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How To Make Muffin Tin Pancakes

June 5, 2013 
by KarenH • 9 Comments
I love breakfast food. I can easily eat eggs for breakfast or dinner, and I am happy as a clam.  My kids are the same way about pancakes. They will eat them any time I take them to IHOP my husband makes them.
When I read Anissa’s post, How to Make a Puff Pancake That Will Get You Laid, I immediately thought, now there is a pancake that I want to make!  However.  I have two young children that may get in the way of any well planned romantic interlude, let alone a spontaneous romp.  So in the normal that is my life, I decided to try making these
Super Easy Muffin Tin Pancakes.

I can easily distract the children with the variety of tasty mix-ins to sneak upstairs for a little alone time with the huz.  I found this fun idea on Pinterest, but unlike many of the ideas that fill my crazy theme boards, this is an idea I actually tried.
I used a variety of fresh blueberries, chocolate chips, and even stirred in a little maple syrup in our muffin pancakes. I was a little disappointed the tops of the muffins didn’t really brown, but the texture was typical for a pancake, and the flavors were spot on with the kids. The chocolate chip muffins disappeared first, which should not be surprising, given any kid’s desire to eat candy for breakfast.

This idea would definitely be good when you have a bunch of hungry mouths to feed all at once, like a sleepover, a fun brunch side item, or even making them in advance as a quick reheat, grab and go breakfast. We will definitely be making them again, and since we always shoot for the mediocre here at Aiming Low, feel free to use the premade pancake mix of your choosing.  No judgement.  I swear!  But, just in case you were overcome by the intense need to overachieve one weekend morning, I am including my husband’s recipe for homemade pancakes.
Make these fun pancake muffins with a side of this Brown Sugared Bacon, and I bet you can easily distract your husband, as well as the children, and sneak off for a well deserved nap.

What’s your favorite type of pancake?

Easy Muffin Tin Pancakes
Ingredients:
1 1/2 Cups of flour
3 1/2 teaspoons of baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 Tablespoon of sugar
1 1/4 Cups of milk
1 large egg
3 Tablespoons of canola oil
Assorted mix-in ingredients like fresh blueberries or chocolate chips
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F
2. In large bowl combine dry ingredients
3. Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and add milk, egg, and oil
4. Stir to combine thoroughly
5. Spray muffin tin with baking spray
6. Fill each muffin cup about halfway up with pancake batter
7. Add in preferred mix-in
8. Cover mix-in with little more pancake batter
9. Bake in oven 20-25 minutes or until done