What a breakfast!!! I found this recipe in Self magazine (March 2009) the other day. (Supposedly, it’s Anna Kournikova’s recipe.) The original recipe made 18 blinis, which was WAY too many for me, so I halved the recipe and made some minor changes to it.
So, what are these blinis? Honestly, I had no idea, but they looked delicious to me! From Wikipedia:
A blintz, blintze or blin (plural is ‘Blinis’ Russian) is a thin pancake. It is somewhat similar to a crêpe with main difference being the fact that yeast is always used in blini, but not used in crêpes.
I topped my blinis with banana slices and maple syrup. They were SO GOOD! The blinis were soft and sort of chewy like a crepe, but thicker like a pancake. Holy yum!
Banana Blinis A La Tina
Makes 8-9
Ingredients:
1 egg
1 cup milk
1 tsp sugar
Dash of salt
1/2 tsp white vinegar
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tbsp butter (for pan)
1 banana
Maple syrup
Directions:
- Mix egg, milk, sugar, and salt in a mixing bowl. Add vinegar, flour, and baking soda. Mix well.
- Melt butter (I used Olivio) in medium skillet over low to medium heat.
- Pour a thin layer of batter into the skillet.
- Fry until golden.
- Flip and repeat.
- Top with sliced banana and maple syrup.
Banana blinis with half of a glass of iced coffee– I drank the other half while cooking blinis! 😉
The lighting in my apartment stinks! It’s not doing this amazing breakfast justice! I swear they were very scrumptious! 
Spring it!
I always find those “celebrity recipes” kind of funny. Those blinis look so delicious!
those look so good!
I really wish I was home making blinis 🙂
Those look delicious! I have lighting issues in my apt. too. I am always amazed at the beautiful pics that other bloggers have, but I can’t seem to figure out how to do it! Even with the lighting, the blinis still look amazing!
AMAAAAZING breakfast!! Love SELF magazine recipes 🙂
Gorgeous breakfast!!!
That looks so good! Very fancy for your day off!
I have some bananas to use up so I want to have these soon!
They look scrumptious! It’s cold & rainy here today and it would be a perfect morning for some hot blinis.
my grandmother makes ROCKIN blinis. i’ll try to make her make some over next week when I’m home to demonstrate the authentic Russian way 😉
those look great!
I am loving this recipe Tina! So happy for you to have a day off! Get back in the groove.
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Ha they still look amazing even with your lighting. And if you want to talk about bad lighting, I definitely can sympathize!
Looks delicious. Thanks for posting the recipe.
Those look scrumptious!! I most definitely need to try that recipe! 🙂
Have a wonderful day!
that looks so delicious!
I never heard of blinis and yours look AMAZING! I feel like I need them right now or I won’t be happy!
WOW those look amazing!!!
That breakfast looks really good 🙂 Have a great day!
Holy crap those look to die for!! I have all of the ingrd on hand and I’m going to make them tomorrow. Thanks for the idea. 🙂
Looks like a great start to the middle of the week!
looks so good! banana pancakes and maple are my fav, especially banana buckwheat pancakes with a little whipped cream and maple syrupt = amazing!
oh my goodness, talk about the perfect breakfast!
I’m not sure if it’s Anna’s recipe but growing up in a Russian household, these are pretty darn accurate. We never had them with bananas- but they were smothered in sour cream and sprinkled with sugar!
wow these look great!! definitely testing out this weekend 🙂
Mmm!!!
Yum!
Hey Tina, can you freeze the extra you think? Or do you know how to modify the recipe to serve one?
@angelcubbie: Maybe? I’m not sure to tell you the truth. If you try it, please let me know how they hold up! 🙂
I tore that recipe out too!
FYI–I don’t want to sound like a know it all or anything but “blini” is actually the plural form in Russian! One is a “blin.” But in English we usually say “blini” and “blinis.” I’m a Slavic major so this is interesting to me. Blinis or blini, this looks like a fabulous breakfast I’m going to try soon!
Fun breakfast!
What you don’t think she cooks those or eats those? 😀 They look delicious!!!!
Are you getting a garmin!?!?!?!!! I think I saw it on your “to do” list. I am v. jealous!
I love making nice breakfasts on my days off!! Those look SO yummy!!!