Healthy Cocoa Chocolate Chip Banana Pancakes

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup skim milk or 3/4 cup 1% low-fat milk, plus
• 3 tablespoons skim milk or 3 tablespoons 1% low-fat milk
• 2 egg whites, lightly beaten or 1 egg
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/4 cup pureed overripe banana
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
• 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground flax seeds
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3 -4 tablespoons milk chocolate chips, mini (or semi-sweet)
• strawberry jam (warmed) or raspberry jam (warmed) or caramel sauce (warmed)

Recipe

• 1 in a small bowl whisk milk, egg whites, vanilla, and banana.
• 2 in large bowl, mix flours, cocoa powder, sugar, flax seed, baking soda and salt.
• 3 add wet mixture to dry, and whisk just until dry ingredients are moistened, folding in chocolate chips.
• 4 pour pancakes onto greased griddle (at about 350-375°f) and let sit until lightly bubbling and edges have began to firm. flip and cook until firm and browned. top with jam or a sweet sauce.
• 5 freezing instructions: if you make these to freeze them, don't make the topping. cool the pancakes on a wire rack, and then when they are completely cool, wrap them in tinfoil (i wrap them in packs of two for 1 serving) and freeze. microwave until warm, then toast to unfreeze them.