These simple pancakes are easy and entertaining, and they make a healthy breakfast, snack or dessert. Your kids will most likely have fun creating the monkey pancakes, too.
Ingredients
1 cup flour
1 cup oatmeal
1 Tbsp sugar
1 tsp baking powder
½ tsp baking soda
¼ tsp salt
1 egg
1 cup buttermilk
2 Tbsp oil
2 bananas, mashed
Peanut butter
Banana
Nutella
Chocolate chips
Instructions
Mix the dry ingredients.
Stir in the wet ingredients.
Heat a griddle to medium heat and cook the pancakes until they are golden brown on each side, making one large circle and one small pancake per monkey.
Spread Nutella (or another topping of your choice) on the large pancake.
Spread peanut butter (or another topping of a contrasting color) on the small pancake, and place the small one on top of the large one.
Use banana slices as ears, use a toothpick to draw a Nutella smile and nostrils for the monkey face.
Use banana slices and chocolate chips for the eyes.
Serve plain or with syrup.
Recipe by Itsy Bitsy Foodies at http://itsybitsyfoodies.com/monkey-pancakes/