Nutella Banana Pancakes. This pancake says ‘never leave anything out’ and is packed with slow-release foods like bananas and porridge oats to prepare you for whatever your day has in store for you. The perfect pancake for a desk picnic at the office and definitely a favourite in our house.

INGREDIENTS

Serves 4

• 130g of Plain Flour
• 20g of Porridge Oats
• 1 tsp of Baking Powder
• 1/2 tsp of Bicarbonate of Soda
• 1/4 tsp of Salt
• 2 tbsp of Caster Sugar
• 1 Large Over-Ripe Banana
• 250ml of Semi-Skimmed Milk
• 1 tbsp of Melted Butter
• 1 Egg
• 1/2 tsp Vanilla Extract
• 2 tbsp Nutella

Serve with:

• Ice cream, squirty cream or just more Nutella…?

METHOD

Whisk Up Your Batter

• First cut your banana into bite sized chunks and then mash in a large bowl with a fork until gooey
• Add the flour, porridge oats, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda, salt, sugar, milk, melted butter, egg, vanilla and cinnamon to the mashed banana
• Mix everything together with a whisk
• Stir through two tablespoons of Nutella – for a marble effect, make sure you don’t overmix.

Cooking Your Pancakes

• Heat a frying pan to medium-high heat. Add a little butter and allow to melt
• Add a large spoon of mixture to your pan – use the back of a spoon to smooth the pancake into a circle shape as it cooks. Let the underside cook until browned – you should see small bubbles appearing on the surface.
• Turn the pancake with your spatula and cook the other side until lightly coloured. Because of the oats and the banana, these pancakes are a little dense to cook but don’t worry – they’ll be light and fluffy to eat. It just means you might need to limber up before flipping them.
• Stack the pancakes on a plate and keep them warm in the oven if need be.