Hemp, Banana & Date Pancakes
An Original Recipe by Lorraine Elliott
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 20 minutes
- 3/4 cup plain all purpose flour
- 2/3 cup hemp flour (or buckwheat or plain)
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 1/4 cup milk
- 3 bananas, very ripe
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 8 dates, pitted and halved or quartered
- Oil or butter for frying
Step 1 - Whisk the flours, sugar, baking powder and baking soda in a large bowl. In a food processor process the milk, bananas, egg and vanilla. Make a well in the dry ingredients and pour in the wet and mix with the pitted dates until just combined.
Step 2 - Heat a frying pan on medium heat and add oil. Ladle some batter making sure to get some dates in each one and fry the pancakes. Turn them over when bubbles appear and adjust temperature. Serve with sliced banana, honey and yogurt.