The Best Banana Pancakes

I love pancakes. There’s something pure weekend about them.

It’s not a breakfast that works sitting at a desk in between conference calls and emails. Pancakes require attention. A fat stack requires a fork, a knife, a pool of syrup, a glass of orange juice and some company. It’s breakfast the meal, not just breakfast as fuel. What better dish to make under quarantine, in socks and underwear with the one you love?

This is a recipe that’s not a recipe. The trick to this non-recipe is incorporating the added ingredients into the batter, rather than laying on slices of thick fruit as the pancakes are griddled, which usually results in burnt fruit and undercooked pancakes.

Using your preferred pancake batter (we used Bisquick), you’ll need to add one serving of whatever fruit you wish to have in your pancakes (we used bananas).

In a mixing bowl, simply smash banana (or raspberries or blueberries or strawberries) with a fork and then add the other called for ingredients to make your batter.

Griddle those babies up and beware the first weird pancake. It’s a thing. Enjoy.