Blueberry & Banana Pancakes (American Style) are incredibly fruity and delicious. These light, fluffy pancakes are the perfect dessert or indulgent breakfast.

Today I’m sharing Blueberry and Banana Pancakes (American Style). As a blogger for Oxo, I am privileged to receive products that often push me to make things that I haven’t ever thought to make before.
So when I received a kit for making pancakes (items actually sold separately) I wanted to do something a little different. Inspiration came from watching “This Morning” when they featured Blueberry Pancakes on the show.
I happened to have some blueberries but also had a glut of bananas and really thought these two flavours would be awesome together.
I researched a variety of both blueberry and banana pancake recipes and came up with this hybrid and it worked! It worked so well that I can’t wait to have these again and the whole family, including my blueberry-hating husband, wolfed them down.
A thumbs up from the whole family makes me a very happy mum! Indeed I think these pancakes would be perfect as a treat for Mother’s Day with a nice pot of freshly made coffee (or tea)!

The Oxo Good Grips Batter Bowl was a joy to use with its bright red volume markings and high splatter-proof sides. The rubberised handle made holding the bowl whilst whisking really easy.
The 11” Silicone Balloon Whisk was comfortable to use, heat resistant to 315°C, and safe to use on non-stick surfaces.
Finally flipping the pancakes was made simple with the Silicone Flexible Pancake Turner which again is heat resistant to 315°C and has thin flexible edges to glide in under the pancakes easily.

I was also fortunate to be given the new Oxo Good Grips French Press with Groundskeeper to try out, plus 3 bags of Douwe Egberts ground coffee.
Although I’m not a coffee drinker, my parents and husband are so I have had plenty of experience with making coffee and cleaning out the traditional French Press which is always a dreadful chore.
This new one has an innovative silicone ladle that sits in the bottom of the press to collect all the coffee grounds, plus the mesh part that presses down is far easier to clean with just a simple rinse, no nooks and crannies for the coffee grounds to get stuck in.
The glass carafe is cradled by a stainless steel frame to keep the coffee hot and the handle and plunger have soft and comfortable non-slip grips.
When you’re ready to wash up the press you just remove the filter and groundskeeper and empty all the grounds into your compost/foodwaste bin.
We tried out the Café Milano, of which my husband managed to drink 4 cups worth before I’d even managed to take a photograph so a re-brew became necessary.
We followed the Top 10 Coffee Tips from Douwe Egberts, one of which was to agitate the coffee grounds in a figure of 8 to release more of their aroma! Hubby was very impressed with both the French Press (rrp £35) and the coffee.
I was over the moon with the ease and speed of cleaning it!
As my blog is going to have its 1st anniversary this month I wanted to celebrate by doing a giveaway from Oxo as they have been with me ever since I answered a tweet about what my favourite Oxo product was.
I told them it was my Garlic Crusher which I’d written about in my Kitchenalia section and the rest as they say is history.
I’m quite a fussy person and expect products to be fit for their purpose.
Oxo never merely meets my expectations but exceeds them and that’s why their products are such a joy to use, they think of everything!
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More Pancake Recipes
Once you’ve tried my Blueberry & Banana Pancakes then do try these recipes:
- Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Pancakes
- Lemon & Raisin Scotch Pancakes
- 3 Ingredient Banana Nutella Pancakes
- Monster Pancakes
- Wholemeal Spelt Pancakes with Coffee Cardamon Chocolate Sauce
- Marsala, Honey, Date and Walnut Pancake Recipe
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Blueberry & Banana Pancakes (American Style)
Ingredients
- 200 g Plain flour
- Pinch of salt
- 1 tsp Baking Powder
- 2 tbsp Caster sugar
- 1 Banana average sized, mashed
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
- 2 eggs
- 130 g / 4 ½ oz Fat free Greek style yogurt or plain yogurt
- 200 ml Semi-skimmed milk
- 55 g / 2oz Melted butter
- 100 g Blueberries
- Light olive oil for frying
Decoration
- Extra blueberries
- Maple or golden syrup to drizzle
Instructions
- Sift flour, salt and baking powder into a bowl and then stir in the sugar.
