You know when all the stress in the world just builds up and jumps up on you?
You’re not even sure why or what it is exactly that’s causing you to teeter precariously on the edge of a breakdown.
And you sit there with your mind racing; Your heart racing; trying to figure out what to do next.
You could scream,
You could cry,
You could smash things.
You could make pancakes….
…you should make pancakes.
(p.s. I have to say that that is the MOST RIDICULOUSLY, HEART-MELTINGLY AWESOME .gif I’ve EVER MADE)
Notes
- the basis of the pancake is extremely simple, just roughly 1 egg per 3 or 4 tbsp of mashed banana, but I like to add a few things to it to make it more awesome:
- I really recommend adding the baking powder; it makes them fluffier, but if you enjoy a denser pancake leave it out
- I’ve made them with 2 tbsp peanut flour (aka pb2) and they’re SO AMAZING, and even more filling – even if you don’t like peanut butter, you cant actually taste it that much.
- Add flavour extract, spices and things like chopped nuts, chocolate chips fruit etc… for a personalised flavour
-Yep, that whole stack of pancakes was the whole recipe (using a slightly heaped 1/3 cup of mashed banana)
-You can use frozen bananas for this, just let them defrost and then peel and use as per usual in the recipe.
-To make a smoother batter, blend the ingredients in a food processor, blender or with a stick blender
- the recipe is adapted from various places around the internet (just google ’2 ingredient pancakes’.. you’ll see how many people have made them!) Update!: I think I’ve found the source of the recipe, Blogilates!
Peel and mash the banana, stir in the egg. Mix in any non-chunky add ins that you want (e.g. nut flours or butters, baking powder...).
Heat a non stick skillet and lightly spray with oil. Tun the heat down to medium-low.
Pour a circle of batter into the pan (I used about 1 or 2 tbsp of batter per pancake).
Cook until golden brown on the underside (around 1 minute) sprinkle on any chunky ingredients (e.g. chocolate chips, fruit, nuts, if using), then use a metal spatula to flip and cook until golden brown on the other side (30 seconds to 1 minute).
Serve warm with whatever the heck you want
http://www.topwithcinnamon.com/2013/01/2-ingredient-healthy-pancakes-gluten-free-dairy-free.html
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So you weren’t joking when you said 2 ingredients! They look amazing, best gif ever.
ahaha no!! 100% truth facts
I’ve been dying to want to try these out, but somehow I haven’t managed… even though the whole Internet (and especially all the health/fitness/healthy food blogs I read) is all about banana pancakes! After seeing your amazing pictures and the “motion picture”, now I have no choice but to go to the food store and buy some bananas. I already have some eggs. And why not to throw in some dark chocolate as well. A little dark chocolate in a pancake has never hurted anyone, right?
Me too! I had been waiting for the right opportunity, and just had a spontaneous photo shoot with them this morning (which is why the whole set up is really plain).
Yes! Dark chocolate sounds like a divine idea
That gif is beautiful I mean oh my god
Gahd, I know :’)
omg, look at those sexy syrupy pancakes! And I had no idea you could make pancakes with just banana and eggs — that is awesome. (It will make me feel extra OK with crumbling bacon all over them and covering everything with syrup!)
E.X.A.C.T.L.Y.
This is the reason why healthy things are made, so we can put bacon on them.
This is just my kind of recipe. Amaazing gif Izy! x
Thanks!! You should’ve heard Sarah this morning on the phone when she was making them “do you peel the banana first before mashing it?” :’)
oh my. sometimes, that girl. just wow. I’m definitely making these after my exams are over. So quick and sooo nommmyy x
This is such a brilliant idea! I have to try this one out.
thanks!!
Your gifs are always amazing but I do love this one. These photos are just perfect, I am dying to dig into those pancakes.
thank you!
Hi, these look unreal! Beautiful pictures, wow.
With the PB2 optional add in, do you mix the pb2 powder with the recommended amount of water before you add or just add in the powder to the banana/egg mixture?
Thanks!
Thanks! I just added the pb2 straight to the batter without any water
Two ingredient healthy, fluffy pancake + super cute gifs = you are a magician!!
I swear, I learn something new about food every day reading food blogs lol, amazing recipe and cute gif!!
no way! These are awesome. Love the photos. Such a talent!
Droooooool! Stunning photos and now I want pancakes for breakfast!!! plus it’s gluten free!!
And I also love the customised ‘submit’ button that’s also your logo. LOVE it!! thanks for sharing
I have seen these everywhere recently! Your photo defiantly takes the cake
Also super in love with your animated Gif!
Can’t wait to try these
I was really craving pancakes this morning so i was very happy to find your recipe for a healthier version of it. Thanks for all the tips and notes, they were better than regular pancakes; fluffy and tasty.
No way! Seems too good to be true! This will be breakfast tomorrow!
Omg NONE of the 2-ingredient pancake recipes I’ve seen so far have photos as completely appetizing as these. Nice one!Thanks for the tip about the baking powder! And fabulous gif
dude, that gif is like the single best thing on the internet, no lie.
