Banana Oat Pancakes

Total Time: 17 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 cup old fashioned oats
• 1 cup nonfat milk
• 1 cup mashed ripe banana (about 3 medium)
• 2 large eggs, beaten to blend
• 2 tablespoons toasted wheat germ
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 1/2 cups reduced-fat oat-bran pancake mix or 1 1/2 cups other mixed-grain pancake mix
• 6 tablespoons butter (3/4 stick)
• maple syrup
• berries (optional)
• sliced banana (optional)

Recipe

• 1 combine oats and milk in large bowl.
• 2 let stand until oats are soft, about 15 minutes.
• 3 mix in mashed bananas, eggs, wheat germ and cinnamon.
• 4 gradually stir in pancake mix (batter will be very thick).
• 5 prheat oven to 250.
• 6 melt 2 tablespoons butter in large nonstick skillet over medium-low heat.
• 7 using generous 1/4 cup batter for each pancake, drop in 4 pancakes, spacing apart.
• 8 cook pancakes until brown on bottom and some bubbles begin to break around edges, about 3 minutes.
• 9 turn pancakes over.
• 10 cook, until brown on bottom and firm to touch in center, about 3 minutes (pancakes will be thick).
• 11 transfer pancakes to baking sheet; place oven to keep warm.
• 12 repeat with remaining butter and batter in 2 more batches.
• 13 serve pancakes with syrup and if desired, berries and bananas.