Banana Oat Milk Skillet Pancakes
Soft, tender skillet pancakes made with oats milk and mashed banana, cooked golden in a hot pan. A quick sweet breakfast that comes together in one bowl.
- Total
- 14 min
- Prep 5 · Cook 9
- Serves
- 1
- Difficulty
- Easy
You'll practice: Pan-frying
- Sweet
- Quick
- Stovetop
- Oven
Instructions
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Peel the oats milk banana and mash it in a small bowl with a fork until smooth, with only a few small lumps left.
~2 min
Mashing smooth prevents wet banana pockets that keep the pancake centers from setting.
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Stir 120 ml oats milk banana and a pinch of salt into the mashed oats milk banana. Add 60 g oats milk banana and mix until no dry patches remain. The batter will be thick and spoonable, not pourable.
~2 min
A thick spoonable batter holds its shape in the pan instead of spreading thin.
Mash the banana very smooth before adding the oats milk banana; larger lumps leave wet pockets that keep the pancakes from setting in the middle.
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Heat 1 tsp oil in a non-stick skillet over medium heat until a drop of batter sizzles on contact.
~1 min
A properly heated pan sets the batter on contact and prevents greasy, pale pancakes.
Keep the heat at medium. If the pan smokes, pull it off the hob for 30 seconds, since a scorched pan makes the next batch bitter.
Pan-frying Keep heat at medium so pancakes brown evenly without scorching; if the pan smokes, pull it off briefly before the next batch.
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Spoon the batter into the pan in 3 rounds, about 2 tbsp each, leaving space between them. Cook until the edges look set and the undersides are deep golden, about 2 minutes.
~2 min
Cooking undisturbed lets the underside set and brown before flipping.
Pan-frying Keep heat at medium so pancakes brown evenly without scorching; if the pan smokes, pull it off briefly before the next batch.
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Flip the pancakes with a spatula and cook until the second side is golden and the centers feel firm, about 2 minutes more.
~2 min
The second side needs the same time so the center cooks through, not just the surface.
Pan-frying Keep heat at medium so pancakes brown evenly without scorching; if the pan smokes, pull it off briefly before the next batch.
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Slide the pancakes onto a plate and cook the remaining batter the same way, about 2 minutes per side, adding no more oil unless the pan looks dry.
~4 min
Pan-frying Keep heat at medium so pancakes brown evenly without scorching; if the pan smokes, pull it off briefly before the next batch.