Banana Oatmeal Buttermilk Pancakes

Add rolled oats into your food processor and using the chopping blade (or "S" blade"), blend until it looks like a finely ground flour.

Combine the oat flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and sugar (if you are using sugar) in a large bowl. Use a fork or whisk to mix all the ingredients well.

Note: Depending on how ripe the banana, you may or may not want to use sugar at all. The darker the banana the sweeter it will be. Also, the sweetness from the syrup used may be sweet enough.

Mash up the bananas in the same bowl as the dry ingredients.

Note: If you do not want yours to be "banana-y", then you can substitute an egg for one of the bananas.

Now would probably be a good time to start heating up your pan on medium heat, using a thin layer of your favorite oil.

Add the buttermilk to the bowl and use a blender to mix the ingredients well.

Add the vanilla extract, and finish blending into the batter.

If you want to make your pancakes a little interesting, here is where you would fold in your nuts, blueberries, or your favorite "extras" to the batter.

Using a ladle, you'll want to scoop the batter into the pan and cook until bubbles come through, and then flip the pancake over to finish cooking on the other side. Do this for all of your pancakes until you are done!

Note: Because you are working with ground oats, the longer it sits as a batter, the thicker it will become. So, your later pancakes may be a little thicker than your first ones.