Banana Walnut Pancakes!!!

These are my FAV.
(makes 8 small pancakes; recipe is easily doubled or tripled)

1 med. ripe banana
1/2 cup chops walnuts*
2 large eggs

Peel the banana and break it up into several big chunks in a bowl. Use a dinner fork to thoroughly mash the banana. Continue mashing until the banana has a pudding-like consistency and no large lumps remain (a few small lumps are ok). You should have 1/3-1/2 cup. Stir in nuts. Whisk eggs together in a separate bowl until yolks and whites are completely combined. Pour the eggs over the banana mixture and stir til combined. The batter will be very loose and liquidy, more like whisked eggs than regular pancake batter. At this point, you can add 1/8 t. baking powder for fluffier pancakes. Heat a griddle over med. heat. Melt a little butter or veg. oil, and spread around the surface. Drop 2 T. per pancake of the batter onto the hot griddle. They should sizzle immediately - if not, turn, up the heat slightly. Cook for about 1 min. until the bottoms look browned and golden when you lift a corner. The edges should also be starting to look set, and there should be bubbles appearing. If you want to add chocolate chips, do so now as the first side is cooking. Flip and continue cooking til other side is golden brown. Transfer to a plate and cover to keep warm. Continue with the rest of the batter. Serve with warm maple, strawberry or chocolate syrup. Keep any leftover pancakes in the fridge and warm up again in 30 sec. intervals in the microwave. If you want larger crepe-like pancakes, blend bananas and eggs in a blender until perfectly smooth, and add any toppings you might like while cooking.

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