8 January 2009

Banana Sour Cream Pancakes

Banana Sour Cream Pancakes
This is my first recipe of 2009 with the illustrious group the Barefoot Bloggers . I will continue to roll up my shirt sleeves by cooking up these pancakes as my first tribute of the year to one of my idols the Barefoot Contessa and all the other wonderful members of this close knit group. Here's to you ladies/gents. We're cooks and bakers with a love for all things Ina. We test and retest Ina Garten's recipes as a whole, and then blog about our results on the 2nd and 4th Thursday of every month. Not only is this our first challenge of the year but an excellent way to start any morning!!!! This recipe was chosen by Karen of Something Sweet by Karen .



I didn't have any sour cream handy without heading to the grocers , so , opted to use plain yogurt instead. The addition of the vanilla was a different twist in pancakes, at least for me, but it blended very well with the sweetness of the bananas.

The Barefoot Bloggers have made 56,769 Friday dinners for Jeffrey!!!!


**Banana Sour Cream Pancakes**

1 -1/2 cups flour
3 tablespoons sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 -1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
1/2 cup sour cream
3/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon milk
2 extra-large eggs
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
Unsalted butter
2 ripe bananas, diced, plus extra for serving
Pure maple syrup

Sift together the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. In a separate bowl, whisk together the sour cream, milk, eggs, vanilla, and lemon zest. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ones, mixing only until combined.

Melt 1 tablespoon of butter in a large skillet over medium-low heat until it bubbles. Ladle the pancake batter into the pan to make 3 or 4 pancakes. Distribute a rounded tablespoon of bananas on each pancake. Cook for 2 to 3 minutes, until bubbles appear on top and the underside is nicely browned. Flip the pancakes and then cook for another minute until browned. Wipe out the pan with a paper towel, add more butter to the pan, and continue cooking pancakes until all the batter is used. Serve with sliced bananas, butter and maple syrup.

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24 comments:

  1. Happy New Year girl!!!!! It feels great to visit your blog this 2009 with new recipes on sight ;D
    Pancakes look sooooooo American to me... super exotic!!! I should try it in my kitchen :D

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  2. Val, what's there to test? We all know Ina's dishes rock and it's more of a tribute, a joy to make her food.

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  3. I love pancakes! These must be hyper soft!

    Cheers,

    Rosa

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  4. Hola Nuria!!!
    True Peter but it is fun to pretend we are Top Chefs and will be graded.

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  5. Val, pancakes are the best, but I love them for dinner, with savory stuff too! I like the yogurt even more than the sour cream! Good idea, and you didn't have to go to the store!

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  6. Wonderful pancakes.

    We loved them.

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  7. Ok, you hit me in my weak spot - banana and/or blueberry pancakes are simply hard to resist and no, I can't just stop at one. These look absolutely perfect.

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  8. I have never made actual pancakes. I make crepes all the time which are similar but I should try pancakes as well and see the difference. Bananas, blueberries and maple syrup sound like heaven.

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  9. Yummy pancakes weren't they! Yours look great!

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  10. great tribute to your fellow cooks/bakers!

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  11. I love Barefoot Bloggers. I don't have my own blog, but I love reading about the recipes that you all test. This is one of my favorite pancake recipes ever since I made it last year!

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  12. i'm glad you liked them, you're right they are a great start to any morning! i'd be curious to try them with yogurt next time and see what kind of difference it made taste wise.

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  13. I think I have just changed dinner plans. How yummy and I only have yogurt too. It will work.

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  14. These are giving me a serious craving!

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  15. Banana pancakes are good and I like the use of the sour cream in these ones.

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  16. Where did you get that number of meals cooked for Jeffery! So cute! The pancakes look delish.

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  17. oh, and it is 2009, your post says 2008

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  18. most pancakes are good, mostly because they're the perfect vehicle for maple syrup. these look particularly luscious, as i love bananas and sour cream is a magical, moist-making ingredient. :)

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  19. Happy New Year! I love pancakes, but mine always turn out super thin. Yours look so nice and fluffy! Maybe I should try this recipe!

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  20. I bet the yogurt was really good in there!

    ~Cat

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  21. These pancakes look like a perfect breakfast...or dinner, for that matter. I love pancakes, and the addition of bananas sounds especially yummy! They look so nice on your pretty blue and white plate.

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  22. Oh wow... if we lived any closer, I'd be angling for a breakfast invitation right about now!

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  23. Your pancakes look great. All the best for Barefoot Blogging in 09!

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Val

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