Cinnamon Roll Pancakes
Swirls of cinnamon and sugar fill these delicious Cinnamon Roll Pancakes. Top them with a cream cheese glaze for the ultimate breakfast treat!
I love breakfast foods, especially pancakes. They remind me of my Momma. She used to make me and my siblings pancakes all the time when we were little.
Mom always used Bisquick pancake mix, and it is what I now use too. I love it. They have great flavor and they’re a cinch to make.
CINNAMON ROLL PANCAKES
When I saw these Cinnamon Roll Pancakes on Pinterest, I thought they looked amazing and had to make them asap. I used our trusty box of Bisquick for the pancake batter instead of using the homemade one in the recipe. Let me just tell you… These pancakes turned out FABULOUS! I’ve now made them 3 weekends in a row because they’re SO good!
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Cinnamon Roll Pancakes
Ingredients
For Pancakes
- 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup milk (may need to add a little more if batter is too thick)
- 1 Tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 large egg beaten
- OR use pancake batter from a mix (we like Bisquick)
Cinnamon Filling
- 1/3 cup butter melted
- 3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1 Tablespoon ground cinnamon
Cream Cheese Glaze
- 4 Tablespoons butter
- 2 ounces cream cheese
- 1 1/4 cups powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Prepare Cinnamon Filling first:In a medium bowl, mix butter, brown sugar and cinnamon. Scoop the filling into a small zip baggie and set aside. (Set this aside and let it rest for 10 to 15 minutes. You want it just slightly thick.)
- Prepare Pancake batter: In a medium bowl whisk together flour, baking powder and salt. Whisk in milk, oil and egg just until batter is moistened. (a few small lumps are fine)
- OR If using a boxed mix, prepare according to package directions.
- Prepare Cream Cheese glaze: In a medium glass or microwave-safe bowl, heat the butter and cream cheese until melted. Whisk together until smooth, then whisk in powdered sugar and vanilla. Set aside.
- Heat a large skillet or griddle over low heat. Spray with non-stick cooking spray. Pour about 1/2 cup of pancake batter onto the skillet.Snip the corner of your cinnamon filling baggie and squeeze a spiral of the filling onto the top of the pancake.When bubbles begin to appear on the surface, flip carefully with a spatula and cook until lightly browned on the underside, 1 to 2 minutes more. Transfer pancake to a baking sheet and keep warm in the oven while you make the rest of the pancakes.
- When ready to serve, spoon warmed cream cheese glaze on top of each pancake. Enjoy!
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Um…those look so awesome!!!! I can totally see why you are making them every weekend!!! Can I come over and you make me some too??? 🙂
We had these two days ago for dinner – I love them! They are so good 🙂
How many servings does this make?
I would Like to know as well.
I think it makes 3 servings
Recipe says 8! could make more if they were smaller in size
I made them this morning and had the same experience!
I have made these numerous times now for myself and the grandkids and they vowed never to eat regular pancakes again. The pancakes turn out pErfect every time is a matter of fact I am going to get butter now to make me and the grandkids some cinnamon pancakes this morning..
Same thing happens to me except my cinnamon mixture was nice and thick. When I turned them to cook the cinnamon melted and just burnt onto the pan. Any suggestions?
Hi Lindsay! I’m thinking the only way the bottom would burn is if you’re pan is too hot. I always cook my pancakes on low, so they cook nice and slow but evenly without burning 🙂
Recipe doesn’t say to cook cinnamon mixture in the pan. It says in a bow mix butter (which is melted) sugar and cinnamon together and transfer to ziplock. That said, no heat should be in this step, EXCEPT to melt the butter before mixing other ingredients together in a separate bowl. 🙂 hope that helps!
Replied to the wrong, comment but I hope this helps as well. Haha. My reply was for the cinnamon sauce inquires:)
You have to make sure the opening in your bag is absolutely tiny so that you’re putting a very very thin line of the mixture down, then make sure to leave about 1/2 in between the mixture and the edge of the pancake. As the pancake cooks it puffs up and the inflated sides take that space. If the mixture is too close to the edge, then it will melt and spill over. Make sure you are cooking the pancakes long enough before flipping, so that the top is a little bit cooked already. Also, try to avoid clumping the mixture together or globbing it too much in one place. The less of the mixture there is touching, the better the pancake comes out.
