November 6, 2020

Swirled Cinnamon Bun Pancakes

Swirled Cinnamon Bun Pancakes are pancakes with a cinnamon sugar swirl and cream cheese icing. These pancakes are easy enough to make any morning, but special enough to serve on a special occasion. These would be a terrific breakfast to serve on Thanksgiving morning. Unless, of course, you are the one preparing Thanksgiving dinner. In that case, toss your family some dry cereal; you need to save your energy for cooking the Thanksgiving feast.

The Equipment You’ll Need

A Skillet- You’ll need a good nonstick skillet or griddle.
A Spatula- Use a good, flexible spatula to flip your pancakes.
Pastry Bags- These aren’t essential, but are helpful for making perfect swirls of cinnamon sugar and cream cheese icing.
A Food Scale- I find it very helpful to weigh my flour when I make pancakes, for accurate measuring.

The Ingredients You’ll Need for Swirled Cinnamon Bun Pancakes

Flour- Be sure to use all purpose flour.
Milk- Use whole milk.
Sour Cream- Make sure to use full fat sour cream. You could also use full fat Greek yogurt.
Cream Cheese- For the best flavor, use full fat cream cheese. I soften it by putting it in the microwave for half a minute.

How I Made My Pancakes

First, I made the pancake batter, taking care to measure everything very carefully. I was also careful to pay attention to what I was doing, so I didn’t accidentally use baking soda instead of baking powder. If I’m not careful it’s easy for me to omit ingredients, too.
Next, I made the cinnamon swirl and put it into a pastry bag.
Then, I mixed up the cream cheese icing and put that into a pastry bag, too.
Next, I heated my skillet with the butter. Then, I fried one pancake at a time, so they’d be easy to flip. I put the cinnamon swirl on, and then flipped them over.
Right before I served the pancakes, I topped them with the cream cheese icing.

One of the things I love about these Swirled Cinnamon Bun Pancakes, is that they contain ingredients that I always have in the house. Which also means that they’re very inexpensive to make. If you want to put some excitement in breakfast, please try these yummy pancakes.

Swirled Cinnamon Bun Pancakes

Pancakes with a cinnamon swirl, that are topped with a cream cheese icing.

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Prep Time 20

Cook Time 15

Total Time 35

Course Breakfast

Cuisine American

Servings

Ingredients

1 cup all purpose flour (120g)
1 tbsp. baking powder
¼ tsp. salt
1 tbsp. sugar
1 large egg
1 cup whole milk
¼ cup sour cream
2 tbsp. melted butter
2 tbsp. butter, for greasing the pan

For the Cinnamon Swirl:

⅓ cup melted butter
⅓ cup dark brown sugar
1 tsp. cinnamon

For the Cream Cheese Icing:

2 tbsp. softened butter
4 ounces softened cream cheese
½ tsp. vanilla
¼ cup powdered sugar, sifted

Instructions

In a large bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar.
In a second smaller bowl, beat together the egg, milk, and sour cream. Then stir this mixture into the flour mixture. Mix just until no streaks remain. Stir in the melted butter.
Mix the cinnamon swirl ingredients together in a measuring cup and then pour it into a pastry bag.
For the cream cheese icing: In a small bowl, mix together the butter, cream cheese, and vanilla, and then sift in the sugar. Stir until it's smooth. Pour into a second pastry bag.
Heat a nonstick skillet and melt a teaspoon of butter. Ladle about a quarter cup of batter on the skillet. Let it sit a minute, and then using a pastry bag, make a swirl on the pancake, leaving a half inch edge around the perimeter, so that the swirl doesn't fall off the pancake. When bubbles appear, flip your pancake, and cook the second side.
Add more butter, as necessary to cook the rest of the pancakes. Top the pancakes with cream cheese icing.