The other great thing about this recipe is that the leftover pancakes freeze beautifully (and we usually do have some leftovers). Just layer them in-between pieces of wax paper inside a freezer-safe zip lock bag. Then one morning when you are racing around trying to get the kids out the door for school just pull a couple of pancakes out of the freezer, heat for a minute or two and voila! I am all about convenience.
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Whole Wheat Banana Pancakes
Adapted from Williams Sonoma Breakfast Cookbook
Ingredients
- 2 cups whole-wheat flour (I use King Arthur’s organic white whole-wheat flour)
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
- 1 ¾ cups milk
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted + butter for frying
- 2 ripe bananas, mashed
- 100% pure maple syrup for serving
Directions
- In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- Make a well (hole) in the center of the flour mixture and pour in the honey, eggs, milk, and 2 tablespoons of melted butter. Whisk together thoroughly, but do not overmix.
- Gently fold the mashed bananas into the batter with a spatula.
- Heat a griddle or sauté pan over medium-high heat. Swirl enough butter around the pan until it is well coated. Add pancake batter using a soup ladle.
- When the pancakes have begun brown on the bottom, flip them over to cook the other side.
- Serve with warm maple syrup and a side of fruit. And don’t forget to freeze the leftovers for another day!
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My family loved these! Replaced the banana with 1/2 cup of applesauce. Yum!
We had breakfast for dinner last night. My kids LOVED these. So delicious. Even my pickiest eater asked for seconds! THANK YOU!
These turned out wonderful!! Much better than a mix, by far. We didn’t have bananas, and coming off the holidays I had extra pureed pumpkin so used that instead. Added a tad more honey to replace the sweetness from the bananas, and used coconut oil instead of butter. Wow! LIght, fluffy, and Delicious! Thanks for the recipe!
These were great but really thick and dense. How can I thin out the batter? Just add more milk?
You could try that or add a little less flour next time if you prefer a soupier batter.
Super yummy!! Do you happen to know how many this recipe serves? Thanks!!
It’s about 5 – 6 servings.
Thank you!! How many servings do you think are in the whole wheat sandwich bread? p.s. I love your recipes!!
Depending on how you cut it you should get at least a dozen slices.
Just made these for breakfast this morning! Yummg…definately a keeper!
My families first day of whole, natural foods and I just made these pancakes! So glad I did! My boys (husband and two sons) LOVE pancakes. I am not a pancake fan typically, but these are incredible! I am so thankful for your recipes and I love the fact that I KNOW what is in these and feel wonderful about feeding them to my family! Please keep the recipes coming and thank you for starting your journey and being an inspiration for others!
Is there a special way you freeze these? Love your blog & meal plan.
I freeze them between sheets of waxed paper in freezer-safe bags/containers.
Making these for the second time right now!! Sooooo delicious! These have replaced our old recipe that called for white sugar. We make a whole bunch and keep them in the fridge for the whole week. Love love love your blog!
If all I have is salted butter would you just cut the salt in the recipe?
Yes…that should work!
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These were great. I now know what to do with my bananas when they are getting ripe.
Tried these this morning- yum! Thanks so much!
Another hit! Thanks so much for all the great recipes!
I just made these this morning and the whole family loved them!That’s a hard thing to accomplish with six at the table. Thank you =)
I made these this morning and they were great. I had no maple syrup so I drizzled just a little honey on top – my 2 year old licked her plate clean and my 8 year old went back for seconds! Thanks for the great recipe.
Terrific recipe! The bananas make them sweet enough that anything more than just a light drizzle of syrup would be overkill.
Super light and fluffy – LOVE them!! By far the best pancake recipe I’ve come across. This is my second time making them and I substituted coconut oil for the butter and added a pinch of cinnamon and vanilla this time…so good.
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Best Pancake Recipe I’ve ever made in 41 years of marriage. I loved them, grandkids loved them (all 3). I also used Coconut Oil for the last few to see which I liked best.
Such a great recipe, scaled it down to half for just me and my son this morning he loved it! The bananas in my freezer were getting out of hand and this will be a perfect thing to do with them! I just freeze any banana that gets too ripe for our tastes, throw it in the freezer and thaw it for about 20 minutes and use them in all my recipes! Just snip off the top and squeeze them into any recipe that requires a ripe banana. Yum.
Glad I’m not the only one with a surplus of bananas in the freezer! I’ve been plugging through them by using 2 in my breakfast smoothies
Missy Ann, I have a crazy question…when you freeze the bananas do you remove the peel first? I too find I have extras and never thought about freezing them. Thanks for the idea!
