Pancake Muffins

Hand dip Pancake Muffins into warm syrup for a fast breakfast recipe or brunch party idea. The fun part is to top them with blueberries, raspberries, mini chocolate chips, and more.

These are so much easier than standing over the stove baking traditional pancakes one by one, and these simple ingredients are easy to have ready to go.

Kids and especially the little ones, will simply love holding these mini pancake muffins and not using their forks!! These are ideal for little hands, and always a big hit with everyone...

How To Make Pancake Muffins

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon sea salt
• 1 ¾ cup buttermilk
• 2 large eggs
• 3 tablespoons salted butter melted

• Blueberries
• Raspberries
• Mini Chocolate Chips
• Small bowls of warm syrup for dipping

Pancake Batter Mix

1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
2. In a large mixing bowl, use a wire whisk to combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
3. In a separate medium bowl whisk the wet ingredients together including buttermilk, large eggs, and melted butter. Now, while whisking, pour the buttermilk mixture into the flour mixture and mix just until combined. The pancake batter will be slightly lumpy, that's ok, don't overmix. Allow batter to rest for 2 minutes.

Add Pancake Muffin Toppings

1. Spray each well of two 24 mini muffin cup pans or two regular muffin pans with a non stick spray like coconut oil.
2. Fill each muffin well about ⅔ full or a heaping tablespoon into each. Use a 1 ½ tablespoon cookie scoop and fill it nearly full, and it will bake up higher to look just like a muffin so don't overfill.
3. Add 4 blueberries, 1 raspberry, or 1 teaspoon mini chocolate chips to the muffin cups on top of the pancake batter.

Bake Pancake Muffins

1. Bake in preheated oven for 10 - 12 minutes they won't get much color, but they should be nice and puffed and the centers should be dry if tested with a toothpick. You can break one open to test or insert a toothpick which should come out clean.
2. Cool one minute then invert onto a wire rack for the blueberry version you may need to run a sharp knife around the edges to loosen. Serve immediately with warm maple syrup in little bowls on each plate.
3. Cinnamon Sugar Topping: For a cinnamon sugar topping, once the plain muffins are baked, brush the tops lightly with melted butter, remove them from the pan and immediately roll in cinnamon sugar - these will taste like churros!
4. The best part of these little pancake muffins is you can keep any leftovers in a zip top freezer bag or airtight container in the fridge or toss them in the freezer. Defrost later at room temperature and then reheat on busy mornings when you have no time to cook!

Top Pancake Muffin Recipe Tips

• You can make these the size of regular muffins, just add more batter, and bake them a little longer in a regular muffin tin. Check with a toothpick to see if they are baked all the way through.
• Adults adore these delicious pancakes for brunch, the first time I made them everyone loved the mini chocolate chips, I just wish I had tried more toppings!
• These are so much easier than standing over the stove baking traditional pancakes one by one, and these simple ingredients are easy to have ready to go.
• Homemade pancakes can also be made from this recipe if people want those, use your family's favorite pancake recipe or the best pancake mixes at your store.
• Grab your favorite pancake mix at the store to save time to make this a super easy breakfast recipe.
• When you use a boxed or regular pancakes muffin mix, add just a little less water. When you combine pancake mix with liquid, you want this batter thicker than regular pancakes so they set up in a muffin form.

Other Pancake Muffin Toppings

Make a batch ahead of time, and then pop them into the oven to briefly rewarm them as guests arrive.  

As you can see the variety of mix-ins and combinations are unlimited. Have fun and use up things you have on hand and come up with different flavors and combos.

Grab your favorite pancake toppings, and bake them right into these mini muffins. Try some fruity pancake muffins with sliced fresh, dried, or candied strawberries, mango, pineapple, and nuts or different chocolate chips.

• crisp bacon & cheese
• crunchy cinnamon sugar sprinkled
• cooked sausage crumbles and cheese
• ripe bananas
• fresh fruit pieces
• pineapple & coconut
• peanut butter & mini chocolate chips
• raspberries & mini white chocolate chips
• dried cranberries & candied orange
• lemon zest and blueberries

Easy Baked Pancake Muffins FAQ

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