Really Special Pancakes

Why, you may be asking, are these innocuous pancakes, which, if this photo is any indication of the overall condition of the general surroundings may have been made in squalor, special? Well, these pancakes are suitable for special people. The kind of people who don't eat refined sugar, or gluten, or animal products. And they can be made without a trip to the health food store for a package of buckwheat, or some other gluten-free flour expensive enough to have been a gift to the infant Christ. In fact, they can be made with stuff you probably already have lying around. Lucky you.



 When I was a young lass, I used to make a "pancake" that was just banana and eggs blended together. It really worked. I tried something similar, once, using banana and flax, and the results were not strictly satisfactory. Or even that edible. I had given up until I watched this video. I tweaked the recipe a bit, and here we are. The biggest difference is, my version does not have Laura Miller. I'm sorry.

Pancakes!

2 very ripe bananas

4 flax eggs

2 tsp vanilla

1 tbsp oil + more for the pan

1 tsp cinnamon, heaping

1.5 cups oat flour*

Approximately 1/2 cup almond milk

1 tsp baking soda

4-6 drops liquid stevia, optional

Dash salt

Yummy toppings:

Peanut butter

Coconut whip/cream

Berries

Flaked dried coconut

Banana slices

  Put your flax eggs in the fridge to set up, and mash up the bananas. You can throw them in a blender or use an electric hand-mixer, but mashing with a fork will really do. Add all your wet ingredients except almond milk, pour that in as you go until consistency is correct. You don't want the batter too thin. Also, the flax tends to gel more the longer it sits, I actually added a little more milk to my batter towards the end.

   Pour batter into a hot, oiled pan. Allow to cook until browned and a bit crisp, then flip. You may keep them hot in a warmed over if needed. Then, add your toppings, and enjoy!

*Or regular flour, if you're a philistine. Just kidding, About the philistine part. In other news, if you have dry oatmeal lying around, which you should because it's amazing breakfast material, throw some in the blender and make your own flour, which is what I did. I used 2 cups of quick oats and it was exactly 1.5 cups of flour. Also, it's okay if there are some larger flakes left. Who doesn't like oaty pancakes?