Moist and fluffy gluten-free bananas foster pancakes recipe featuring moist banana pancakes with delicious boozy caramelized bananas on top. This incredibly flavorful stack of pancakes is deceptively quick and easy to prepare.
The inspiration for these pancakes came from the ultra delicious Almond Flour Banana Pancakes recipe I shared in 2013.
I re-created the recipe with a few minor tweaks, and added some boozy caramelized bananas to go on top (also known as bananas foster).
Let’s talk about those boozy caramelized bananas. Holy stromboli, you haven’t lived until you’ve caramelized a banana with a splash of booze!
It yields that sweet, creamy melt-in-your-mouth experience with that softened boozy kick, which just sends your taste buds into overdrive and gives you that ever so subtle chest buzz.
Sprinkle on a little sea salt, and forgetaboutit. Mic drop.
The simple ingredients for bananas foster are ripe bananas, a splash of rum (or whisky), pure maple syrup (or brown sugar), butter, and cinnamon.
We simply sauté bananas in a skillet until they are caramelized in sweet, delicious sauce then use them to make banana foster pancakes.
I double up on the banana here by making banana pancakes in addition to the bananas foster.
You can easily make any homemade pancake recipe you love to replace my recipe for banana pancakes.
How to Make Bananas Foster Pancakes:
Begin by preparing your pancakes. Follow my recipe in the recipe card below for gluten-free banana pancakes, or use your favorite pancake recipe.
Heat the butter in a small non-stick skillet over medium heat. Slice the bananas in ¾-inch rounds, and place them on the hot skillet.
Cook 1 to 2 minutes, until bananas have begun to soften. Add the spiced rum, pure maple syrup, sea salt, and ground cinnamon.
Flip the bananas carefully (they will be delicate!), and cook an additional 2 to 3 minutes, or until bananas are very soft and caramelized.
Serve banana pancakes with chopped pecans and bananas foster topping. I encourage adding butter!
If you’re looking to make egg-less (vegan) banana pancakes, try making the Vegan Banana Pancakes recipe I posted years ago using flax eggs.
For those times you’re looking for a little somethin’ somethin’ to start the day off with an epic foodgasm, let these be the center of your attention.
Looking for more fun pancake recipes?? Try these out:
More Gluten-Free Pancake Recipes:
- Vegan Poppy Seed Pancakes
- Basic Fluffy Coconut Flour Pancakes
- Lemon Ricotta Coconut Flour Pancakes
- Grain-Free Almond Butter Protein Pancakes
Get love drunk off these boozy beauties!
Banana Foster Pancakes Recipe
Ingredients
Banana Pancakes:
- 2 large ripe bananas
- 1/2 cup full-fat canned coconut milk
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup brown rice flour or gluten-free all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup finely ground almond flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/8 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Bananas Foster Topping:
- 2 large ripe bananas peeled and sliced
- 2 Tbsp unsalted butter
- 2 tsp pure maple syrup
- 1.5 Tbsp spiced rum or whisky
- 1 pinch sea salt and ground cinnamon
Instructions
Prepare the Pancakes:
- Add all ingredients for the pancakes to a blender and blend until smooth. Allow batter to sit 5 to 10 minutes.
- Heat a large skillet with enough coconut oil or avocado oil to coat the bottom (about 2 to 3 teaspoons) over medium heat.
- Once the skillet is fully hot, measure out 1/4 cup of pancake batter and pour onto the hot skillet. Cook until the sides of the pancake begin to firm up, about 2 to 3 minutes. Carefully flip and cook an additional 1 to 2 minutes, until pancakes are cooked-through. Repeat for remaining pancake batter.
Bananas Foster Topping:
- Heat the butter in a small non-stick skillet over medium heat. Slice the bananas in ¾-inch rounds, and place them on the hot skillet. Cook 1 to 2 minutes, until bananas have begun to soften. Add the spiced rum, pure maple syrup, sea salt, and ground cinnamon. Flip the bananas carefully (they will be delicate!), and cook an additional 2 to 3 minutes, or until bananas are very soft and caramelized.
- Serve banana pancakes with chopped pecans and bananas foster topping.
Nutrition
I made these today for lunch (because that’s how I roll) … and WOW. I somehow managed to restrain myself and not eat them all. I shared with my love and he was floored with how YUMMY these are. Thank you!
I’m so happy to hear it, Alicia! Thanks so much for letting me know! 😀
Banana foster is SO good. These pancakes sound heavenly! I blogged a recipe for bananas foster waffles a few years back – great minds think alike 😉
Do you think these would work with a flax egg instead?
Hi Stephanie,
To be honest, I haven’t had much experience using flax eggs in pancakes, but the few times I’ve made them (in different recipes), they’ve turned out great. I’m assuming it will work for this recipe. I’ll update you if I end up making the pancakes with a flax egg!
I just made them with a flax egg and they sadly did not work. No matter how long I cooked them the middle was still raw (but I wanted them so badly I sliced them open so I could then cook the insides separately!). Disclaimer: I Subbed oat flour for rice flour because that’s all I had, so that may have made a difference too). The bananas turned out fabulous though!
Hi Meg,
Ahhh bummer, I’m so sorry to hear they didn’t work with a flax egg. The oat flour probably did play a role – I find oat flour tends to turn out pretty gummy and raw in pancakes and breads – but my guess is the flax egg was the likely culprit. As a side note, if you are able to use a gluten-free all-purpose flour, I made these Vegan Banana Pancakes a number of years ago and the recipe has been made and adored by lots of people if you want to give it a go. Best of luck, m’dear! xo
I need those boozy bananas in my life so bad right now! You are the pancake queen and that topping just makes the whole meal look other worldly. Definitely worth getting lost in the moment for!
Julia, looking forward to using the Banana Foster recipe for pancakes. How many does it serve?
Hi Paula!
The recipe serves 3 comfortably. Hope you enjoy! xo