Ingredients
Banana Topping:
- 2 medium bananas
- ¼ cup maple syrup
- ¼ cup walnuts broken into 2 or 3 pieces
- 1 oz butter
- 2 tablespoons sweetened coconut flakes lightly toasted
Pancake mix:
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 2 egg whites
- 1 tablespoon canola oil
- 1 cup 1% milk
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- pinch of salt
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- butter or oil spray for skillet
Method
Pancakes:
- beat the egg whites slightly
- add milk, sugar and oil and mix well
- in a separate bowl sift together flour, salt and baking powder
- add milk mixture slowly into the flour mixture stirring continuously
- add a little bit of butter on to a skillet and add a spoonful of batter and cook on both side until nice and brown
- make all the pancakes and keep them warm until you are finished with the topping
Topping:
- cut the bananas diagonally into thick slices
- in a skillet melt butter and add maple syrup
- boil on low flame for about 2 minutes
- add bananas and walnuts and cook for another 3 – 4 minutes
For serving stack 2 or 3 pancakes on a plate and top with banana topping. Sprinkle with coconut flakes
Yields 3 servings