Banana Upside Down Pancake Bites
Just fruit and your favorite pancake mix! Fun breakfast kids can make.
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.