I’ve kind of been on a pancake kick lately. You can’t tell from the blog, but I have been eating a lot of pancakes recently. Frequently, when my husband asks me what I want for supper, I say “pancakes!”
It may be that I like them a lot or it may be that when we have pancakes my husband makes them and that means I don’t have to cook! In all honestly, my husband makes way better pancakes than I do.
So why mess with a good thing?! I’ll leave the pancake making up to him.
Sometimes, though, I want pancakes when he isn’t around. Since mine never taste as good as his, I’ve turned to pancake muffins.
All of the great flavor of pancakes wrapped up in a muffin.
Not just any pancake muffins, muffins bursting with cinnamon and maple (two of my favorite flavors in pancakes!). Just like regular pancake batter, this muffin batter comes together quickly.
Except instead of standing over a griddle making pancake after pancake, you get to pour the batter into a muffin tin and be done.
A swirl of cinnamon sugar adds a burst of cinnamon flavor and sweetness in these muffins and makes me want to try adding a swirl of cinnamon sugar to my pancakes the next time we have them!
Make your mornings less stressful by making a batch of these the night before and then you can enjoy pancakes for breakfast the next morning. Serve at room temperature or warm them up.
Either way, I highly recommend a drizzle of maple syrup. But, if you want to take them on the go, these pancake muffins have plenty of maple flavor to make up for the lack of syrup!
Cinnamon Maple Pancake Muffins
Ingredients
- 2 C all-purpose flour
- 1/4 C sugar
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 1/3 C buttermilk (or regular milk)
- 1/4 C butter, melted and cooled
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp maple extract
- 1/2 C brown sugar
- 1 tbsp cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350. Lightly spray a muffin tin with non-stick cooking spray.
- In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- In a small bowl, whisk together buttermilk, butter, eggs, vanilla extract, and maple extract. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and stir until just combined.
- Mix together brown sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl.
- Pour about 2 tablespoons batter into each muffin cup. Spoon 2 teaspoons cinnamon sugar on top. Top cinnamon sugar with another tablespoon batter. With a toothpick, swirl cinnamon sugar into batter.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Remove muffin tin to a wire rack to cool for 5-10 minutes before removing muffins.
- Drizzle with maple syrup if desired. Serve immediately.
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This recipe is adapted from Simply Scratch.
Trish - Mom On Timeout
Wednesday 19th of August 2015
These are so perfect for breakfast on school days Jessica - love it! Also, I bet these are pretty tasty snacks :)
jennie@themessybakerblog.com
Friday 22nd of August 2014
Portable pancakes are the best. I love the flavor combo!
Kelly - Life Made Sweeter
Saturday 16th of August 2014
Love this idea! I could always go for pancake but I get lazy thinking about all the flipping. These muffins are the perfect solution, they look awesome and I love the cinnamon maple combo!
Ashley
Friday 15th of August 2014
I hate the process of making pancakes! haha I cannot flip them for the life of me so this sounds like a much better way to go! And cinnamon maple? Yes yes!
Lisa {Sweet 2 Eat Baking}
Friday 15th of August 2014
Pancake muffins? L.O.V.E! I’m quite the midnight pancake lover myself. Can’t sleep at the moment and end up in the kitchen making American-style pancakes. Yum. By the way, our pancakes are like crepes, but loving the fluffy US ones.
Love how these taste like pancakes in muffin form.