Blanquita Bites:: Peanut Butter Banana Vegan Pancakes

I know, I know...That sounds like an oxymoron. How can you have a dessert that is a "pancake" on the Daniel Fast?
Well, I think I've got you covered AND it's 21 Day Fix Approved too.

To start, the Daniel Fast is a three week vegan fast while also fasting from any sugar/sweetener and processed foods. This is the fourth year that our church has participated in this type of corporate fast during our month of prayer and we try and participate when we can.

I absolutely LOVE my oatmeal pancakes and my sweet potato pancakes, but both have egg... so I began to experiment to see if I could make a pancake that would satisfy my craving of sweets while keeping to fast friendly ingredients.

I think I hit the JACKPOT!! These Peanut Butter Banana pancakes are AMAZING!!!

Here's how I made them...

Ingredients:
-1/2 banana
-1/2 yellow container (1/8 cup) of rolled oats
-1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
-1/2 tsp of cinnamon (a few heavy dashes)
-1 tbsp of crunchy all natural peanut butter
-1-2 tbsp of unsweetened coconut almond milk

I put everything in a blender (you could use a food processor if you have one) and let her rip! I let it go for a while; making sure that all the ingredients were blended finely for a batter-like consistency. While that was blending, I heated my griddle to about 300 degrees and let it get hot. Then I melted from coconut oil and poured out four pancakes with the blended batter. The areas that may look a little too brown are just the banana caramelizing, so savor those pieces the most lol!
The pancakes cook pretty quickly in the oil and are fragile when you flip them. But oh my! they will put a smile on your face for sure!!

I topped with freshly picked berries and YUM, just YUM!! Enjoy!

21 Day Fix portions = 1 1/2 purple (pancakes are 1 and the berry topping another 1/2), 1/2 yellow and 1/2 blue

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