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Oatmeal Blender Pancakes are an easy way to whip up your favorite banana pancakes made entirely in the blender. And adding blueberries to these pancakes turns them into a fruity version of this speedy, homemade breakfast treat. I’ve been making these easy blender pancakes for several years now, and I love how they are hearty, fluffy and delicious!
If you’re a lover of pancakes, try our recipes for peanut butter chocolate chip pancakes, pumpkin pancakes, 4-Ingredient Chocolate Chip Pancakes and Maple Cinnamon Roll Pancakes. If you’re looking for more traditional banana oatmeal pancakes, try this recipe.
This pancake recipe is made with oats only (no flour), which makes them easy to make gluten free. Just be sure to use oats that are known to be gluten free. Blender pancakes are ideal since they are easy to make, so that makes them a good candidate for making pancakes on a weekday morning. It’s the easiest banana oatmeal pancake recipe you can make. I love dropping blueberries into the batter to turn them into banana blueberry pancakes.
Be sure to try our recipe for healthy banana blueberry muffins too!
Ingredients Needed:
- Mashed Bananas: The more ripe your bananas are, the sweeter they will be. Dark brown/black spots are good!
- Eggs: Blender pancakes need to be made with eggs. They act as the binder to keep everything together.
- Milk: I suggest using unsweetened vanilla almond milk, but it may be substituted with regular almond milk or regular milk.
- Oats: Use old fashioned or quick cooking rolled oats for this recipe. Don’t use steel cut.
- Baking Powder: This helps the pancakes rise into being fluffy pancakes.
- Salt: A tiny bit of salt is added in for flavor.
- Blueberries: Fresh or frozen blueberries may be used.
How to make Oatmeal Blender Pancakes:
The complete, printable recipe is in the recipe card at the end of this post.
- To a blender, you will add mashed ripe banana, eggs, vanilla almond milk, oats, baking powder and salt. Give it a whirl until everything is nice and smooth. Then give the batter a chance to sit for a few minutes to let the oats soak up the liquid and thicken up the batter.
- Scoop rounds of batter onto a hot, greased griddle and sprinkle blueberries on top of the batter. Cook until bubbles appear on top, and then flip and cook the other side.
Recipe Tips:
- I love adding blueberries to pancakes for healthy reasons. Blueberries are considered a Superfood. They help reduce inflammation, they’re good for your heart and circulation. And they have ample fiber that is good for your digestive system. 1 cup of blueberries contains 84 calories, 1.1g protein, 0.49g fat, 21.45g carbohydrate and 3.6g fiber.
- Leave out the blueberries to make plain banana- oat blender pancakes.
- Prepare the pancake batter just before serving.
- Pre-heat the skillet or griddle before adding the pancake batter.
- Add-in ideas: cinnamon, vanilla extract, maple syrup, chopped strawberries, chocolate chips, chopped pecans or diced banana.
- Top your stack of pancakes with a pat of butter and a drizzle of maple syrup or warm peanut butter.
What You’ll Love About Blender Pancakes:
- Each serving of these oatmeal blender pancakes packs 10 grams of protein.
- No bowls are needed for making the pancake batter. You can pour the batter directly from the blender jar onto the hot skillet or griddle.
- It’s like eating a bowl of oatmeal in pancake form!
Can you freeze pancakes?
Blender pancakes can be frozen. Lay the pancakes out flat on a baking sheet and place the baking sheet in the freezer. Once frozen, you can drop the pancakes into freezer zips in whatever serving size you’d like. I freeze them in groups of three. It’s super easy to pull them out and let them defrost or heat them in the microwave. Freeze oatmeal blender pancakes for up to 3 months.
The History of Pancakes:
According to archaeologists, pancakes are the oldest cereal food and were eaten in pre-historic societies. Scientists found signs of grains that possibly made up some sort of pancake in the stomach of Otzi the Iceman 5,300 years ago. WOW!
Early pancakes were a mix of flour and milk and were more like biscuits. In later years, eggs, baking powder and fat were added to the mix to create a fluffier, lighter pancake.
January 28th is National Blueberry Pancake Day! For lovers of pancakes who are also lovers of blueberries, this combination is simply too hard to resist. Blueberries are bright and juicy. Pancakes are light and fluffy. They’re a match made in heaven.
Oatmeal Blender Pancakes
Ingredients
- 1 cup mashed ripe banana
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup vanilla almond milk
- 2 cups oats
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1½ cups blueberries
Instructions
- In a blender, place the bananas, eggs, almond milk, oats, baking powder and salt. Blend on high until smooth, 1 to 2 minutes. Allow the batter to rest for 5 minutes to thicken slightly.
- Meanwhile, spray a nonstick skillet or griddle with cooking spray and heat over medium-high heat. For each pancake, scoop ¼ cup of batter onto the skillet. Sprinkle blueberries on top of the batter.
- Cook 2 to 3 minutes or until bubbles begin to appear on top. Flip the pancakes over and cook for 1 minute on the other side, or until golden brown.
Nutrition
This recipe comes from RecipeBoy.com
