Quick and easy breakfast options that are low in points can be tough to find. These Weight Watchers banana pancakes are zero points! Only two ingredients and I’ll bet you have them at home right now.
Since the Freestyle update which brought us more than 200 foods at zero points, it is easier than ever to put together breakfasts that are healthy and delicious as well as low in points. These Weight Watchers banana pancakes are a great example.
Because these banana pancakes are zero Freestyle Smart Points per serving you can add your favorite toppings like peanut butter, fruit, or some butter. These are a great, filling, easy way to start the day off right.
Weight Watchers Banana Pancakes
Ingredients:
- ripe banana
- egg
Instructions:
1.Mash the banana.
2. Mix an egg with the banana. I use a whisk to mix them together. If it really bothers you that the pancakes are flat, you can add 1/4 tsp of baking powder to them.
3. Use a hot greased pan to cook the pancakes. There are a few important tips below.
4. Top with peanut butter, fruit, a teaspoon of butter, or nothing at all–these pancakes are super moist.
Weight Watchers Banana Pancakes Tips:
- Make sure the pan is nice and hot AND greased before you pour your pancake on!
- Try not to flip it more than once, these are fragile, and don’t like being handled much while cooking
- I don’t sprinkle these with cinnamon while cooking, as it seems to dry them out a little.
I’ve found that whisking the cinnamon into the recipe before cooking or sprinkling cinnamon after it’s finished cooking is best–the cinnamon almost sticks to the pan and causes it to not flip easily. - Use the thinnest spatula that you have for these! This is a great one.
- I’ve heard of people adding two eggs, but I haven’t personally tried it.
Weight Watchers Banana Pancakes
Instructions
Instructions:
- Mash the banana.
- Mix an egg with the banana. I use a whisk to mix them together. If it really bothers you that the pancakes are flat, you can add 1/4 tsp of baking powder to them.
- Use a hot greased pan to cook the pancakes. There are a few important tips below.
- Top with peanut butter, fruit, a teaspoon of butter, or nothing at all–these pancakes are super moist.
Kathryn says
This recipe is delicious! I tried it (using zero point Pam spray) because of the zero point freestyle points. However, when I put the nutrition info you provided into my WW calculator, it totaled SIX points! Since an egg and a banana are both 0, how is this possible, unless there is an error in the nutrition facts. Please advise.
Becca says
I’d try to put in the ingredients directly–not the nutrition info. Though, there are only two ingredients so… try the ingredients and let me know what you get!
stacy says
mashed banana….. when you juice or mash fruit they become countable
Meagen Brosius says
We reached out to WW on another recipe that included blended or mashed bananas and they informed us that per serving the amount was still allowable as zero points or “free”. If you are going to eat an entire stack of these pancakes for breakfast you should most definitely count them however you see fit!
Carly says
I tried a slightly different version of this recipe which included a tsp of baking powder, a tsp vanilla extract, and 2 eggs instead of 1. Blended in a food processor. I can’t tell if this is how they’re supposed to be, but they were a very strange texture. They were so thin, so almost impossible to flip, and by the time I was able to flip them, the outside was slightly burnt. The inside was very, very moist – like an undercooked scrambled egg. They didn’t look anything like all the pictures I’ve seen of these, and they were not enjoyable to eat. I understand that without flour to make them rise, they’re not going to be exactly like typical pancakes, but these were really just like banana flavored eggs. Am I doing something wrong?
Becca says
Carly, I can only speak to my recipe but I don’t think they’re like banana eggs. I’d try them without the food processor/blender (try my recipe) and see what you think :)