I’m so glad I happened upon this recipe today- my son and I tried it out this AM and we were surprised how delicious it was! My kiddo (11) has his own food blog- RecipeBoy.com, so he’ll be sharing his version of this on his site w/ a link to you for inspiration. Thank you!
That is the best GIF I’ve ever seen. These look amazing.
Those look so good! and healthy too which is always a bonus for breakfast!
I recently made these amazing Honey Mustard Maple Chicken Skewers, they tasted so amazing.
http://carstina.blogspot.co.nz/2013/01/recipe-honey-mustard-maple-chicken_19.html
Carina
Hi Izy! Your blog is INCREDIBLE. I found my way here from Cannella Vita and I’m so glad I did. I actually saw this recipe from Blogilates (awesome pilates site, perfect brownie burning cardio) and some people said the recipe didn’t work for them. Your pictures are proof! They look delectable and I can’t wait to try this recipe (with baking powder, cinnamon, blueberries) out! xo, nicole
I’ve just spent the morning reading through your blog. It’s just amazing. These pancakes look gorgeous and I can’t believe they are healthy!
I just made it, taste is really good. Made with cardamom, raisins, maple syrup, candiend orange peel and sugar free cranberry jam – very good.
super-healthy, I love you!
These are absolutely INCREDIBLE!!!
Should’ve seen this before I smashed the $5000 HD TV to bits…just kidding! (I can’t afford an HD TV. #poorcollegestudents) These pancakes, though, I can definitely afford. Good thing I just bought Trader Joe’s syrup!
AHAHAHA
Real maple syrup = liquid gold.
Seriously.
Have eggs have bananas … just waiting for the sun to rise…… it’s almost 5am…… those pancakes are making me salivate.
First of all….wow, I love your blog! Your photos are very impressive. I also can’t believe these pancakes only have 2 ingredients in!! I have a banana in the freezer that I was intending to make banana bread with, but I may just try out these pancakes instead…!
The sheer incredibility of pancakes with only 2 ingredients drew me in. And your beautiful photos/gif won me….I am definitely trying this recipe (took a survey with my kids/husband: if you were to make pancakes with only 2 ingredients, what would they be? Everyone was way off). I’m going to try it with the coconut, since I love the banana/coconut flavor combo (sad though…that will make it a 3 ingredient pancake recipe). Thanks for sharing! Lynaea @ EverydayBloom.com
These look wonderful!! Any idea how many calories these might have?
Thanks! It’s around 225 kcal for the whole recipe (using 1/2 cup of mashed banana with 2 eggs – no extras) – but believe me, it makes a lot of batter and is really filling!
Oh girl, that gif is yummy. I love the ol’ one ingredient banana ice cream (although I add coconut milk to mine), but I wonder if this recipe would work in a waffle iron too? It looks just like a pancake, but what’s the consistency like? Is it wet inside?
I was just thinking the exact same thing! However, I have literally no experience with waffles (no waffle iron…cry) so I don’t know if it would work; the batter is quite runny, so if you did, I’d suggest adding the 2 tbsp of dry ingredients to the batter, I’d also say spray the waffle iron with oil well, because I could see this sticking pretty bad…
Thanks! Yeah we were gonna give this a try on the waffle iron but the runnyness made me change my mind.
yummmm
these look absolutely divine! have to make them now.
and i know you’ve heard this plenty but oh my! that giffff
this is what i want for dinner!
Joy the baker sent me here-new follower!
I just made these – they are so good!
xo Jennifer
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Oh my your blog is so goodlooking and you have so much talent I want to cry. And stop blogging.
You have a new follower!
incredible!
Hello!
I’m not a frequent poster on blogs but ho shii your blog is super fantastic!! I love the gif images, the word I want to use for them is gooey. I love it and by extension you. I’m looking forward to staying up very late tonight despite having work tomorrow to thoroughly stalk every post here.
Emily
xo
I tried this tonight and they were very soggy. Folded when I tried to flip them over. I ended up adding two tsp of buckwheat flour to give them a bit of strength. Then I topped with shredded coconut, choc chips and blueberries!
haha they really do like to fold in half if you make them too big – I find it easier to flip them when they’re made with only 1-2 tbsp of batter, and make mini pancakes, they should turn out less soggy that way too
I LOVE putting shredded coconut on top of them, so goooood!
These look SO good! I’ve tried the whole banana egg pancake thing and they have NEVER worked out for me.
I hate bananas, can you taste them? Is it like banana bread?
Thanks!
Yeah, you can taste the banana :/ I do think it tastes like banana bread
This is a fantastic low oxalate breakfast. I see so many possibilities for this for other meals as well – THANK YOU so much for posting this!!!!
Just went gluten free a little less than a month ago for health reasons, and have been looking around for creative new pancake recipes. So far I’ve tried coconut flour ones, but will play around with these over the upcoming weekend! Cinnamon will definitely go in the batter… and the pancakes will probably be topped with butter and honey
Spotted this post a couple of days ago and just made and devoured it. They’re not really anything like regular pancakes in terms of flavor or mouthfeel but they’re so satisfying and delicious. I ate it with a couple slices of turkey bacon and a little jam on top. Wonderful!