- In another bowl whisk together the mashed banana, yogurt, eggs and vanilla extract, then whisk in the milk.
- Make a well in the centre of the flour and whisk in the wet ingredients followed by the melted butter.
- Then mix in the blueberries.
- Next heat up a small amount of oil to just coat a large non-stick frying pan.
- Drop 1 tablespoon of batter into the pan for each pancake, there should be room for 3 at a time.
- Fry on a medium heat until bubbles start to form on the surface and then turn over, takes about for 3-4 minutes in total. (I like to keep my pancakes warm on a plate enveloped in foil over a pan of simmering water).
- Repeat with the rest of the mixture (makes 14).
- Serve in stacks with maple or golden syrup and extra blueberries.
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Nice recipe. I like your post. I have learned a lot from your blog.
Vicki Stapley
My kids would love these as they’re pancake mad! lol
Morowa Brenya
Dedicated Coconut, honey and lime for me, healthy and delicious too.
Camilla
Fab:-)
Paul Wilson
Blueberrys and pancakes go together so well.
Heather Haigh
I have never had American pancakes but they look great.
handbar
They look delicious and so sweet.
Ursula Hunt
Great recipe for Shrove tuesday coming up
K Mayers
They look very useful things to have. I missed the giveaway (by a long time!) but it doesn’t hurt to read it & the pancakes look delicious!
Well done to the winner btw 🙂
Ursula Hunt
These Pancakes look delicious
Camilla
Oh they are:-)
Helen Allan
Mmm. I have been looking for a good American pancake recipe for a long time. This is perfect.
Camilla
They are extremely yummy:-)
Paul Wilson
I could just go for some of these right now!
Lauren
Definitely blueberry pancakes and banana and honey
John Ogden
I have a real hankering for crepes with a cherry sauce
Heidi Roberts
My all time favourite is blueberry pancakes with maple syrup. I keep blueberries in the freezer just in case!
Mr Colin Wright
I’d make banana pancakes
charlotte horsfield
my favorite pancake is a chcolate wipped cream and sprinkles on it yummy x
Vohn McGuinness
I’d make my favourite savoury Chilli Beef Pancakes Vohn x
Diane Carey
Plain with lemon and sugar. I’m not very adventurous when it comes to pancakes
Elaine Savage
orange pancakes with butterscotch sauce
cath creighton
id make cheesy pancakes, the best cheese is emmental and some chopped up ham, pure gooey and delicious, getting hungry just typing this!
Jules
Nutella pancakes
Maria Turner
I still love a traditional pancake with lemon juice and sugar 🙂
Sara
Nutella chocolate chip.
Alia Parveen
oo love yummy pancakes would make spicy pancakes and use daal as a dip lol
Julia W
I would make Malaysian coconut pancakes
Jessica Cocks
Bluberry! They’re the best!!
La Moi
Choc. chip pancakes
Ruth G. Grover
Apple and Blueberry…they are gorgeous.
Deborah Patrick
I’d make classic drop scone pancakes, just like my children love them 🙂
Alison Wakefield
Nutella and banana
tracy s
I love the sound of the Blueberry and Banana ones, so may try these!
@tjsi1963
L Pilk
Nutella
Jane Townson
cheese and spinach
Galina V
Maybe blini, but it would depend on what I fancy that day. I make pancakes every Sunday, and use different fillings. Love the American style pancakes too.
Maya Russell
I’d have lemon and sugar pancakes.
Stephanie
I’ve been getting into running and healthy eating and I’ve seen some great recipes for pancake batter made with banana mmm. And then I’d have hazelnut butter and cacao nibs for the perfect whole food treat!
Attachment Mummy
Banana, a reminder of Thailand!
