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Cinnamon Roll Pancakes are a delicious homemade pancake mix swirled with cinnamon roll filling and drizzled with a delicious cream cheese glaze. These are pure deliciousness!
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Delicious Cinnamon Roll Pancakes
As I was making this delicious cinnamon roll pancake creation I thought to myself… why haven’t I made these until now? A pancake swirled with cinnamon sugar and an amazing cream cheese glaze on top. Doesn’t get much better than that!
I knew my kids would just go nuts over these pancakes. So I doubled the recipe and made a big batch. I am going to freeze some for my boys so they can be heated up before school. I know best mom ever! Heres the problem, only 3 made them in the freezer. They were so amazing my boys couldn’t get enough! Then my boys wanted a bedtime snack and heated up the rest. So I am left with zero. That is okay though. It gives me an excuse to make these pancakes again. My boys said they were the best thing ever. They especially loved the cream cheese glaze on top!
These cinnamon roll pancakes are so simple to make. To make them even easier substitute the homemade pancake recipe for your favorite pancake recipe from a box. It will still have the same great flavor with the cinnamon roll filling circled over the pancake mix. These pancakes are a huge hit and won’t last long. A delicious cinnamon roll in the form of a pancake that the whole family will love!
Cinnamon Roll Pancakes Ingredients:
Cinnamon Filling:
- Unsalted butter, melted
- Light brown sugar
- Ground cinnamon
Cream Cheese Glaze:
- Unsalted butter
- Cream cheese, at room temperature
- Powdered sugar
- Vanilla extract
Pancakes: (Can also use a box)
- All-purpose flour
- Baking powder
- Salt
- Milk
- Egg, lightly beaten
- Canola or vegetable oil
How to make Cinnamon Roll Pancakes:
- To make the cinnamon filling: Combine brown sugar, melted butter, and cinnamon in a medium size bowl. Scoop into a baggie and set aside.
- For the glaze: In a small pan melt the butter over low heat. Whisk together the cream cheese, vanilla and powdered sugar. Take off of the heat and set aside until ready to use on pancakes.
- To make the pancakes: Combine flour, baking powder and salt. Whisk together the milk, egg, and oil.
- Heat skillet to medium low: Once preheated, spray with non-stick spray. Add about 1/2 cup of the batter to the skillet. Wait until bubbles start to form. Snip the corner of the cinnamon filling, and create a swirl pattern in the center of the pancake as pictured above. See notes. Be careful not to get it too close to the edge. With a wide metal spatula flip the pancake over and continue cooking for an additional 1-2 minutes until golden brown.
- Clean the pan: Wipe out the pan each time and repeat with the remaining batter. Warm the glaze if needed and drizzle over pancakes.
Tips on Making Cinnamon Roll Pancakes:
- Stir cinnamon filling: Before using the cinnamon filling mixture to swirl on top of the pancakes, open up the bag and re-stir to make sure that the butter is fully incorporated.
- Griddle or skillet: Use a nonstick skillet or griddle when making cinnamon roll pancakes. These pancakes tend to stick a little a bit with the cinnamon roll filling.
- Cinnamon filling: This is best if it is a thick texture. If it is too thin the cinnamon filling will run in the pancake.
- Bubbles: Once the cinnamon roll pancakes begins to have several small bubbles over top, flip your pancake using a thin spatula.
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Cinnamon Roll Pancakes
Ingredients
Cinnamon Filling:
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter melted
- 1/4 cup + 2 tablespoons packed light brown sugar
- 1/2 tablespoon ground cinnamon
Cream Cheese Glaze:
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 2 ounces cream cheese at room temperature
- 3/4 cup powdered sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Pancakes: (Can also use a box)
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup milk
- 1 large egg lightly beaten
- 1 tablespoon canola or vegetable oil
Instructions
To Make the Cinnamon Filling:
- Combine brown sugar, melted butter, and cinnamon in a medium size bowl. Scoop into a baggie and set aside.
For the Glaze:
- In a small pan melt the butter over low heat. Whisk together the cream cheese, vanilla and powdered sugar. Take off of the heat and set aside until ready to use on pancakes.
To Make the Pancakes:
- Combine flour, baking powder and salt. Whisk together the milk, egg, and oil.
