So apparently it’s Pancake Week.
I love pancakes, but never make them.
Honestly, I think they stink up the house. Why is that?
Ever since Jill made banana cupcakes with nutella frosting for my birthday though, I’ve had pancakes on the brain. But then I wanted to put them in a muffin pan. And you know what? They were the very opposite of stinky.
I know, my weirdo nose is weird.
Nutella-filled Banana Pancake Muffins
pancake recipe adapted from AllRecipes
Basically, I subbed maple syrup for the sugar because these are PANCAKE muffins, people. Of course you can improvise with these. Use peanut butter instead, throw some nuts or chocolate chips in the batter, or do all of the above and make actual pancakes out of them. These are just more portable and less greasified.
2 very ripe bananas, mashed
2 tablespoons vegetable oil (I bet subbing melted butter would be nice…)
1 tablespoon maple syrup
1 egg, beaten
1 cup milk
1 cup flour (I used whole wheat)
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
~6 tablespoons Nutella, Pralinutta, or chocolate hazelnut spread of your choice
maple syrup for topping, optional
Preheat oven to 350F. Line a muffin pan with cupcake liners or grease well.
In a large bowl, mix the bananas, oil, maple syrup, egg, and milk together thoroughly. Add the flour, baking powder, and salt and stir just until combined, but still lumpy.
Using an ice cream scoop, fill the muffin pan holes about halfway with batter. Then place about a 1/2 tablespoon of Nutella in the middle of each (I used another smaller scoop which made this easy). Divide the remaining batter amongst all the muffins, covering the Nutella.
Bake for 18 – 20 minutes, or until the tops are lightly browned and a toothpick comes out clean (test to the side of the middle). Once they’re cool enough to handle, remove them from the pan. If you don’t eat them right away, let them cool on a rack or else they’ll get sweaty bottoms (ewww). This made a dozen!
Now, you can eat them like this.
But if you’re like me and couldn’t wait for your perfectly yellow bananas to ripen (and so mine are barely sweet), you’ll probably want to eat them like this.
And lookit what happens when you cut into them! Warm chocolate hazelnut centers for the WIN.
Hooray for muffincakes!
bake me away! 
If I weren’t a bit full of wine and wearing pjs, I’d drive to your house and eat these. Yes I would.
Ohmygod, and that mug! Such a good mug.
Wow this is such an amazing idea! My whole family will just love this. I will really need to bake this soon :)
It is.. it’s pancake week? Hey.. do they have a calendar for such things? I wonder? I missed Nutella week too.
The other advantage of these over pancakes? Way easier to deal with leftovers. And with pancakes, there are always leftovers, unless you are feeding an army. Very cool concept. You could even freeze them (?) to have “pancakes” when the mood strikes.
LOVE LOVE LOVE this idea of “pancake” cupcakes!!
Muffin-cakes…I love it! You have the most creative cooking brain, I swear! I don’t have any brown bananas around right now though–I’ll have to wait for one to darken before I give it a try :)
How cool! I *love* cupcakes/muffins with fillings; they’re always so attractive. Great creativity making muffins for pancake week! They look super good. :)
aLL i Had to do was read the title of this blog post! holy amazing!
These look absolutely amazing…
Jill – I need help with these things… And the mug is sitting its cute little self on my bookshelf! (it’s clean)
Tes – Let me know if you do!
Elle Marie – I didn’t know either, but saw something about it on twitter. Evidently it was Margarita Day a few days ago. Follow @foodimentary!
Victoria – Yep, they’re neatly sitting in a container right now. Been thinking about freezing them because I don’t need to eat a dozen!
Liz – Thanks! I’m definitely not the first…google it! :)
Kylie – I really wish I had waited or thought further ahead to buy bananas. I mean they’re good, but they could be SO much more banana-y!
Mary – Come to think of it, I think this is seriously the first time I’ve put filling in muffins (or cupcakes)! How this hadn’t happened until now, the world will never know.
thehealthyapron and Liz – Thanks!
I’m admiring your coffee mug more than the banana pancake muffins! Not to say that those don’t look absolutely amazing as well. But I have a coffee mug addiction and that one is adorable. Where did you get it?!
hehe, thanks! I love it, too…especially because I found it at Goodwill for 69 cents! There isn’t a brand on it, just JAPAN imprinted on the bottom.
I’ve never heard of pancake muffins before… are they more pancake-y in texture, or more muffin-y? Either way, they sound yummy!
I confess, I am a Nutella addict. I eat it by the jarful.
Those muffins look fantastic! I wish I could grab one now.
Rachel – So I asked my friend what she thought, and she said they seemed 55% muffiny, 45% pancakey. I can agree with that!
Michael – Yes, that stuff is addicting. I missed World Nutella Day, so I guess this was how I made up for it. :)
I was literally thinking of a way to make this happen and I stumbled upon your lovely blog! Now, I’m off to make these vegan and gluten-free. I’ll let you know how it goes!
Oh my goodness!!! I have been thinking of banana bread lately, but obviously that will not do! Awesome and yummy recipe!
Nannette – Ooh, please do! I was contemplating going the vegan route…but then didn’t.
UrMomCooks – I love banana bread! You could put nutella in the middle of that too, eh? :)
These look divine! Nutella is taking over the world!
i’m not a pancake girl but I LOVE your muffin-cake, i’m so going to make them soon, real soon.
Thanks so much for the recipe Jessica. Have a wonderful evening.
p.s. love the coat and the quilts
that’s so awesome.