Banana Bread Pancakes with Cinnamon, Honey and Orange Mascarpone

Serves 6 to 7
Time 20 min
Banana Bread Pancakes with Cinnamon, Honey and Orange Mascarpone

Take our Cinnamon Banana Bread recipe and stir in 1 1/2 cups vanilla soy or regular milk for the lightest, fluffiest pancakes ever! Topped with a rich mascarpone cheese flavored with cinnamon, orange and a touch of honey, these pancakes will coax any sleepyheads out of bed!

Special Diets:

VegetarianVegetarian

Ingredients

    <b>Orange-Honey Mascarpone Cheese</b>
    4 ouncesmascarpone cheese
    2 teaspoonsorange zest
    2 tablespoonsorange juice
    3 tablespoonshoney
    1 teaspoonground cinnamon
    <b>Pancakes</b>
    1 1/2 cupsall-purpose flour
    1/2 cupwhole wheat flour
    2 tablespoonsground flax meal
    2 teaspoonsground cinnamon
    1 teaspoonbaking soda
    1/2 teaspoonfine sea salt
    1/2stick (1/4 cup) unsalted butter, softened
    1/2 cupsugar
    2eggs
    3very ripe bananas, peeled and smashed (about 1 1/2 cups)
    1 1/2 cupsvanilla soymilk or whole milk
    1/3 cupnonfat or low-fat plain yogurt
    2 teaspoonspure vanilla extract
    Canola oil
    Honey (optional)
    Orange zest (optional)

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Method

For the mascarpone, stir together cheese, zest, juice, honey and cinnamon in a small bowl until smooth; set aside.


Whisk together both flours, flax meal, cinnamon, baking soda and salt; set aside.


Cream together butter and sugar in a large bowl using an electric mixer.


Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.


Beat in bananas, soymilk, yogurt and vanilla just until combined, then fold in flour mixture just until incorporated.


Heat a bit of oil on a griddle or in a large skillet over medium heat.


Working in batches, pour about 1/3 cup of the batter onto the hot surface for each pancake, making sure to space them a few inches apart.


Cook 2 to 3 minutes, or until bubbles appear across the pancakes.


Flip and cook 1 to 2 minutes longer, or until cooked through and golden brown.


Transfer pancakes to plates and serve warm, topped with the orange-honey mascarpone, a drizzle of honey and a sprinkling of orange zest, if you like.

Nutritional Info

Serving Size

Calories

490

Total Fat

19g

Saturated Fat

9g

Cholesterol

105mg

Sodium

440mg

Total Carbohydrate

73g

Dietary Fiber

5g

Total Sugars

36g

Protein

10g

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