Banana Pancakes with Coconut Syrup

Our family plays a game called "Guess the Secret Ingredient." This works best with pancakes, as anyone can easily modify the recipe and sneak in something interesting. Then the rest of us have to guess what the mystery ingredient is. Here is one of our favorite pancake recipes...but, the secret ingredient is in the syrup. We substitute coconut oil for the butter in our buttermilk syrup recipe. If you really want the butter, just substitute half out for coconut oil and have a ~50% healthier recipe! Some other sneaky additions to pancakes are yogurt, oatmeal, cream of wheat, sprite, or pumpkin. Yummy!

Banana Buttermilk Pancakes

1 1/2 cups flour

2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

3/4 cup buttermilk

1/4 - 1/3 cup milk

(add enough to get pouring consistency)

2 lg eggs

1 tsp vanilla

1 ripe banana, mashed

Mix dry ingredients. Add rest of ingredients and mix until blended.

Coconut Buttermilk Syrup

1/2 cup coconut oil

(or 1/4 cup butter + 1/4 cup coconut oil)

1 cup sugar

1/2 cup buttermilk

1 tsp Karo syrup

Bring to a boil in a large pan.

Remove from heat and stir in:

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp vanilla

Mixture will fizz and double in size.

Serve hot over warm pancakes.

(If you use the coconut oil, it must virgin, cold-pressed for the full benefits of being more healthy with a bit of coconut flavor.)

Note...Yes, this is the same recipe recently posted on my Coconut Pantry Blog.