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Banana Pancakes are an like shooting fish in a barrel and quick breakfast, luncheon or snack for your baby! Fabricated with only 3 simple ingredients – banana, egg and flour, these pancakes are fluffy, soft, and perfect for babe, baby-led weaning and toddlers! 6 months and upwardly!

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Medically reviewed past Jamie Johnson, Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN), and Lauren Braaten, Pediatric Occupational Therapist (OT).

Assistant Pancakes for Infant & Toddler

Are you looking for an easy and healthy pancake recipe y'all can toss together for your baby or toddler in less than 10 minutes? 🤔

And so these 3-ingredient 🍌 Assistant Pancakes are going to be your jam!

Made with simply unproblematic ingredients – banana, egg, and flour- these pancakes are yet fluffy and soft 🥞, perfect for babies doing baby-led weaning, in the finger food phase, or even toddlers! These pancakes are smashing for breakfast, on-the-become park adventures, lunch, or dare I say… breakfast for dinner.

If you are looking for more piece of cake and healthy pancakes for your picayune one, then exist sure to cheque out my Easy Zucchini Pancakes, Pumpkin Pancakes for Baby, Spinach Pancakes, or these delicious Pink Beet Pancakes. You can likewise observe more recipes and data in my acknowledged cookbook Footling Foodies: Recipes for Babies and Toddlers with Gustation.

Banana Pancakes Video

Want to run into how like shooting fish in a barrel these pancakes actually are to make? So make certain to lookout man this video!

Reasons to Love these Healthy Infant Pancakes

  • made with 3 piece of cake-to-detect ingredients
  • takes less than x minutes from start to the first seize with teeth
  • keen for baby, baby-led weaning, toddler and kids
  • freezer-friendly
  • perfect for breakfast, snack, lunch or fifty-fifty dinner
  • salubrious
  • fabricated with whole grains
  • soft and fluffy
  • contain potassium, protein, cobweb and manganese
Ingredients for banana pancakes for baby.

Ingredients

Brand sure to read the recipe card below for full ingredients and instructions!

  • Banana: you are looking for a ripe assistant with a couple of brown spots on it. Bananas with brown spots are not only sweeter merely they as well assistance with constipation instead of aiding to information technology (like xanthous bananas).
  • Egg: i large egg is needed to bind everything together.
  • Flour: I used whole wheat in this version, but all-purpose, white whole wheat, oat flour or a 1-for-ane gluten-free flour besides works.
  • Cinnamon: I love adding a pinch of cinnamon to my assistant pancakes to really up the taste factor. But you can also omit this spice if you prefer. I also have a list below of other fun ingredients yous tin can add into the pancakes if you are feeling fancy.
Small pink bowl with 3 ingredients for banana pancakes.
Pink bowl with 3 ingredients for banana pancakes for baby.
Pan with banana pancakes cooking.
Purple plate with banana pancakes and raspberry pieces for baby.

Step-past-Step Instructions

  1. Brew: in a medium bowl, brew the banana until very smooth with only a few lumps.
  2. Mix: add in the flour, egg and cinnamon (if using) and mix until everything is combined.
  3. Cook: oestrus a medium skillet over medium rut, spray with cooking spray or add a little butter if needed. Drop 1 tablespoon of batter on the skillet and allow cook for 3-4 minutes or until the sides are starting to become business firm and the bottoms are aureate brown. You will not come across whatsoever bubbles like traditional pancakes. Flip and melt for some other 2-iii minutes or until golden brown.
  4. Serve: let cool slightly and serve.

Recipe Tips

  • Size: these pancakes are supposed to be on the smaller size, and so roughly i tablespoon of batter will make the perfect size for a infant or toddler. If made any bigger, they first to fall apart when flipped.
  • Ripe Assistant: you lot will want to use a banana that is ripe with a few brown spots on it for this recipe. Riper bananas are sweeter than green bananas, and since nosotros are not adding any saccharide to this recipe, the ripe bananas volition provide more flavor and sugariness. Likewise, ripe bananas with brown spots really help relieve constipation, as opposed to unripened bananas (green or all yellow) that may cause constipation because they have more than starch in them.
spoon and fork for baby.