- Heat skillet to medium low. Once preheated, spray with non-stick spray. Add about 1/2 cup of the batter to the skillet. Wait until bubbles start to form. Snip the corner of the cinnamon filling, and create a swirl pattern in the center of the pancake as pictured above. See notes. Be careful not to get it too close to the edge. With a wide metal spatula flip the pancake over and continue cooking for an additional 1-2 minutes until golden brown.
- Wipe out the pan each time and repeat with the remaining batter. Warm the glaze if needed and drizzle over pancakes.
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
I just made these. My cinnamon filling was thin and I used exactly the correct measurement of butter. I used corn starch to thicken it up which worked! Taste good, just was mostly as pretty as the picture! I also used Bisquik for pancakes also.
Made these today and they were awesome! I had a problem with the filling making a gross black mess on my griddle, and making holes in my pancakes where the butter melted, so after making two pancakes I decided to mix the cinnamon filling into the batter and it worked wonders! I also made my own glaze out of powdered sugar, butter, milk and a little bit of salt! I will totally make this again!
We had a Mutual Activity last month and it was a pancake cook off against the Young Men, I helped my Beehives make these and we won hands down the most delicious!! I also was asked by many of the judges for the recipe!! I have since made them several times for my Family!! Awesome recipe!
Just made these for my Hubby and my 20 year old son. They loved them!
These Cinnamon Roll Pancakes were delicious!
The taste and texture were wonderful!
Definitely on our list to make again…and again…and again… 😀
Ok so I just made these…I used Bisquick for the pancakes…they turned out amazing taste wise…but I could not stop the cinnamon swirl from basically evaporating while cooking…I even turned the temp down almost all the way to one but then they wernt cooking at all…what did I do wrong here??? In the end, I cooked them the best I could and then used the remaining cinnamon mixture to swirl over the done pancakes, then microwaved for about 45sec to carmelize the mixture…still turned out wonderful!
I made this recipe with my own whole wheat pancakes and yogurt instead of cream cheese. I love them. My one year old loved them. My 3 and 5 year old would not touch them (the yogurt was not enough like frosting for them) I’d make them again but I kept burning the sugar just a heads up for others to watch the temp. 😉 Delicious recipe. Thank you.
AMAZING recipe!! After tasting one bite, my mother-in-law exclaimed “You discovered America!”
Although if I waited until bubbly to add cinnamon filling, I would lose it all when flipped, so I swirled in on only 10 seconds after pouring the batter into the pan.
Just made these for my boys! They are indeed to die for! Thank you so much I will definitely keep this in my recipe box 🙂
Made these for dinner. My daughter wanted to know if I could come to college with her and cook for the whole dorm. Winner recipe as usual.
one word: DELICIOUS.
I am currently making them. i eat them as I make them… oups
I can’t wait to try these! I was wondering if you still put maple syrup on top? We can’t decide if that would be good or not. Any help?
Hope K,,no you do not need syrup!!!!
All I can say is THANK YOU,,,I have never made a comment in the hundreds of recipes I have looked at and made. I own a hunting outfitting business. I made these to test them and they are now on my menu for the fall season. WOW!!!! these are wonderful. They had a little crispiness to them from the brown sugar mixture which was an extra bonus. You can double the cream cheese ,which I did…thank you for a wonderful recipe. I used box mix which did!!
This took a little work to get the cinnamon swirl right, and the glaze ended up being more yellow than white, which was odd.
However, it tasted WONDERFUL! Thanks for the recipe!
Such a wonderful recipe! My whole family loved it… thank you sooo sooooo much for sharing!
These look marvelous. Going to visit my daughter and son-in-law for Christmas and will make this for breakfast. Will definitely make these here first to make sure. Thank you so much.
I’m in the middle of making these… I just made the glaze and its not much of a glaze, more like a dough and it doesn’t taste very good. :/ help!
If it is too thick you can always put it in the microwave and soften it up. It should taste amazing! It is our favorite part!
Are you sure you didn’t use flour instead of powdered sugar? My daughter made these tonight and had a huge glob that looked like cookie dough and tasted awful. We realized she accidentally put flour in instead of powdered sugar! We both had a good laugh and started over and made it the right way with powdered sugar. It tasted MUCH better!!!!
We both loved this recipe as well!