Banana Macadamia Pancakes

Instructions

1. Chop the macadamia nuts. I used my food processor and pulsed it until there were some fine chunks and some larger ones.
2. Add the macadamias to a large bowl, along with the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Whisk together.
3. Melt the butter in a small bowl and set aside.
4. Whisk together the buttermilk, eggs, and vanilla in a medium bowl. Whisk in the butter.
5. In the bowl that you melted the butter, mash a banana with a fork. It doesn't need to be perfect, some chunks are ok.
6. Pour the wet mixture into the dry mixture, and add the mashed banana. Stir until JUST barely combined. Embrace the chunk.
7. Heat a large frying pan or griddle over medium heat. Grease well with butter or nonstick spray.
8. Use a 1/4 cup measuring cup to form pancakes. Cook for a few minutes, until the top has formed bubbles and they have started to pop.
9. At this point, you can add chopped pineapple to the raw side of the pancake. Make sure you spread it out otherwise the pancake won't cook in the middle.
10. Flip the pancakes and continue to cook until light golden brown.
11. Turn your oven to the warm setting (170 degrees F) and put a cooling rack inside. Keep the pancakes on the rack until ready to serve.
12. Serve with fresh bananas* or fresh pineapple and Coconut Syrup