Blueberry Pancakes with Bananas Foster & Strawberries

Blueberry Pancakes with Bananas Foster & Strawberries

Makes 6 servings

Original recipe for pancakes from Allrecipes.com

Original recipe for bananas foster from Allrecipes.com

Ingredients

For the Pancakes

• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 1/4 teaspoons white sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 cup milk
• 1/2 tablespoon butter, melted
• 1/2 cup frozen blueberries, thawed

For Bananas Foster

• 1/4 cup butter
• 2/3 cup dark brown sugar
• 3 1/2 tablespoons rum
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 3 bananas, peeled and sliced
• fresh strawberries (optional)

Directions

For pancakes:

1. In a large bowl, sift together flour, salt, baking powder and sugar.
2. In a small bowl, beat together egg and milk.
3. Stir milk and egg into flour mixture.
4. Mix in the butter and fold in the blueberries. Set aside for 1 hour.
5. Heat a lightly oiled/buttered griddle or frying pan over medium high heat.
6. Pour or scoop the batter onto the griddle, using approximately 1/4 cup for each pancake. 
7. Brown on both sides. Transfer to a heat-proof dish and place in the oven on the lowest heat to keep warm while you continue to cook the rest of the batch.

For bananas foster:

1. In a large, deep skillet over medium heat, melt butter.
2. Stir in sugar, rum, vanilla and cinnamon.
3. When the mixture begins to bubble, place bananas in the pot.
4. Cook until bananas are hot, 1 to 2 minutes. Serve hot over the pancakes.
5. Top pancakes with fresh strawberries.