Shelley White
Great recipes
Belinda Matthews
blueberry
Gillian Holmes
Syrup
Amanda Johnson
I would try your Blueberry & Banana Pancakes as they look delicious nom nom
Elfers
Maybe wholeheartedly embrace the American dream and try bacon and maple syrup pancakes? Actually I really fancy something really lemony, maybe with some fruit juice soaked plump raisins for good measure.
Raj Sandhu
Choc chip pancakes
laura banks
black cherry pancakes with ice cream
Sharon jones
I Love my nans pancakes with butter and sugar on the best!!
Lucy Mayer
Thick pancakes with chocolate chunks… topped with chocolate sauce, fudge sauce, and toffee-fudge ice-cream… it’s just been that sort of a week!
olivia kirby
choc chip and orange zest American style ones.
Lancashire Food
Thick american style with maple syrup
Choclette
Those pancakes look so good I’m almost tempted to whip up a batch now. Would love to win this kit and would probably make chocolate pancakes again – the last lot were quite a success.
Camilla
Ooh you’ve just given me an idea, leave out the blueberries another time and throw on some chocolate chips once in the pan:-)
Jennifer Harris
lemon and sugar pancakes
Mummy of Two
American style with lots of syrup and crispy bacon mmmmmm…..
Jennifer Jack
i would make just simple pancake maple syrup with bannana yum
Judith Eddington
id make maple syrup and butter pancakes
Kathryn S
I’d make Banana pancakes, had them in a diner in london and they were to die for
alison
I’d make my favourites – pancakes with golden syrup!
Claire Butler
CHOPPED BAnanas, nutella and flaked toasted almonds is yummy
Jane Poole
These look great – this weekend methinks
Camilla
They were fab – hope you enjoy them:-)
jo glasspool
the blueberry and banana sound amazing this would be my first attempt
jo hutchinson
blackberry pancakes
May
I’d make some Malaysian pandan pancakes filled with coconut and palm sugar.
Karla
Buttermilk pancakes.
ashleigh
I would try your blueberry and banana ones – sound amazing!
JUDITH LUSCOMBE
I would make the basic pancake mixture and add melted white chocolate and cinnamon, yummy
Lindy hamilton
Vanilla icecream and popping candy yummm
Maxine
think that it would just have to be simple – thin crepes with lemon and sugar – can’t be beaten!
Ali Thorpe
Maple syrup with crushed pecan nuts.
justine meyer
strawberry and banana
Euphoriabuzz
I quite fancy Pear and cinnamon pancakes but have often wondered if cheese and Marmite would work for a savoury option!!!!
catherine
well these sound just perfect for some weekend breakfast making. As always no matter whether i’ve eaten or not your blog makes me hungry 🙂
Camilla
Ah, thank you so much, what lovely thing to say:-)
BinkyPower
I’d make a traditional pancake that I have just with lemon juice for me, but for the family an one of numerous flavours from blueberry to raspberry & every other berry in between!
Tasha Corder
Banana and chocolate pancakes
Simon C
Syrup, can`t beat it! 🙂
Simon.
Gemma Mills / Chamberlain (MyMillsBaby)
Chocolate and banana!
Christine Lockley
I’ll definitely be trying you pancake mix but I also love plain pancakes with bananas and honey – mmm delicious.
Thanks for the chance to win x
Winnie
american breakfast pancakes with loads of honey 😀
Becky John
For the adults I would try the above, for the children plain pancakes with sugar & ice cream as they like everything plain.
anna
lemon and sugar pancakes
Corina
I prefer savoury pancakes so maybe mushroom and cheese.
LUCY IRVING
I prefer savoury pancakes too. I would make a chicken, mushroom and leek filling
Gill Bland
I’ve seen a recipe for brownie-american-pancakes I fancy trying
Katherine L
I’d give this recipe a try! they look incredibly yummy and fluffy 🙂
Jo Young
I like traditional Scotch pancakes drizzled with either golden syrup or strawberries and cream!
