Banana Chocolate Chip Pancakes

There are many awesome, amazing and special things about being a stay at home mom. One of them is being able to make breakfasts like this every once in awhile. Especially now that it's getting to the fall/winter season here in Arizona, it's a lovely idea to wake up to. This is a pretty basic pancake batter, you can mix up some of the ingredients to your liking. Add applesauce or peanut butter or blueberries, etc. Possibilities go on and on with this one. By the way, they freeze great too!

Makes about 12 medium size pancakes

1 cup flour

1/2 cup whole wheat flour (or 1 1/2 cups white flour)

3 T. sugar

2 t. baking powder

1 1/2 t. baking soda

1/4 salt

1 t. cinnamon

1 1/2 cups buttermilk (or add 1 1/2 T. vinegar to a measuring cup and add milk, let sit for 3-5 min.)

1 t. vanilla

1 T. oil

1 large egg

2 small to med ripe bananas, mashed

Chocolate chips

Combine dry ingredients in one bowl. In another, combine wet ingredients. Mix wet ingredients into dry and stir just until moistened. Add mashed bananas and fold gently. You want the batter to be lumpy.

Heat a large griddle or pan, spray with cooking spray or spread a little butter. Add batter, about 1/4 cup for smaller pancakes and 1/2 cup for larger. Sprinkle chocolate chips over each pancake. Cook til bubbles appear and edges are set then flip and cook til golden. Serve with butter and warm syrup. Make sure you have a nice cold glass of milk ready too.