Everyone knows how much he loved his peanut butter and banana sandwiches. So when making breakfast on Saturday morning, I channeled my inner King and made what he would probably eat if he was making a plant-based breakfast.
Elvis Pancakes
1 ripe banana
1 tbsp maple syrup
3/4 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk
1/2 cup water
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tbsp peanut butter or alternative (see note below)
2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
Mash banana up with a fork. Mix with wet ingredients (syrup, milk, water, vanilla, & peanut butter). Slowly add in dry ingredients and mix to incorporate. Let batter sit for 5 minutes.
Heat pan or griddle on medium. Spray with a small amount of cooking spray and ladle 1/4 cup of batter into pan. Cooking until batter starts to bubble slightly and flip. Cook until golden brown (these pancakes will be a little thick so make sure to cook until they are cooked inside.
Serve with syrup, or peanut syrup (recipe below). Add fresh fruit if you like (berries bananas),I know that Elvis probably wouldn't want to have fresh fruit on his, but he probably should have! And yes, that is only two pancakes! They are super thick and delicious!
Notes:
Peanut Butter
A year or so ago a friend of mine told me about Better 'n Peanut Butter. It is a low calorie, low fat version of peanut butter. I find it sweeter than peanut butter but it does the trick without a ton of the guilt. I get it at Trader Joe's but I am told it's available elsewhere. It is great alternative to peanut butter. This recipe would be delicious with either but on this particular morning I went with Better 'n Peanut Butter as we were having dinner out that night and needed all the calories I could save up!
Peanut Butter Syrup
1/4 cup Maple Syrup
1 tbsp peanut butter or alternative (see above)
Mix together in a small microwavable bowl and zap for 40 seconds. Stir and pour on your pancakes! Yum!
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