Green banana flour pancakes {gluten-free}

These banana pancakes are delicious. If you are looking for some gluten-free pancakes start with green banana flour that is made from unripe bananas. I love bananas and this flour is super neat, easy to work with and I can’t wait to experiment with other recipes.

Pancakes with benefits. They have fiber.

There are some health benefits with green banana flour. Here is a great article from well and good website to learn more about this flour where I was interviewed. Not only is it gluten-free but it contains resistant starch which is a fiber that is known as a prebiotic (gut food for probiotics).

You can use this flour to add it to smoothies, snack bars, or protein ball recipes, or use it as a supplement. (It is an Amazon Link).

One tablespoon contains 10 grams of carbohydrates and 40 calories.

Research suggests that heating this flour lowers the resistant starch. It appears that baking with it lowers it more. I will keep updating this post if researchers have more suggestions but for now, let’s try it with some pancakes.

The brand of green banana flour that I use is Let’s do Organic (it is an Amazon link). I will say that as with other gluten-free items when they are new in the U.S. market, it is not cheap. So the first time I did this recipe, I only used a tablespoon to check the ratios. Then, I did it again with two tablespoons and continued until I got to 1/2 cup of green banana flour. This recipe makes 6 pancakes, the perfect amount.

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A basic pancake recipe with all-purpose flour is flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. For your wet ingredients, you need eggs, milk, vanilla extract and some fat such as oil or butter.

For this green banana flour pancake recipe, it is about the same. The main difference is the ratio of flour is way less per egg and I added the greek yogurt to add a buttermilk flavor to it. They are soo tasty. Drizzle maple syrup and serve with some more bananas.

As usual, write me a comment below if you make them and any changes that you made. Enjoy and keep experimenting with foods. Don’t forget to subscribe to my foodie email list.

The old part of the post: The reason I added a nutrition label here is that the nutrition database at the moment doesn’t have the nutrition facts of the latest green banana flour and I had to add it manually.

New update – Spring 2022: The database that I am using now has the green banana flour and I updated the nutrition label. The nutrition information is for one pancake.

Yield: 6 pancakes

Green banana flour pancakes {gluten free}.

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Add a banana to this recipe and you will be amazed how good it is.

Prep Time 20 minutes

Cook Time 5 minutes

Total Time 25 minutes

Ingredients

• Dry ingredients:
• 1/2 cup green banana flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 2 tsp sugar
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
• Wet ingredients:
• 1 banana, mashed
• 2 eggs
• 1/4 cup milk
• 2 Tbsp greek yogurt, plain
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 Tbsp butter or oil

Instructions

1. Mix all dry ingredients in a bowl.
2. Mix all wet ingredients in another bowl until well mixed.
3. Add dry ingredients into the wet ingredients and mix well. Let it sit for a couple of minutes. (Usually for regular pancakes you don't stir too much but in here, go mix well)
4. In a skillet, heat butter or oil and spoon about 1/4 cup of the batter to make each pancake. Place the batter in a round motion to make a circle. Cook pancakes until edges are golden brown. Flip and cook on the other side.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

6

Serving Size:

6 pancakes
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 118Total Fat: 6gSaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 73mgSodium: 240mgCarbohydrates: 14gFiber: 1gSugar: 8gProtein: 3g