Our bananas foster pancakes recipe takes this classic Louisiana desert and transforms it into a breakfast that you’ll never forget.
When I was first introduced to Bananas Foster at Brennan’s Restaurant in New Orleans, it was love at first bite. This rich and creamy flambeed dessert is one of the best foods to eat in New Orleans, and I was lucky enough to try it for the first time at the restaurant that invented it.
It wasn’t long after I first tried it that I was playing around with the recipe to find new, fun ways to incorporate this delicious dessert into other meals. On Saturday mornings I typically make pancakes for the family, and it dawned on me that a bananas Foster pancake recipe would be the perfect way to combine our Saturday tradition with a new and fun twist.
Since I first made it, I’ve tweaked the recipe a few times to find the best way to combine fluffy pancakes with bananas foster in a way that isn’t overwhelmingly sweet and remains easy to prepare.
What Is Bananas Foster?
Banana’s Foster is a dish invented by chef Paul Blange and Ella Brennan back in 1951. The dish was created to help drive business to a relative who was a local fruit vendor.
The two created a dish that takes ripe bananas, sautees them in a combination of sugar, rum, and liquor, and has them flambeed tableside. Its typically served over vanilla ice cream. The banana stays soft and moist yet takes on a crispy outside finish for a nice combination of textures.
For these bananas foster pancakes, we change it up a bit and add the sweet, caramel banana topping to our favorite pancake recipe.
Chef Paul named the dish ‘banana’s Foster’ for Richard Foster, a frequent customer of Brennan’s restaurant. Brennan’s still serves up the original recipe and you can experience it for yourself on one of these fun New Orleans food tours.
How To Make The Bananas Foster Sauce
Bananas Foster sauce is made of an easy 1, 2, 3 recipe that combines brown sugar, rum extract (you can use 80 proof rum if you want to flambee, but I typically save time by using rum extract instead), cinnamon, nutmeg, and maple syrup.
Heat a small saucepan over medium heat. Once hot you’ll need to add the butter and brown sugar. Stir it continuously, so it doesn’t burn, until it begins to bubble. add in the cinnamon, nutmeg, and maple syrup. Stir to combine and then remove from heat.
Once you’ve got the sauce, you can add the bananas and pecans, pour over your flapjacks, and you’ll have an amazing bananas foster pancakes recipe for the whole family to enjoy.
Easy Bananas Foster Pancakes Recipe
If you’ve never had bananas Foster pancakes before, prepare yourself. This recipe takes pancakes to an entirely different level. It’s sweet, delicious, and so full of banana goodness that you’ll want to make them again and again.
This bananas Foster pancake recipe combines our favorite fluffy buttermilk pancake recipe and tops them with delicious bananas Foster for a meal you can enjoy at any time of the day.
It’s rich though, so I would recommend saving this one for those special days when you need something to bring up your spirits and you don’t want to count those calories.
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