PANCAKES! - Whole Grain BANANA Pancakes!

This is surprising to me, on so many levels.  I don't remember making pancakes in a decade or more. With bananas?  Even more so. They've never been a favorite of mine. Are strange cravings in our 70's a thing? I didn't want these to be just standard Bisquick pancakes, which were always my favorites when I was a child, so I googled 'best homemade pancakes' and picked the one with all the stars filled in to use as my model, but, it was such a simple recipe! I made a bunch of changes.

• 1-1/3c unbleached all purpose flour
• 1/3c whole wheat flour
• 
  1/3c corn flour
• 2T ground chia and flax
• 2t ground cinnamon
• 4t baking powder
• 1/4t baking soda
• 1/2t salt

• 1-3/4c coconut almond milk
• 1/4c light olive oil
• 1/4c sugar*
• 1T pure Mexican vanilla
• 2 lg. eggs

Whisk the dry ingredients together in a medium bowl. *(I used a mix of coconut sugar and turbinado sugar)  Whisk the wet ingredients together in a smaller bowl.  Make a well in the dry ingredients and pour in the wet ingredients. Fold both together until no dry powder is visible, it's okay if there are a few tiny lumps.

Put a little light olive oil in the pan and heat until it starts to shimmer and move a bit. Using a 1/4c measure, pour the batter in keeping it circular.  Top this with banana slices. Flip when the edges appear golden and bubbles appear. Leave it on the second side a minute or two then check the color. Plate them when they're done the way you like.

These weren't pretty, but they sure were good!  This makes a LOT of batter.  You can store it in an airtight container for several days in the 'fridge for more breakfasts! . .Lin