Cinnamon Roll Pancakes – a tender fluffy homemade pancake swirled with buttery cinnamon and sugar and drizzled with a maple coffee glaze.
Cinnamon Roll Pancakes
This super decadent and delicious Cinnamon Roll Pancakes Recipe, with a Maple Coffee Glaze, makes an amazing breakfast! These are like making hot and fresh cinnamon rolls right on the griddle. They require a few extra steps, but are totally worth the effort.
How to Make Cinnamon Roll Pancakes
- Start by making the cinnamon filling, this way it has a chance to cool before going into the pancakes. Melt 4 tablespoons of butter in the microwave and add to mixing bowl. Then add 1/4 cup of dark brown sugar, 2 tablespoons of white sugar and 1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon and stir together.
- Fold a quart size plastic baggie over a small cup, that way you can easily pour the cinnamon sugar mixture into the baggie. Close the baggie well and set aside to cool.
- To make the pancake batter, add flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder and salt to a large mixing bowl, and whisk to combine dry ingredients. Then add sour cream, melted and cooled butter, lightly beaten egg, and milk, and stir together.
- The pancake batter will be nice and thick. This is good, as we want the pancakes to be fluffy, and thick = fluffy, at least when it comes to pancakes! Use your 1/4 cup measuring cup, slightly less than full, to add batter to the hot griddle.
- Let the pancakes set up on the griddle for about 2 minutes, then it is time to add the cinnamon sugar swirl. Snip just a small corner of your cinnamon sugar baggie. We are going to use the baggie like a pastry bag to make a swirl in the pancake.
- To make the swirl, push the tip of your baggie into the batter and carefully swirl the mixture into the pancake batter. Don’t just swirl the mixture on top of the pancake, it needs to be in the batter to make the signature cinnamon roll look.
- Once the pancakes are cooked, about 7 minutes on the first side and 5 on the second side, remove them with a large spatula sprayed with non-stick cooking spray. Turn them onto the plate swirl side up.
Cinnamon Roll Pancake Recipe Tips
- Work quickly when removing the pancakes. Once the cinnamon sugar mixture cools on your spatula, the pancakes will start to stick.
- Try not to get too close to the edge of the pancakes with the swirl or the cinnamon sugar mixture will run off.
- Use a wide spatula and quickly turn the pancakes when the underside is golden brown. Mine took about 7 minutes before they were ready to flip. You will see a bit of the filling coming out around the sides. This is fine! It just means the cinnamon and sugar is getting all yummy and caramelized.
- Before cooking the next batch of pancakes, wipe all cinnamon sugar filling from the griddle and use a new spatula, or clean all the cinnamon and sugar from your spatula so it won’t stick to the new batch.
Oh my goodness, swirly cinnamon perfection! You can serve with warm maple syrup, or go over the top with a maple coffee glaze. To make the glaze, combine 1 cup of powdered sugar, 1 teaspoon of maple extract, 2 tablespoons of heavy cream and 1 tablespoon of coffee. Seriously, this glaze is life changing.
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Cinnamon Roll Pancakes – a tender fluffy homemade pancake swirled with buttery cinnamon and sugar and drizzled with a maple coffee glaze.
- 4 tablespoons butter melted
- 1/4 cup brown sugar firmly packed
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 cup flour
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1/4 cup milk
- 4 tablespoons butter melted
- 1 egg lightly beaten
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons heavy cream
- 1 tablespoon coffee
- 1 teaspoon maple extract
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Prepare cinnamon and sugar filling first. Melt 4 tablespoons of butter in the microwave and add to a mixing bowl. Then add brown sugar, white sugar, and cinnamon and stir together. Fold a quart size plastic baggie over a small cup, that way you can easily pour the cinnamon sugar mixture into the baggie. Close the baggie well and set aside to cool.
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Prepare pancake batter. Add flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder and salt to a large mixing bowl, and whisk to combine dry ingredients. Then add sour cream, melted and cooled butter, lightly beaten egg, and milk, and stir together.
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Use your 1/4 cup measuring cup, slightly less than full, to add batter to the hot griddle.Let the pancakes set up on the griddle for about 2 minutes, then add the cinnamon sugar swirl. Snip just a small corner of your cinnamon sugar baggie. Push the tip of your baggie into the batter, and carefully swirl the mixture into the pancake batter.
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Once the pancakes are cooked, about 7 minutes on the first side and 5 on the second side, remove them with a large spatula sprayed with non-stick cooking spray. Turn them onto the plate swirl side up.
Makes 12 pancakes
Cinnamon Sugar Filling
4 tablespoons of melted butter
1/4 cup of firmly packed dark brown sugar
2 tablespoons of sugar
1 teaspoon of cinnamon
Pancakes
1 cup of all-purpose flour
3 tablespoons of sugar
2 teaspoons of baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon of kosher salt
1 cup of sour cream
1/4 cup of milk
4 tablespoons of melted butter
1 egg, lightly beaten
Maple Coffee Glaze
1 cup of powdered sugar
2 tablespoons of heavy cream
1 tablespoon of brewed coffee
1 teaspoon of maple extract
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Oh my, this looks so amazingly good!! I love cinnamon and adding it to pancakes is genius!
Oh YUM! I might try these w/ plain greek yogurt. I’ve been using it in my pancakes to get some more protein in there. Totally pinning!
I cannot wait to try this!!
Pass me a napkin I’m drooling……….cinnamon and pancakes YUM!!
