If you are a Pinterest addict member, you may have seen one or two pins that show pancake batter baked in muffin tins. Here at theroommom’s house, we are all about breakfast that fits in your hand and can be eaten in the car on the way to school, so I thought this idea was worth a spin. I tested a variety of combinations and am reporting my findings below. To see the original pin, click here— and feel free to follow me on Pinterest at the same time.
The Basics: Mix up a batch of pancake batter and spoon into mini muffin tins. Sprinkle with any variety of toppings. Bake at 350 degrees for about 15 minutes or until golden at the edges. Eat immediately or let cool and freeze. If freezing, put puffins in Ziploc bags or tupperware. Can be removed one at a time and reheated in microwave or toaster oven.
The Pancake Batter: I used my Basic Pancake Recipe. I don’t think there is anything special about it, so if you have a great recipe for pancakes, use that one (and feel free to share!).
Tested Toppings:
- blueberries, fresh and dried
- mini chocolate chips
- bacon (cooked and crumbled)
- bacon and brown sugar
- sausage (cooked and crumbled)
- sausage with a drizzle of syrup
The Verdict: Both children like the chocolate chip version (big surprise). My daughter also likes the fresh blueberries. My son likes plain sausage. I like the bacon and brown sugar combination the best. Overall, I felt they were a little bland, and the pictures look better than the real thing. They have been handy this week for breakfast. We reheated in the toaster oven, so they developed a little toasty crust. I think they may need to be dipped in syrup, or I need a better pancake batter recipe. They just don’t have enough flavor for me.
That is such an awesome idea! Will definitely try that.
Let me know if you come up with any good combinations. There is still something missing in the two batches I have made. They need to be tweaked a little.
Will do, I’m thinking banana and honey, I normally make pancake batter with mashed banana replacing milk, that might work well with these, but I let you know. Can’t wait to make them 🙂
I made these this week too, after seeing them on Pinterest. I used my whole wheat pancake mix recipe and jazzed it up with cinnamon and syrup added to the mix. I actually skipped the add-ins just because we had nothing in the house. My kids gobbled up the whole batch in one morning. I hope next time I can freeze a few for quick before school breakfasts.
I think I definitely need cinnamon or vanilla or something in my batter. I am going to try magadams recipe (see comment below) next time.
This looks great! I am somewhat of a pancake snob (see my link for my pancake post) and have a recipe I love! Looking at your ingredient amounts, I can see how yours might be bland. My recipe is probably too complicated for a busy school morning but I bet it’d be good to make the night before and toast in the morning.
Would love your pancake recipe. I don’t see your pancake post. When I go to http://magadams.wordpress.com, it’s the “let’s get started” page– no posts. What am I missing?
Funny! I told it to use my blogger site but I guess when I signed into my wordpress account, it used that instead. Here’s the real post!
http://magnoliaadams.blogspot.com/2009/10/im-pancake-snob.html
Got it! I will give it a try and report back.