Bake Fluffy Pancake Muffins For a Smart Make-Ahead Breakfast!

Pancake Muffins

yield: 12 SERVINGS

prep time: 15 MINUTES

cook time: 22 MINUTES

total time: 37 MINUTES

Ingredients

For the pancake batter:

  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 3 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 tablespoon white sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 1/2 cups milk
  • 4 tablespoons butter, melted
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 egg

Pancake muffin mix-in ideas:

Directions

1

Preheat the oven to 375. Prep a muffin pan with liners or grease it well.

2

To a large batter or mixing bowl, add the flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt. Whisk together to combine.

 

Tip: Level the flour properly by spooning into the measuring cup and leveling off the top. Do not scoop.

3

Add the milk, vanilla extract, and egg to the bowl and whisk the ingredients together until smooth. Then mix in the melted butter. The batter should be neither super thin nor super thick, yet pourable.

4

Evenly distribute the pancake batter into 12 muffins. Filling 3/4 full seemed to work for me.

5

Add pancake mix-ins to each muffin. You can gently press add-ins down a bit. I did 3 muffins of each flavor.

6

Bake for 22-25 minutes until cooked. You'll know they are cooked through when a toothpick inserted comes out clean.

7

Remove from the oven and let cool. Serve warm with maple syrup drizzle. Enjoy!

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Fluffy pancake batter poured into a muffin tin topped with yummy mix-ins for a creative and easy breakfast!

pouring syrup over pancake muffins

Let’s rise and shine with delicious pancake muffins for breakfast!

These kid-friendly muffin-style pancakes are a fun and easy way to make breakfast… and the best part is everyone can choose their own creative mix-ins.

pancake muffins in a pan

Using a muffin tin is a clever tip for making an entire batch of pancakes at once, and is more convenient than standing at the stove making them individually! If you’re like me and just getting used to the back-to-school routine, try these for a simple yet delicious homemade breakfast idea.

pancake batter for pancake muffins

Tips for making the best homemade pancake muffins:

  • Pick any topping your family enjoys like fresh or frozen berries, dried fruit, nuts, etc. The chopped bacon with a maple syrup drizzle is my favorite combo!
  • Pancake muffins can last around 4 days in the fridge when placing them in a container with a lid. They could last for up to a couple of months in the freezer. To reheat, microwave for 30 seconds or so, and enjoy!

adding butter to pancake batter

mixing pancake batter

pouring pancake muffins

adding mix ins to pancake muffins

adding bacon to pancake muffins

pancake muffins in the oven

baked pancake muffins out of the oven


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Pancake Muffins

yield: 12 SERVINGS

prep time: 15 MINUTES

cook time: 22 MINUTES

total time: 37 MINUTES

Fluffy pancake batter poured into a muffin tin topped with yummy mix-ins for a creative and easy breakfast!

Ingredients

For the pancake batter:

  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 3 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 tablespoon white sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 1/2 cups milk
  • 4 tablespoons butter, melted
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 egg

Pancake muffin mix-in ideas:

Directions

1

Preheat the oven to 375. Prep a muffin pan with liners or grease it well.

2

To a large batter or mixing bowl, add the flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt. Whisk together to combine.

 

Tip: Level the flour properly by spooning into the measuring cup and leveling off the top. Do not scoop.

3

Add the milk, vanilla extract, and egg to the bowl and whisk the ingredients together until smooth. Then mix in the melted butter. The batter should be neither super thin nor super thick, yet pourable.

4

Evenly distribute the pancake batter into 12 muffins. Filling 3/4 full seemed to work for me.

5

Add pancake mix-ins to each muffin. You can gently press add-ins down a bit. I did 3 muffins of each flavor.

6

Bake for 22-25 minutes until cooked. You'll know they are cooked through when a toothpick inserted comes out clean.

7

Remove from the oven and let cool. Serve warm with maple syrup drizzle. Enjoy!

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holding a blueberry pancake muffin

What a creative breakfast or brunch idea!

I love that you can customize these however you’d like, and take them to-go if you’re in a rush during busy weekday mornings. My family enjoyed these pancake muffins, and I hope yours does too!

bacon pancake muffins

Here’s what my teammate Chelsey said after making pancake muffins:

“These were delicious! Plus, they were super simple to make and you could even make it more simple by using a store-bought pancake mix. My daughter loved helping make them and mixing up the additions (she made a blueberry, chocolate chip, and banana one)!

These would be so great to whip up on a Sunday and then toss in the fridge for the rest of the week for quick breakfasts, especially since your kiddos can customize their favorite flavors. I even found that some of the flavors, like the chocolate chip, I didn’t need the syrup as they were great on their own. The bacon ones are so good, especially with syrup!”


Make my favorite air fryer bacon and egg toast in the air fryer for busy mornings!


About the writer:

Lina has a Bachelor's Degree from Northern Arizona University with 11 years of blogging and photography experience having work featured in Today.com, Martha Stewart, Country Living, Fox News, Buzzfeed, and HGTV.


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Comments 10

  1. Materof6

    This looks so fun and easy! I always appreciate your posts and have learned some great “hacks” through the years! Thank you for your creativity!

    • Lina D (Hip2Save Sidekick)

      Oh that’s very sweet – thanks for following along! I appreciate it. <3

  2. Lori

    Fun idea Lina! This will be a huge hit with my bunch.

    • Lina D (Hip2Save Sidekick)

      Oh sure! Enjoy Lori!

  3. everybodyluvsmonkeys

    Thanks for the idea. I will give this a try for sure!

    • Lina D (Hip2Save Sidekick)

      You’re so welcome! Enjoy <3

  4. Tami B

    BRILLIANT!! Making them today. You just made my morning life SOOOOOO much easier. Thank you Lina!!

    • Lina D (Hip2Save Sidekick)

      Oh yay! Enjoy Tami! Thanks for stopping by today đź’•

  5. Aloce

    Thank you for this. I can’t wait to try it. I like that you provided a recipe from scratch. After trying your recipe, the next time, I’d like to try it with half whole wheat flour, and see how that goes.
    I’m also going to mix in diced ham. I buy a precooked slice of ham and cut it up to add to recipes.
    I love that this will be waaay faster than standing at the stove waiting for individual pancakes to cook, then flipping them and cooking some more. Who has time for that, one pancake at a time?

    A time-saver l use when making cupcakes is to make up the batter in a half-gallon juice jug, to make for fast, easy, clean pouring, so I will use that for this recipe,too.
    Thank you for this recipe!

    • Lina D (Hip2Save Sidekick)

      Oh love the juice jug idea! So smart.

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