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Overnight Soaked Banana Oat Pancakes with Blueberries

Oats soaked overnight in kefir cook up into tender, tangy, cinnamon-warm pancakes studded with sweet banana chunks and bursting blueberries.

Overnight Soaked Banana Oat Pancakes with Blueberries

Ingredients

  • 2 cups160 gOld-fashioned rolled oats
  • 1½ cups (350 ml)360 gPlain kefir, low-fat
  • 2 large100 gEggs
  • ½ cup60 gWhole wheat flour
  • 2 medium236 gBananacut into small chunks
  • ¾ cup120 gBlueberries
  • 1 tbsp packed15 gBrown sugar
  • 1¾ tsp8 gBaking powder
  • ½ tsp2 gBaking soda
  • 1⅛ tsp3 gGround cinnamon
  • 1¼ tsp5 gVanilla extract
  • ⅛ tsp1 gSalt
  • 2¾ tsp12 gCanola oildivided

Steps

  1. The night before, stir the oats and kefir together in a bowl, cover and refrigerate for at least 8 hours.
  2. In the morning, whisk the egg, brown sugar and vanilla into the soaked oats.
  3. In a small bowl, mix the whole-wheat flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt, then stir this dry mix into the oat mixture just until no dry flour remains.
  4. Gently fold in the banana chunks and the blueberries; let the batter rest 5 minutes while you heat a large skillet over medium-low heat.
  5. Brush the skillet with about one third of the canola oil and pour in the batter by 1/4-cup scoops, spreading each slightly.
  6. Cook 3 to 4 minutes until bubbles form and the edges look set, flip and cook 2 to 3 minutes more, until golden and the centers reach 160°F (71°C).
  7. Repeat with the remaining batter, brushing the skillet with another third of the canola oil for the second batch and the final third for the last batch.
  8. Serve warm, about 3 pancakes per person.

Contains: Milk, Egg, Gluten.

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Saved in the Every Helping recipe book on October 24, 2026.

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