If it’s too hard to do this without burning the cinnamon mixture, you can also put half the batter down, add cinnamon mixture, then cover with the other half, so that you effectively have a cinnamon stuffed pancake. Hope that helps!
How many servings would you say?
How many servings?
Try putting it in the fridge to harden quicker.
Scrap the melted butter, cream the butter and brown sugar together until it’s pale in color and soft.
I had the same issue and I just made the pancakes a little smaller, squeezed the cinnamon on top, then drizzled a little more pancake batter over the cinnamon. They look more like regular pancakes, but all of the cinnamon goodness was still hiding inside. Much easier.
Great Idea!
upon making the first two, I noticed the cinnamon butter mixture caramelized in the pan once the pancake was flipped. my solution was to mix a bit of my pancake batter into THE CINNAMON butter mixture, placed it into a bottle, then swirled it sort “into” the pancake (by slightly dipping the tip of the bottle into the batter). Turned out really nice! will definitely make it again
Would it help to put the mixture in the fridge or should it be room temp and just thicken over time as the moisture absorbs?
Umm delicious!!!
These look pretty and tasty! Great post!
These look awesome…definitely going to try them soon! I’m a big fan of breakfast foods, too. I could eat them all day, everyday 🙂
I really need to try these. They look amazing!
yummy those look so amazing ii can’t wait to make them!!!
Yum… looks delicious!
Wow, this is sooo clever! My girls would flip over these panckes…and I would too. Love cinnamon rolls almost as much as pancakes!
These are definitely a breakfast addiction waiting to happen!
I just made these for breakfast and my family loved them! Thanks for the yummy recipe 🙂
Oh, I must make these. They look amazing. 🙂
I made these yesterday. And today. My husband doesn’t like pancakes and when I got him to try them yesterday, he ate the last three we had and wanted to know why I hadn’t doubled it. Ha ha! I had enough cinnamon stuff leftover and almost enough of the cream cheese to do the full batch today. Love these!
Those look so amazing! I bet your family loved them.
We just finished eating these and they are DELICIOUS! Our’s weren’t nearly as pretty as yours but they sure taste good! Thanks.
We made a batch yesterday and LOVED them. They weren’t as pretty as yours, though. Oh well. My kids didn’t care!
I made these for breakfast today for my daughter’s birthday. She loves everything cinnamon roll, they were a hit! Thanks for the inspiration!!
Having these for breakfast as I type. Like other posters, mine weren’t as pretty, but they are absolutely delicious! I used a blueberry pancake batter from a box mix, and I think the extra bit of blueberry might be making it just a tad more awesome! Thanks for the recipe.
i tried but wasnt very successful, how did you keep the brown sugar mix from burning when you flipped the pancake over? mine just burned so bad!?!?!?
Maybe your skillet was too hot? I like to cook my pancakes “low and slow” to avoid over browning/slash burning.
Did you really use real butter or margarine .
I only use butter. I don’t think I’ve ever bought margarine, to be honest.
Don’t use margarine, it doesn’t work!! Lol
I made these this weekend and they were great but had the same problem as easkinner. Any tips to keep the brown sugar mixture from burning when you flip the pancakes??
I teach a summer rec class with parents/children and would love to do this. How many pancakes is this supposed to make? Also awaiting answer about burning. Meanwhile I’m trying these myself!
Hi ladies. Sorry just getting back to you. About the filling burning.. I didnt have that problem. Maybe you could try turning them temp down to low when you cook them. Hope this helps! As far as servings, I believe this recipe makes about 6 pancakes.
I made these for my family for dinner and everyone LOVED them, they were a huge hit. Thanks for sharing this amazing recipe!
Ok so I had some trouble with the filling. First it was way to runny, second it ran everywhere on my griddle & none of the pancakes had any filling in them! The taste was great but the process & presentation were horrible!! I want to try this again so I think I’m going to reduce the butter in the filling by half & I’m going to let the pancakes set up a bit longer before I swirl the filling. Other than that we all loved the way they tasted!!
I’m making them for my girlfriend’s birthday. 🙂 Thanks for the post!
I made these for my son and nieces this morning. They were a big hit. They were not as pretty as the pictures you posted,(filling seemed to go everywhere)but they were delicious!May need to get one of those pastry tools to help control the distribution of the filling.