this year!
It seemed like a good reason to come up with my very own pancake recipe.
This Easter weekend, we’re actually going on a little road trip to Nova Scotia to celebrate both of our birthdays. We’re staying in a cute little Airbnb just outside of Halifax and we’re planning on exploring the city and enjoy a few hikes. I’m also looking forward to visiting Ikea for the first time. So exciting!
We’ll be away for the weekend, which means I won’t be making any pancakes for Easter, but I did have some for breakfast this morning, right before leaving for Halifax.
A big fluffy stack of pancakes, topped with berry compote, nut butter and sweetened with bananas only. The best!
The recipe goes a little like this: Dump all the ingredients in a blender, blend until thick and creamy, cook on a non-stick skillet, flip, top with your favorite toppings and enjoy. I like to top mine with nut butter (usually SunButter, which I know is actually a seed butter), berry compote and sliced bananas. That’s right. No syrup! Who says pancakes need syrup? (Many people would, but I wouldn’t).
Also, don’t be intimidated by the berry compote. It’s basically a fancy word to say mashed berries… Mashed berries just didn’t seem catchy in a recipe title. So just go with it.
Banana Oatmeal Blender Pancakes with Berry Compote
Ingredients
For the Pancakes
- 1 medium overripe banana
- 1 1/2 cups rolled oats
- 1/4 cup brown rice flour
- 1 cup milk of choice (I like unsweetened soy milk or almond milk)
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Pinch salt
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
For Topping
- Nut or seed butter
- Berries, mashed (fresh or frozen)
Instructions
- Add all the pancake ingredients in a high-speed blender. Blend until smooth. Alternatively, you can mash the banana in a mixing bowl, add the remaining ingredients and whisk together until smooth.
- Heat a large non-stick skillet over medium-high heat. Melt butter or margarine. When the skillet is heated, pour some of the batter on the skillet according to your desired pancake size. Spread into a circle.
- Cook on one side for 2-3 minutes until they can be easily flipped and cook on the other side another 2-3 minutes until well cooked. Remove from pan and repeat for the remaining batter.
- Add your desired toppings and enjoy!
