Futurama Friday Flapjacks (banana!... no eggs)

Every Friday morning Dave and I watch the new episode of Futurama over a fresh batch of pancakes. This morning was 'Fry am the egg man' and Banana Pancakes. The episode was pretty decent, the main character (Fry) adopts an egg before it can be eaten, and it hatches into a large dangerous monster. They take it back to it's home planet in attempt to set it free, but it turns out the natives are none too happy to see this previously extinct creature return. It's a really cute episode, with a fair amount of intrigue. I really enjoyed it! Still....
Today's Pancakes were Banana! They were really delicious.

1 cup flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
1 mashed banana
3 tsp. honey
1/2 cup milk or water (or until desired consistency)
2 tsp. Banana or vanilla extract
1 tsp. each, nutmeg and cinnamon
1/3 cup oats, chocolate chip, nuts, or raisins
 


 Mix together the dry ingredients, and then stir in the wet. I like my banana chunky, what good is a banana pancake if you can't taste the banana? I always add oats so that I can pretend they're healthy. Which, if you use whole wheat flour, they pretty much are. I love pecans in my banana pancakes, but nuts are expensive, so no pecans. But they were still really delicious.





Heat up a pan or a griddle (it has to be heated up before anything touches it, or else it will stick like mad) and scoop out about a 1.4 cup on to the hot pan or griddle. If you're not using non-stick, you may want to use some butter or cooking spray to help it not stick (that seems obvious, doesn't it?)  Leave the pancakes until there are bubbles, and the sides start to brown, and then flip and let cook for another couple of minutes. Since bananas are what they are, these have to cook slightly longer than most, and are still pretty gooey. Should make about a dozen, depending on size.


I think they were a hit with David, and that's what counts. It's really nice to have just a silly tradition like this. It's easy to do now, but eventually it may be hard to get enough time in a day to enjoy this together. So we're taking advantage of the time we have. It's really great fun, and pancakes don't take all that long to make, and Futurama is only twenty minutes long. Every Friday I'll have a new flavour of pancakes and a short review of the new Futurama. Enjoy!