Banana Bread Chocolate Chip Protein Pancakes
Banana bread lovers unite! These protein pancakes taste just like chocolate chip banana bread but take half the time to make and are packed full of nutrients. Simple, yummy and delicious is how I would describe these flap jacks. Topped with grass fed butter and pure maple syrup they make the best breakfast or brunch.
Servings: 16 pancakes
Equipment
Ingredients
Pancake Batter
- 1 ¾ cup all-purpose unbleached organic flour
- 2 scoops Just Ingredients snickerdoodle protein powder or just plain
- 1 ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¾ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon Redmond’s sea salt
- 2 ripened bananas mashed
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 2 cups organic grass fed milk or Milk of choice
- 2 eggs
- 4 tablespoons melted butter or avocado oil
- 3 tablespoons water
- ¼ cup mini semi sweet chocolate chips by Enjoy Life
- *use more chocolate chips to top pancakes before flipping
Instructions
- Preheat a pancake griddle to 300 degrees Fahrenheit.
- In a large bowl add flour, protein powder, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
- Mix the dry ingredients together lightly with a fork.
- Now pour into the dry ingredients the whole milk kefir, eggs, mashed banana, vanilla extract, melted butter, water and chocolate chips.
- With a dough whisk, whisk the ingredients together until a smooth, sort of thick batter is formed.
- Butter the hot griddle and then using a ¼ cup, scoop the batter onto the griddle, cooking no more than 5 pancakes at a time.
- Sprinkle extra chocolate chips onto the pancakes before flipping.
- When the pancakes bubble up or look golden brown, flip them over to cook on the other side.
- Before removing the cooked pancakes from the griddle, butter the tops of the pancakes.
- Place onto a plate and serve with pure maple syrup.
- Enjoy!
Notes
Vanilla or Plain Just Ingredients Protein can be used instead of Snickerdoodle Protein Powder. Just make sure to add 1 tsp of cinnamon if swapping for another protein powder.
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