Banana Bread Pancakes

(sorry for the ugly unevenly colored pancakes...I was having some issues with our griddle)

Do you ever buy bananas only to find that oops - a few have gotten ripe before you've eaten them? No- just my family??

In an effort to not make banana bread (who has time for it to bake for an hour) I decided to make some pancakes. A few weeks ago, my mom found this easy pancake recipe that tastes fantastic!

Note: We had some leftovers and found that they reheated quite well the following morning.

Banana Bread Pancakes

2 cups pancake mix (I use low fat Bisquick)

1 1/3 cup water

1/2 cup oatmeal

1 ripe banana, mashed (I used two, since that's what I had)

walnuts, optional

Whisk together the pancake mix and water. Stir in the oatmeal and banana. Cook on griddle.

Pumpkin Pancakes

This morning, Nate and I were going to go out for brunch. But I saw this recipe for Pumpkin Spice Pancakes and decided we would bring the restaurant to our kitchen. They were delicious! Not only were they easy to make, but they had the best pumpkin flavor. Not too sweet, but just right! The recipe made a lot - perfect for leftovers!
Since I didn't change the recipe at all, it can be found here at Lauren's Kitchen.