Pass me a napkin I’m drooling……….cinnamon and pancakes YUM!!
I’m seriously drooling. Yum!!
-Erin @ DIY On the Cheap
Those look awesome! Right up my alley!!
such a fantastically creative & super delicious recipe!
xo
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Your pancakes look so delicious! I’ve been wanting to try these, now I’ll really have to try them! I can just smell the wonderful cinnamon…..! Yum!!
Oh how I love this! Definitely trying this sometime!
Yum! I must try this very soon. They look awesome. Megan
You, my dear, are a genius, my niece and nephew are going to be coming to stay with us, I will have to surprise them with this one. Thank you for sharing, I am a new follower!!
Hope you have a great weekend!
Michelle
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oh my yumminess. i need these this morning! i’d love for you to come link this post or anything else you want up to my weekend link party https://www.lovenotesbylauryn.blogspot.com/2012/06/spread-love-link-party-14.html have a great weekend!
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Hi there! I am having a Sunday Blog Hop and would love for you to link up your cute blog.
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Danielle @ Blissful and Domestic
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I love pancakes and coffee and maple and brown sugar… these are awesome!
I hope you don’t mind that I shared your recipe on my blog today! Thanks!
Your pancakes look so delicious!
Your pancakes look so delicious!
I just saw this on pinterest, and wanted to drop by to let you know how delicious this looks! We often like casual ‘breakfast for dinner’ meals on Sunday evenings at my house. This is a definite must-try!
I found this recipe on pinterest, and made them for my family this morning. Thank you for this amazing recipe! You are so right, the glaze is life changing! Holy yum!
Just found your blog, and then this recipe…and I think I’m in love! 🙂 Can’t wait to try them. Just started following your blog too.
🙂
Suzie
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OMG, this looks amazing, I have a had a hunger for pancakes recently and this totally fits the bill. Hurry morning;)
Oh Yes…this looks and sounds heavenly!
BTW…I’m your newest follower! =)
These look so yummy and special occasion breakfast. I wonder if you could make and freeze. Looks like a breakfast buffet to me.
I think that’s a great idea!
I saw this recipe and will be looking forward to my weekends 🙂 very creative photos and easy to follow recipe thanks 🙂
Oh yeah! Those look awesome!
These look amazing!! OMG I want four right now. 🙂
Oh, my word…they do look so amazing!!! I want that whole plateful like now!!! I will have to try those for my kids!!!
Oh Melissa! These look heavenly!
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I am pinning this one sister… Oh yummy!
I am making these this week. If we don’t drink coffee, is there something we could use instead for the glaze? Thanks!
You could make any kind of glaze! Just use the cream, and skip the coffee!
We made these for Mother’s Day and they were amazing! Now I cannot go without mentioning the level of difficulty to make my pancakes look like the picture. We burned the first batch but even after scraping off the burned side they were still probably the best pancakes and likely the best cinnamon roll flavor I’ve ever eaten. Will make these again and again. They were slightly gooey like a cinnamon roll. I made mine with cottage cheese & vinegar instead of the sour cream. Thank you!
Hi Melissa
To make the swirl: Do I start in the center first and work my way out near the edges.
Hi Jackie!
Yes, just start in the center and swirl out. Make sure you push down into the batter a little bit too!
Melissa:0)
Luv these cinnamon roll pancakes. What a great idea and they must take fantastic – looking forward to making these!
These are delicious! I used my own pancake recipe and added the swirls. They were a bit tricky, but after burning a few pancakes and putting down the temperature (and going through 3 ziploc bags) I got a great result. Next time I will try the glaze!
What brand of griddle do you use? Mine is very uneven and only really cooks around the outside edge, not the centre of the griddle
Hi Karen!
It’s a George Forman nonstick griddle. I’ve probably had it for about 7 years and it still works wonderfully. I believe I originally purchased it at Target.
Thanks! I think I can get one at Walmart here in Canada
What temperture do u cook the pancakes. Oh and these look so delicious.
I made thes yummy pancakes today. I didn’t have enough sour cream on hand, so I used about 1/4 cup s.cream and 3/4 cup up vanilla yogurt. I did seem to think the cinnamon was really runny, and had a hard time getting the swirls. I got better as I went along but never got them to look lik the pictures. They were so good that I am sure I will have some practice swirling in the future!
Hi – love this! I tried it last night but have a question:
is the sugar cinnamon filling supposed to be liquid (i.e. the sugar melted?). When I mixed it together, the sugar did not melt even though the butter was hot, and the result was a clump of sugar soaked in a butter-cinnamon liquid thing so it was hard piping it.
Thanks!
Try breaking up the clumps by massaging the bag to reincorporate the butter and sugar. I hope that makes sense!
Pinned!! I just made a different recipe, so today’s craving has been satisfied but this is SO going to be the next one to try!! They look beautiful.
These look awesome! Can’t wait to try them.
These look awesome! Can’t wait to try them.
Need to know if I can skip sour cream ? Will it make a vast difference to the taste?
OH HOLY SMOKY!!! What a final creamy and delicious look… GOnna try this out on weekend
Has anyone made these and then frozen them? I’m thinking about making a big batch and freezing left overs.
Trying these this weekend!! My kids will love them! Cinnamon rolls & pancakes, our two favorites!
Yummy! This looks so delicious and scrumptious! I can’t wait to give this a try! My daughter is going to love this recipe! So excited!
My mouth is watering! Can’t wait to try this one.