These easy homemade Pancake Mini Muffins are the perfect on-the-go breakfast recipe! They have a basic pancake base, and can be filled with blueberries, chocolate chips, and anything else you desire!
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day.
It’s true. Not only are there plenty of nutritionists who would back me up on this, I also wrote (and spoke) a persuasive speech on it in college that was probably my greatest triumph in that pub-com class.
It took me ’til my junior year to actually take and stay in a pub-com class. Before that, it was four semesters of me signing up for the class, attending one class, and then immediately (or during the class) re-arranging my schedule so that I could drop the class.
Facing my problems head on, obviously.
While I did—surprise surprise—actually enjoy the class (I had a great professor—sometimes procrastination pays off, right??), every day I had to give a speech led to a lot of stress baking in preparation. My roommates benefited from a lot of chocolate chip cookies, monkey breads, and chocolate sprinkle donuts.
A lot.
Anyway, I adore breakfast. It doesn’t matter whether it’s cereal, a bagel, a big helping of eggs, sausage, bacon, and potatoes, waffles, French toast, or pancakes, I love breakfast.
With a cup of steaming joe. And a few helpings of creamer.
Even if you don’t love breakfast as much as I do (which, if you don’t, is a real travesty–breakfast food is amazing! 🙂 ), I am certain you will enjoy these pancake mini muffins.
They make a great mid-morning snack and midnight snack if breakfast doesn’t appeal to you. Plus, they are customizable, which is A-W-E-S-O-M-E.
How do you make these things?
Well, I am so glad you asked!
First things first, you need a mini muffin tin. Next, you’ll want to grease the muffin tin fairly well, for these guys like to stick to the pan.
Getting back to the leading star of this post, the pancake batter, you will need: flour, sugar, eggs, vanilla extract, buttermilk, baking powder, baking soda, vegetable oil, and salt. Mix all dry ingredients together; mix all wet ingredients. Stir wet ingredients into dry ingredients. Badda-bing badda-boom–delicious pancake batter.
Once you pour it into the mini muffin tin, you can leave it plain, add in blueberries (or any fruit of your choice), or chocolate chips. I made a few plain, a few blueberry, and a few chocolate chip with mini chips.
They’re great the day of, but they can be made a couple days in advance, placed in the fridge, and heated up whenever you need them!
Breakfast like whoa.
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 1/2 Tbsp sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/8 cup vegetable oil
- Fillings of choice (fruit or chocolate chips)
- Syrup
- Preheat oven to 400. Grease a 24-cup mini muffin tin (or 2 12-cup mini muffin pans)
- Mix all dry ingredients (flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and sugar) together in a mixing bowl.
- Mix all wet ingredients (buttermilk, egg, vanilla extract, and oil) together.
- Slowly add wet ingredients into dry ingredients. The batter will have lumps, which is perfect.
- Fill the muffin cups 3/4 of the way full with batter. If you are putting toppings in, put them in now. I put 7-8 mini chocolate chips and 3-4 blueberries in each.
- Bake for 8-9 minutes or until a cake tester comes out clean.
- Serve with syrup.
- Enjoy!
Nagi@RecipeTinEats says
They’re so cute, I want to scoff down all of them! (I probably could too). What a great idea, pancake muffins! And you’re right, they’re so versatile. Blueberries aren’t in season where I live but I think this would be great with pretty much any fruit. Actually, I have some stewed apples leftover so I might try that!
Michelle says
Ooh, I bet stewed apples would taste fantastic! 🙂
Sarah@WholeandHeavenlyOven says
How adorable are these mini muffins?! Pancake muffins have been on my to-do list for awhile now, and I can’t wait to try this recipe! Perfect excuse for me to eat 10 since they’re mini-sized. 😀
Michelle says
Definitely! That’s how it works with all things mini, right? Like cookies and cupcakes? 🙂 Hope you enjoy them!
Lacey says
Oh yeah, totally making these this weekend!!
Michelle says
Yay! Thanks, Lacey! Hope you love ’em!
Alexis says
I am excited to make these my boys love pancakes!! I was wondering though.. Can I use pre made pancake mix and mix in the blueberries etc??
Michelle says
Hi, Alexis! You definitely can! I do it all the time when I’m not in the mood to make my own batter! I still keep the oven at the same temperature and cook for the same time listed in the recipe 🙂
Marjorie says
My son doesn’t like very many of the quick breakfast options I’ve tried. He doesn’t like cereal, oatmeal, toast, smoothies, and he’s kind of weird about fruit. He won’t eat an apple if it’s been cut, but he’ll only eat like 1/4 of a whole one. Anyway, this recipe is awesome because I can make a batch and freeze them. I nuke 3 or 4 in the morning, give him some maple syrup to dip and were are out the door. Thanks for the recipe!