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a tall stack of pancakes topped with sliced bananas and toasted macadami nuts being drizzled with coconut syrup

Toastted Coconut Banana Macadamia Pancakes

Your new favorite Sunday tradition, these pancakes are packed with toasted coconut and macadamia nuts as well as sliced bananas, and then topped with a sweet and salty coconut cream syrup.

Ingredients
  

Pancakes
  • ½ cup macadamia nuts
  • ½ cup dried unsweetened coconut
  • 1 ½ cups flour
  • 1 tbsp baking powder
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • 1 ¼ cups milk
  • ¼ cup neutral oil
  • 1 egg
  • ½ tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 bananas sliced
Coconut Cream Syrup
  • ¾ cup coconut cream
  • ¼ cup sugar
  • ¼ tsp salt

Method
 

  1. Before we get started, toast the macadamia nuts and then the coconut. Do this by adding them to a skillet over medium heat. Watch carefully and swirl them often, removing them from heat when they achieve a toasted color and delightful aroma.
  2. Next, make the coconut syrup by combining the coconut cream (you can scoop the solids from the top of a can of coconut milk for this), tsp salt, and sugar. Stir this over medium-low heat until it is warm and well-combined.
  3. In a large bowl, mix together the dry ingredients, including the toasted coconut. In a separate bowl, beat together the wet ingredients. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and stir together until a nice batter is formed. If it is too thick, mix in a bit more milk.
  4. Heat a skillet over medium heat and add some butter or oil. Ladle out ¼ cup of batter into the center. Sprinkle over some sliced bananas and macadamia nuts. When the first bubbles form in the center of the pancake, flip it, and cook for 1 minute on the other side.
  5. Cook pancakes 1 or 2 at a time until finished. Top with coconut syrup and additional toasted coconut, banana, and macadamia nuts, if desired.