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Banana Upside Down Pancake Bites

Just fruit and your favorite pancake mix! Fun breakfast kids can make.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Total Time 22 minutes
Course Breakfast
Cuisine American

Equipment

  • mini muffin pan, preferably silicone

Ingredients
  

  • oil spray or melted butter, for greasing pan
  • 2 ripe bananas or 1 cup diced pineapple or other fruit
  • 2 tbsp brown sugar or coconut sugar
  • 1 1/2 cup pancake mix (and ingredients needed in instructions)
  • 1/4 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • maple syrup and/or powdered sugar, for serving

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Grease a mini muffin tin really well with oil spray or melted butter.
  • Slice the bananas, making sure to get about 12 slices from each so you have 24 slices total. Place a slice of banana in each of the mini muffin holes.
  • Sprinkle each slice of banana with a pinch of brown sugar.
  • Make your pancake batter according to the package instructions. I like to add cinnamon and vanilla for extra flavor, but that is optional.
  • Scoop about a heaping tablespoon of batter on to each banana slice. Tap the muffin pan on the counter a couple of times to make sure the batter settles around the banana and any air bubbles are released.
  • Bake until puffed and golden brown, 12 to 14 minutes. Cool for a few minutes then run a butter knife around each pancake bite to help get them out of the pan. Serve pancakes bites with maple syrup for dipping or dust with powdered sugar, if desired.
Keyword baked pancakes, banana, pancake mix