Cinnamon Roll Pancakes

These cinnamon roll pancakes have a cinnamon sugar swirl and are drizzled with a cream cheese glaze. They are the perfect fluffy pancake for weekends or special occasions.

There’s nothing better than enjoying homemade buttermilk pancakes, except maybe the freshly baked one hour cinnamon rolls. This breakfast recipe combines both!

Delicious Cinnamon Roll Swirl Pancakes

On snowy days, holidays, and lazy weekend mornings, I love taking the time to make an extra special breakfast! With Christmas around the corner, you have to try my Elf on the Shelf pancakes for the kids or adults love this Swedish pancakes recipe!

This cinnamon roll pancakes recipe brings you the best of homemade pancakes and overnight cinnamon rolls in a mouthwatering combination of soft, fluffy, ooey-gooey, and totally addicting cinnamon swirl pancakes!

The cream cheese glaze on top is the perfect finishing touch, but of course, you can replace it with a drizzle of powdered sugar icing or tried and true maple syrup. Serve warm for a fabulous holiday brunch, weekend breakfast, or yes, even for dessert!

How to Make Cinnamon Roll Pancakes

1. Prep filling. Mix the melted butter, brown sugar, cinnamon in a bowl. Transfer to a small Ziploc ‘piping’ bag and snip 1/4″ off the tip. Set aside.
2. Prep glaze. Combine the softened cream cheese and butter in a small bowl and melt in the microwave for 30 seconds. Whisk until it’s smooth then add the vanilla and powdered sugar. If you’re finding it too thick, feel free to add a bit of milk. If you’re finding it too thin, add a bit more powdered sugar.
3. Prep pancakes. Preheat a griddle or skillet. Melt the butter in the microwave and allow it to cool a bit.
4. Whisk. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
5. Add. Then add the milk and cooled butter and stir to combine. Mix in the whisked eggs and vanilla and blend until smooth and all the lumps are gone. Coat your griddle/skillet with butter.
6. Pour. Using a 1/4 measuring cup, scoop and pour out enough batter to fill the cup.
7. Cook & flip. Allow the pancakes to cook until bubbles start to appear. Taking the cinnamon swirl filling and pipe it around in a circular motion just on top of the pancake. Then, flip the pancakes and cook the other side until just lightly browned. Continue this process until the batter is finished.
8. Drizzle and serve. When ready to serve, drizzle with the delicious cream cheese glaze over top and enjoy!

Tips for Success

• Thick swirl. Make sure the swirl filling is thick enough to hold its place in the swirl and not bleed too much into the rest of the pancake.
• Bubbles before swirl. Wait a bit before adding the swirl. You want to see the bubbles before you swirl that way it doesn’t blend too much into the pancake.
• It can get quite sticky. Making sure to coat your skillet or griddle with butter if it’s “nonstick” will help ensure you being able to lift it without destroying it. Make sure to wipe the “sticky” off the pan in between each pancake otherwise those bits will burn. No one wants burnt bits in their pancakes!
• Toppings. Have an array of different toppings if not everyone loves a cream cheese glaze. I don’t know any of those people, but I’m sure they’re out there :) Try cinnamon pancake syrup or an easy buttermilk syrup. Sprinkle with a bit of powdered sugar or maybe some whipped cream.

Keeping Warm, Freezing & Reheating

• Keep warm. If you need to keep your pancakes warm before consuming them, keep them on a baking sheet in the oven. Set it to 175 degrees. A low warming temperature will keep them from drying out.
• Freeze. Once pancakes are completely cooled, separate them with parchment paper and keep in an airtight freezer friendly bag. The parchment paper will help avoid freezing in a clump and that way you can take out as many as you need when you need them.
• Reheat. The best way to get them soft again is to microwave them. It’s typically about 30 seconds per pancake from frozen. Alternatively, you can use the toaster or if you’ve got a big batch to reheat, you can lay them out on a baking sheet and reheat in the oven.

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