Cinnamon Roll Pancakes
Fluffy pancakes with a swirl of cinnamon-brown sugar and topped with cream cheese glaze. Like a cinnamon roll, but for breakfast!
Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 0.5 tsp baking soda
- 0.25 tsp salt
- 0.75 cup milk
- 1 whole egg
- 2 tbsp butter, melted
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 0.25 cup butter for swirl, melted
- 0.25 cup brown sugar
- 1 tbsp cinnamon
- 2 oz cream cheese (softened)
- 0.25 cup powdered sugar
- 3 tbsp milk for glaze
- 0.5 tsp vanilla for glaze
Instructions
- 1
Whisk the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together in a bowl. In another bowl, mix the milk, egg, melted butter, and vanilla. Add wet ingredients to dry and stir until just mixed (some lumps are fine).
- 2
Mix the cinnamon swirl ingredients (melted butter, brown sugar, cinnamon) together and transfer to a squeeze bottle or plastic bag with a corner snipped off.
- 3
Heat a buttered skillet or griddle over medium-low heat. Pour about ¼ cup batter per pancake.
- 4
Once bubbles form on the surface, squeeze the cinnamon mixture in a spiral pattern on top.
- 5
Flip and cook another minute or two until golden.
- 6
Beat together the glaze ingredients (cream cheese, powdered sugar, milk, vanilla) until smooth, adding milk to reach drizzling consistency.
- 7
Stack pancakes and drizzle generously with the cream cheese glaze. Serve warm.