Definitely remove the peels first
Best whole wheat pancake recipe we’ve tried! New favorite for our family. Thanks for sharing!
Made these this morning. Used 1 banana and added some frozen blueberries and they were delicious! By boys (age 5 and 1) loved them.
I’m going to make a batch this weekend! I’m going to experiment with adding a little granola to the pancake when it’s cooking (but before flipping) to recreate a dish from my fav brunch spot!
I couldn’t wait for the weekend! Made a batch tonight (no granola) – oh. my. yumminess! It’s amazing how FULL I get on real food! I’ve struggled with overeating for a long time and this switch has helped me reduce my portion sizes to a more appropriate size. And, Lisa, THANK YOU for using butter to cook the pancakes! Made a yummy and healthy pancake even better
Mmmm, butter 
Made these this morning for my pre-made pancake batter loving husband and 2 kids, including one super picky daughter and everyone loved them. I keep ripe bananas in the freezer so it was super easy. I’m freezing the leftovers for breakfast during the week, something I’ve always done but I’ll feel better about these on a school morning than the white flour/sugar-filled kind. Thank you for the great recipes!
Just made these pancakes this morning. Were awesome! Such a nice change.
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These were super-dooper yummy. Thanks so much!
I made these this morning, doubled the recipe (for a family of 8), used flax seed meal as an egg replacer (egg allergies), coconut milk instead of milk (milk allergy) and they were excellent! Im going to try some alternative flours next time. Thanks for the great recipe!
I also used olive oil in place of butter (dairy allergy)
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these were great! i love pancakes so i’m happy to have a healthy version. usually i feel like i ate a a ton of bricks after eating pancakes, but not these.
My son (who was not a fan of the whole-wheat biscuits, but I’m going to try them again) LOVED these. I made them on my plattar pan, so mine were uniformly 3″, and it made 35.
We defrosted some for this morning in the microwave. This one’s a win!
(Oh btw, I made them with old bananas I’d thrown in the freezer. Easy peasy!)
I made these for my kids this morning. As my 8 year old son was headed out to the bus, he turned around and asked me, “So how was that breakfast healthy?” I love it! Thank you so much for the recipe. They reminded me of a delicious banana bread.
How long can you store these in the freezer before they need to be eaten?
Thanks!
They will stay good for several months in a freezer safe container/bag.
I just made these (for the 100th time) but added 1 tsp of cinnamon and a splash of vanilla and they were outstanding!
I made these for my kids tonight, thinking that at least one of them would not be impressed, lol! Amazingly, they all LOVED them, asked for seconds, and we upset that there weren’t thirds
) They can’t wait for me to make them again for breakfast on Sunday so that Daddy can have some too 
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When they were cooking, my 9 year old daughter came out of her bedroom and asked “MOM, WHAT is that AWESOME smell!”
So great to have SUPER GOOD and HEALTHY all in the same recipe
Thanks!
Ooh, and my daughter also asked if I could make more to keep in the fridge for snack time, because “you don’t even NEED syrup on them Mom”. lol!.
The best pancakes I have ever made! Thank you!
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I am new to your blog, and love your recipes and ideas. I was wondering if your recipe for pancakes and tortillas would work the same if using a spelt or kamut flour?
To better health,
Melissa
I have not tried that yet myself, but you could certainly experiment!
I made these tonight for the second time and loved them. I threw a couple handfuls of dry oats into the mix too for some extra filling power. My husband wanted walnuts in his so I sprinkled them on top of the batter once I poured it onto the griddle. He loved them. I especially love that I always have the ingredients for these on hand so they are great for dinner when I am short on time or just don’t feel like preparing a big meal.
Hi there – want to make these but have a son who has severe food allergies to egg, dairy and soy! SOooo….can I sub applesauce for the eggs? And cocunut oil for the butter? Maybe almond milk for the milk? I have a feeling changing all this will change too much! Thoughts!?!?
Oh wow I wish I could help, but I am not very experienced with the food allergy substitutions. It’s such a small amount of butter I think the coconut oil should be fine. I also think the milk substitution will work. I am not sure about the egg replacement though. Good luck experimenting!
I made these on Saturday afternoon. The family, sans my very picky daughter, loved them. I added walnuts to mine and that made them just perfect in my opinion. I made a huge batch and plan to freeze them. Thanks for a great recipe!
Oh my goodness! Just made these for the first time and they are delicious!!! Thanks so much!!! Love all of your recipes so far!!
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