Janine
Got to be sultana and lemon drizzled with golden syrup
Chris Hunt
Anything with peanut butter would suit me. Hopefully someone would have a recipe.
Tracy Hanley
Apple, sultanas and cinnamon
Hazel Rea
They would be glutenfree – and cinnamon.
Shelley White
Cheese & baked beans with a fried egg on top!
melanie stirling
cheese and mushrooms pancakes 🙂
Kathy S
Chocolate Chip Pancakes.
Jacqueline @How to be a Gourmand
Well done – you have managed to convert your OH to like blueberries 🙂 Sounds like a good idea to use mashed banana with the pancake and topped with maple syrup…. well, now you are talking 😀
Hope you have a nice mother’s day today Camilla and congrats on approaching the milestone of 1 year in blogging x
Camilla
Well, I wouldn’t say converted, as they were cooked into a pancake they went under his radar somewhat but I could never get a raw one past his lips LOL! Thanks for all your good wishes, and thanks for all your help and support at the beginning of my journey I can’t believe it’s been a year, somehow it feels longer:-)
Jenette ogborn
strawberry and chocolate
13rebecca13
Choc chip – yum!
Fridge Forager
I would have to (finally) attempt Golden Syrup pancakes if I won.
Sarah Parkin
I would pancakes with stewed apple & a sprinkling of sugar
Javelin Warrior
Love the sound of these pancakes, Camilla – and I’ve actually been working on a recipe of my own for pancakes, but haven’t yet tried adding any mix-ins like blueberries yet. But blueberries will be one of my first in because I love them… Thanks so much for sharing!
Camilla
Thanks Mark:-) Yes they do work wonderfully and I can’t wait to make them again!
Jane Willis
i’d make sweetcorn pancakes, it’s far too long since I made them
Nicola Marie Reynolds
I’ve never made anything other then the standard plain pancakes so I think it’d be nice to have something different for a change and I’d make something with lots of fruit in it, then I wouldn’t feel quite so bad about eating them!
Helen Dickinson
Chocolate and strawberry pancakes
Jean Bolsover
Banana pancakes
Alan C
I’d make banana pancakes (mashed bananas in the batter) and sliced bananas, whipped cream and honey/syrup for filling/topping
terina davidson
i would make fresh squeesed orange & sugar panckes,as a kid i loved these pancakes
UrsulaB
the traditional lemon and sugar for me
katie skeoch
banana & golden syrup pancakes – yummy xx
fran hopkins
Maple Syrup with Bananas yum!!
Helen Brown
Sugar and lemon all the way :-)))))
angela - Garden Tea Cakes and Me
I too love making american pancakes for breakfast I particularly like to use fresh raspberries from my garden when they are in season.
Angela
Camilla
Ooh that sounds good too, another fruit my husband doesn’t like, wonder if he could resist temptation then!
Gillian Holmes
Plain sweet pancakes
Christine Dodd
I’d make Nigel Slater’s caramelised onion & cheese pancakes. Love his recipes and his passion for food.
Amanda Richardson
Banana pancakes with either chocolate sauce or maple syrup (can’t make my mind up which one!!)
Kerry Jones
I would make traditional crepe’s with lemon juice and sugar. This recipe looks delicious as well so would try that too.
Elizabeth
I absolutely adore American style blueberry pancakes. Yum! Thank you for entering these into the No Waste Food Challenge!
Camilla
Thank you Elizabeth:-)
Janine Phillips
I would make cherry and maple syrup pancakes x
tamalyn roberts
i would try the recipe you posted, it would make a nice change to chocolate spread and bananas lol
KATHY WYNNE
i GUESS I’D MAKE HONEY AND BANANA PANCAKES-FILLING AND YUMMY!!!
Diana Cotter
I’d make my favourite savoury pancakes with blue cheese and chives
Cheryll H
I would make the panbcakes in this post! i have all the ingredients in at the mo so i might have them for breakfast tomorrow as well he he 🙂