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Bananas Foster Pancakes

Bananas foster is usually served over ice cream but have you tried it with pancakes? These banana foster pancakes are the perfect decadent breakfast or brunch recipe. They’re made with fluffy buttermilk pancakes and a rich, buttery, caramel vanilla rum sauce that's pure heaven! Ready in minutes!
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Course Breakfast
Cuisine American
Servings 3 people
Calories 329 kcal

Equipment

Ingredients
  

  • 9 prepared pancakes You could make your own using the recipe linked here, use a pancake mix, or buy pre-made frozen pancakes.
  • 2 bananas sliced into ½-inch pieces
  • ½ cups brown sugar
  • ½ cups orange juice
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla bean paste or an equal amount of vanilla extract
  • ½ teaspoon cinnamon
  • 2 tablespoons dark rum optional but it adds so much. If you don't want to use rum, you could add ½ teaspoon of rum extract instead.
  • 2 tablespoons butter chilled and cubed
  • powdered sugar optional

Instructions
 

  • Heat a 10-inch skillet over medium heat. Gently stir the brown sugar, orange juice, vanilla, cinnamon, and rum together.
    combine the orange juice and brown sugar in a skillet
  • Simmer until reduced by a third or when the sauce appears syrupy, 5 to 7 minutes.
    heat until melted and blended
  • Add bananas and stir for a minute until the bananas are well-coated.
    add the bananas
  • Turn off the heat and add the chilled butter, stirring constantly until the butter is completely incorporated in the sauce.
    add the butter
  • Heat the pancakes and pour hot sauce over them.
    the completed bananas foster sauce in a skillet
  • Sprinkle with powdered sugar, if desired.
    bananas foster sauce being poured over top of a stack of pancakes

Nutrition

Serving: 3pancakes | Calories: 329kcal | Carbohydrates: 60g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 22mg | Sodium: 87mg | Potassium: 423mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 49g | Vitamin A: 375IU | Vitamin C: 28mg | Calcium: 51mg | Iron: 1mg
Keyword banana, pancakes
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