These coconut raisin pancakes are a delicious twist on the 2 ingredient sugar banana pancakes (see here). The coconut gives the pancake extra texture and flavour and the raisins give a nice burst of sweetness that my kids love. Its really important to use sugar bananas in this recipe, known as Ducasse which are short, fat with a thin skin, not the common cavendish type found in the supermarket. The sugar banana when just ripe, gives the batter a nice thickness very similar to a ‘normal’ pancake batter.
Place peeled banana, eggs, cinnamon, vanilla extract and shredded coconut in magic bullet or high speed blender until smooth
add all ingredients except the raisin or currants
blend all ingredients (except raisins) until smooth in magic bullet or blender
Add raisins or currants and pulse once to mix through (do not blend the raisins as it’s nice to have them whole in the pancake)
Heat a non stick pan on medium heat with 1-2 tbsp coconut oil to completely cover the surface of the pan, allow to heat up so that the batter slightly sizzles but without spluttering
Mix batter with spoon to evenly distribute raisins and drop 1 tbsp of batter per pancake, I fit around 7 pancakes in my pan at a time
drop 1 tbsp of batter per pancake in the heated pan
Cook for 1-2 minutes, checking to ensure they do not burn, then flip for another 1 minute
Repeat for the remaining batter
keep an eye on the pancakes as the natural sugars in the banana can cause them to burn quickly
Stack and serve on it’s own or with maple syrup if you feel indulgent 🙂
Stack, serve and enjoy these coconut raisin pancakes 🙂
2 tbsp raisins or currants (buy on iherb or amazon)
1 tsp vanilla extract (leave out for GAPS) (buy on iherb or amazon)
1 tsp cinnamon (buy on iherb or amazon)
coconut oil for cooking (buy on iherb or amazon)
Instructions
Place peeled banana, eggs, cinnamon, vanilla extract and shredded coconut in magic bullet or high speed blender until smooth
Add raisins or currants and pulse once to mix through (do not blend the raisins as it's nice to have them whole in the pancake)
Heat a non stick pan on medium heat with 1-2 tbsp coconut oil to completely cover the surface of the pan, allow to heat up so that the batter slightly sizzles but without spluttering
Mix batter with spoon to evenly distribute raisins and drop 1 tbsp of batter per pancake, I fit around 7 pancakes in my pan at a time
Cook for 1-2 minutes, checking to ensure they do not burn, then flip for another 1 minute
Repeat for the remaining batter
Stack and serve on it's own or with maple syrup if you feel indulgent 🙂