These easy Mini Blueberry Banana Pancakes are a must-have meal-prep item in our household at all times. I recently mentioned in this Sprinkled French Toast anecdote, that it’s become a morning tradition for Little Slim Fatty to greet me with a robust demand for pancakes. It’s cute and endearing, yet at 6 in the morning can be slightly jarring 😵💫, so I developed a strategy to combat these guerilla tactics by always having a batch ready to go in the fridge. One prep session yields enough for a whole week’s worth of breakfasts, so all I have to do in the morning is warm them and add toppings. Easy peasy.
I’ve developed a streamlined process of automatically making some of these toddler-approved mini pancakes every time there are 1 or 2 overly ripe bananas in the countertop fruit basket. The bananas are the only form of sugar added to these pancakes and makes them the right amount of sweet to be palatable to a little’s sophisticated palette. Just watch them carefully as you cook them since the sugar content in the bananas makes them brown up pretty quickly, as you can see by some of the more toasty-looking pancakes. Cinnamon and vanilla also add a hint of floral sweetness that makes them super tasty. Almond butter beefs things up with a boost of protein and leaves little bellies satisfied until lunchtime. A most pleasing aroma. 👃
Having a pre-made batch of these is too easy and such a lifesaver on chaotic mornings that it’s worth the little bit of prep time after everyone is asleep. Serving these up with some sliced strawberries and a light drizzle of maple syrup or honey, is a nice way to include a serving of fruit to get a head start on the day. Mornings around here are more fun and less stressful thanks to these kid-pleasing, quick and easy pancakes. Greet your day with a stack of these minis and you’ll be off to a happy start.
