Chunky Monkey Protein Pancake Casserole
This Chunky Monkey Protein Pancake Casserole is a fun play on pancakes that is simple to make, grain-free and refined sugar free.
Ingredients
- 2 medium ripe bananas mashed with a fork, plus 1 more sliced to top
- 3 Tablespoons coconut oil
- 4 large eggs
- ⅓ cup unsweetened almond milk I use Three Tree's Vanilla Bean Almond Milk
- 2 Tablespoons cashew butter plus more to garnish
- ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract or paste
- 1 box of simple mills grain-free pancake mix
- 2 scoops or servings vanilla protein powder
- ¼ teaspoon mineral salt
- ¼ cup chocolate chunks plus more to sprinkle atop (I used Hu Kitchen Gems)
For serving:
- 1/4 cup cashew butter warmed
- 1 cup strawberries quartered vertically
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Grease a 3-quart casserole dish or 9x11 glass pyrex container.
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together mashed bananas, coconut oil, eggs, almond milk, cashew butter and vanilla until well combined.
- To the wet mixture, fold in the entire bag of Simple Mills pancake mix, two scoops of vanilla protein powder and salt until well combined. Fold in chocolate chunks.
- With a spatula, transfer the batter to your greased casserole dish, smoothing evenly. Add banana slices evenly atop and sprinkle with more chocolate chunks atop.
- Add to the middle oven rack and bake until golden, set and fluffy, approximately 20-25 minutes, rotating dish 180 degrees halfway through cooking.
- Let cool 5-10 minutes then drizzle with warmed cashew butter and fresh strawberries. Alternately, you can cool casserole completely, cut into 8 servings and store to reheat when needed.