These are genious! I just made them using 1/2 mashed banana, the egg, baking soda, cinnamon, and a 1/2 T of sorghum flour to give them a little structure. Turned out great.
What are the nutritional facts on a serving of these?
I think it’s around 200 kcal, you can check the specifics by just putting the ingredients into a recipe calculator (e.g. This one http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-calculator.asp)
That GIF is ridiculous!!!!!!!!!!!! I’m dying. Amazing. Hello, new favorite blog.
Ahhhh thanks Ashley! I L.O.V.E your blog
We tried these this morning and they were an epic fail. Weird and wet and they tasted more like a banana omelette than a pancake. Even after several tbsp of tapioca and potato flours to try and save them they were still rated only a C on our pancake scale – edible but just barely. I love the idea of them but could not get them to work. If anyone has ways they modified them to make them work I would love the feedback!
Thank you so much for sharing this recipe! I found out a few days ago that I have to stop eating gluten and breakfast seemed like it would be the biggest challenge (I hate just plain eggs and oatmeal). I tried finding recipes but everything seems overly complicated and/or not filling and ALL of it seemed too time consuming. But these pancakes are great! Super easy and quick to make. To me, they kinda taste like breadless french toast. (Which is awesome.) Thanks for boosting my confidence that I can survive this gluten free diet!
First let me say that I am a pancake snob, Pancakes are my favorite food and I’d rather not eat than eat a not PERFECT pancake. I was skeptical since there isn’t any flour but since I am trying to lower my carb intake but missed my pancakes I hought I would give it ago.OMG these are amazing and no syrup needed. I added cinnamon, vanilla, and a little cocoa powder. I also cut the egg down to 1 and used some egg whites. I know this kills the whole 2 ingredient idea but its still low “bad carb” clean food. My husband who hates bananas and pancakes liked them. This has totally opened my mind. I am going to try to make a small cake next weekend with this base and maybe a little almond flour.
Thank you Thank you thank you!
Just tried these. AMAZING! I put some chia seeds, vanilla extract, and baking powder in with the two ingredients. Yum.
I tried this recipe and ended up making banana scrambled eggs. Not sure what I did wrong… Any tips?
Really impressed with how the pancakes turned out! I was a bit leary at first, but they are great! Mine turned out to taste slightly dry though…. any ideas? I might try to add a little almond milk next time….
Wondered if these would work with chia eggs? I don’t eat eggs, currently. Wondered if you are anyone tried that. I may have to experiment. Thank you for the lovely idea. I have come across flourless ones before but always with egg. Seeing the simplicity of it here I will experiment
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I was wondering the same thing. We do grain free, and egg free… So I was also looking to experiment. I would love to hear if you find something that works!
On a scale of 1 to 10, there are a 100! An absolutely perfect recipe! Not only are these extraordinarily delicious (I added the baking powder, 2 T of almond flour, a pinch of coconut, and about 1/3 cup of blueberries), but they are so incredibly easy to make. They require nothing on top of them. I have added these to my permanent recipe list. Thank you so much for sharing!
bh
For those who got “banana omelet” instead of pancakes, did u mash the bananas thoroughly, or, better yet, use a food processor/blender?
Preach it!
thank you!!
Has anyone successfully tried an egg substitute for these? I know you can use flax, corn starch, applesauce etc in original pancakes, but is there something you could use in the place of the egg in a recipe like this? I need grain free and egg free. Maybe grinding nuts or something? Thanks!
Hi Katie,
I haven’t tried substituting with this recipe yet. However I use chia eggs in baking (either while or ground depending on what I am making). It is the same as flax, 1tbsp to 3 tbsp water. Perhaps mixing turbine mixture with the banana would work. I havent done it yet but thought id share the idea with you in case you want to try it.
Has anyone tried these in a waffle iron?
I rarely comment but OH MY GOD. I just made this for dinner. I had zero expectations (no offense but it’s just that so far all healthy pancakes I’ve seen include protein powder and I haven’t found any I like so I don’t have any). I added all the extras as I was so happy to have all the ingredients at home for once (I don’t live in the US so I don’t always have all the ingredients available to me) and they turned out AMAZING. I swear, from the noises I made my boyfriend thought I was doing something else in the kitchen if you catch my drift.
I cannot thank you enough. This was totally spur of the moment ‘I want breakfast for dinner, I just worked out, give me something’ but BOY did it DELIVER. So incredibly good. I’m treasuring this recipe.
I just made these pancakes, and mine turned out more like cow chips than pancakes. I used the baking soda, 2 eggs, and 1 banana (and some sugar-free cocoa powder and coconut). Perhaps I needed to add more banana? Any ideas? Thanks!
Do you know if these work with egg whites?? If so, how many per banana??
I was very hesitent at first. And when I made the batter I was even more hesitent because it wasn’t thick. But when I finally ate them OH LORD HAVE MERCY! These are so freakin delicious! I couldn’t move for a minute! Thank you for the recepe! Also is you instagram name the same as your blog name?
Thanks!
glad you liked them too!!
Yep its topwithcinnamon
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