Bobo&Boo Bamboo Kids Plates

Some of my favorite colorful plates for toddlers and kids. These eco-friendly and piece of cake to clean plates are made from renewable and sustainable bamboo.

Add-Ins

Yous can make these easy pancakes as-is or add in a pinch of spices or finely chopped fruit. Here are a couple of my favorite additions:

  • Cinnamon
  • Cloves
  • Pumpkin Spice Mix
  • Nutmeg
  • Vanilla
  • Strawberries (finely chopped)
  • Blueberries (finely chopped)
  • Peaches (finely chopped, towel-dried)
Hand holding a piece of banana pancakes for baby or toddler.

Serve With

These pancakes are made to exist piece of cake, so don't feel like you need to serve them with anything besides complicated. Hither are some of my favorite means to serve them to your infant or toddler:

  • cutting in half and served for baby-led weaning
  • cut into strips and served with a side of yogurt to dip them in
  • serve with a side of your favorite fruit, annihilation goes – chunks of banana, cut upward berries, slices of cooked apples, etc.
  • spread with cream cheese or nut butter and made into a sandwich
  • cutting into chunks and served with maple syrup on the side
  • drizzled with dearest and sprinkle of hemp seeds (for toddlers 1+ years)
Purple plate with banana pancakes and raspberry pieces for baby.

Baby-led Weaning Pancakes

These pancakes are perfect for baby-led weaning or every bit a finger food because they are soft to eat and your baby can easily option them upward in their easily for a palmar grasp or with their pincer grasp if they cut into smaller chunks. You lot can serve them to your baby sliced in half or cut into small chunks.

Banana Pancakes for Toddler and Kids

These quick and easy pancakes are also nifty for toddlers and kids. You tin serve them a smear of cream cheese or peanut butter, topped with yogurt and berries or the classic version with butter and syrup.

BLW Feeding Tips

  • Be enlightened of changes that may exist needed in your own diet. Foods prepared for adults may not always be suitable for infants, particularly depending on sodium levels, seasonings used, or style of cooking.
  • Serve and cut foods to help with grasp and minimize frustration – cut food into two-three′ strips or sticks (about the size of ii adult fingers) for babies 6-9 months old. Y'all can shred or cut foods into pea sized pieces once baby reaches 9-12 months old to promote fine motor grasp.
  • Take a plan for making make clean-up easier, such as bibs that double as "food catchers," a large mat underneath the highchair, a practiced vacuum, or a helpful dog! Information technology might experience tempting to practice then, but hold off on wiping your baby's face and hands until the terminate of the meal. You might even consider taking your infant to the sink and letting them rinse their hands and face there afterward.
Hand holding a fluffy banana pancake for baby.

Storing and Freezing

Because we are not using whatsoever salt or preservatives in these pancakes, they tend to store in an air-tight container for simply 1-2 days. They do, withal, freeze well and volition final upward to i calendar month in the freezer. To reheat, gently heat in the microwave or toaster.

Or watch a shortened version of this video hither.

  • 1 medium banana, with a few brown spots
  • 1 large egg
  • 2 tbsp flour (see notes)
  • 1/four tsp cinnamon (optional)

  • Mash: in a medium bowl, mash the banana until very smooth with but a few lumps.

  • Add together: add in the flour, egg and cinnamon (if using).

    Small pink bowl with 3 ingredients for banana pancakes.

  • Mix: with a fork or whisk, mix until everything is combined.

    Pink bowl with 3 ingredients for banana pancakes for baby.

  • Melt: rut a medium skillet over medium heat, spray with cooking spray or add together a little butter if needed. Drop i tablespoon of batter on the skillet and let melt for 3-4 minutes or until the sides are starting to go firm and the bottoms are golden chocolate-brown. You will not see any bubbles similar traditional pancakes. Flip and melt for another 2-3 minutes or until gilded dark-brown.

    Pan with banana pancakes cooking.

  • Serve: permit cool slightly and serve.

    Hand holding a piece of banana pancakes for baby or toddler.

Age: half dozen+ months

Yield: 8-9 small pancakes

Storage: these pancakes will last in an air-tight container in the refrigerator for 1-2 days or in the freeze for up to one month.

Notes on Flour: you can use whole wheat, white whole wheat, all-purpose or a ane-for-one gluten-free mix for this recipe.