Banana-buckwheat pancakes

Gooey and delicious!

I'm still having problems adjusting to working until 9 almost every night and not getting home until at least quarter to ten... it makes dinner an endless question, since I always am hungry for something, but I don't want to eat a giant meal. Pancakes is one way to solve this; I can have two or three to keep my tummy happy, and then throw the rest in the fridge for breakfast or snacks the next day.




These pancakes are a bit of a work-in-progress, but I'm posting the recipe up so I can keep track! I got the basic recipe from my good friend and (third) cousin, Skittles.

Ingredients:
- 1 egg
- 3 bananas
- 2 heaping tbsp buckwheat flour
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- milk

Mash the bananas together with the egg; mix until as smooth as possible (since I have no beaters, I had to make do with a fork, so there were lumps). Add the buckwheat flour and stir until completely mixed.

Heat up the skillet; add the baking soda and then as much milk as you need to achieve the desired pancake consistency. Spoon some mix on to the skillet and do that pancake thang.

Now, this is a work-in-progress because while the pancakes were near-burnt on the bottom, they were still thick and gooey and uncooked on the top, making it super-hard to flip them, and indeed cook them through. I believe this is due to too much banana and not enough buckwheat, and also to the fact that I was using my cheap-arse, tiny frypan that overheats way too quickly. Next time, I think I'd add two tbsp more buckwheat, or maybe even some rice flour, and reduce the number of bananas to one and a half.

Anyway, they ended up delicious, if a little mooshtastic inside. The best thing? No need for syrup!

Om nom nom...