Mini Pancakes – Pancake Cereal

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Folks, I’ve got a thing for tiny food. Not only is it adorable, I happen to think that miniature versions of my favorites eats actually taste better. So you can imagine how excited I was to discover what I think is the best new thing to happen to breakfast: Mini Pancakes, also known as Pancake Cereal.

Yeap, you read that correctly. We’re talking about delectable bite-size pancakes being served up just like breakfast cereal. It’s no wonder this mini pancake recipe is currently taking the internet by storm. #mindblown

Related Recipe : Instant Pot Pancake Bites

Making mini pancakes does take a little effort, but peeps it is soooooo worth it! Honestly, I can’t think of anything better than combining two of the best breakfast foods into one totally fun and totally delicious dish.

What Are Mini Pancakes?

So, what exactly are mini pancakes? They are just what you might suspect. Tiny, fluffy pancakes that are pretty much the exact size of your favorite breakfast cereal pieces. Serve them in a bowl (with or without milk), eat ’em with a spoon, and there you have it: pancake cereal!

Why You’ll Love These

• Erm, pancakes people, pancakes…………………….
• Kids and adults alike will find them totally crave-worthy.
• Made from affordable pantry ingredients.
• Breakfast or brunch made super fun!!!

Tools Needed

• A skillet or frying pan.
• Multi-purpose mixing bowls.
• Handy measuring cups and measuring teaspoons.
• A ziploc bag or piping bag.
• A turner.
• Olive oil.
• Best ever sea salt flakes.

So, are you ready to learn how easy it is to make pancake cereal? Then gather up your ingredients and I will show you….

How To Make Mini Pancakes

1. Combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a mixing bowl.
2. Then mix in buttermilk, cooled butter, egg and vanilla extract until combined.
3. Make sure to mix until lumps are gone but avoid overmixing.
4. Adjust batter as needed, if too runny add a little extra sifted flour, if too thick then add an extra tablespoon of buttermilk at a time.
5. Leave the batter to sit for 5 minutes and then transfer to a ziploc bag and cut a small hole for pipping.
6. Heat oil in a non-stick frying pan.  Once it is hot, switch off the heat and pipe the batter into small circles making sure to leave space between pancake batter.
7. When done switch on the heat again and cook pancakes.
8. Once the pancakes are a golden brown, flip them over and cook the other side till done. Remove and set aside somewhere warm.
9. Repeat until all the batter is done.
10. Serve with your favorite toppings.

Pancake Cereal Tips And Tricks

• Make sure to pipe the pancakes a little bit smaller than you want them to end up since they will spread a little bit more during cooking.
• Do leave some space between batter circles so they don’t just become one big pancake. 
• I use a wooden spoon or wooden skewers to turn these over, but you can also use chopsticks or a flat turner or spatula.
• Store them in the oven on low heat to keep warm while cooking the rest of the batter.

Batter Consistency

The batter needs to be the right consistency for the best results. If too thick, it will be impossible to pipe it out. If too thin it will be runny and the mini pancakes will just blend together to become one big pancake. #stillbegoodthough

Best Way To Pipe Them?

The main thing is to try and get the pancakes to the right size. To make your pancake cereal nice and crispy, the mini pancakes need to be pretty small.

• Cut a small hole in the side of a Ziploc bag and use that. Make the hole small so you don’t end up with large pancakes.
• Or, use a piping bag fitted with the right size tip.
• Use one of those squeezy bottles with the right size nozzle. You can also use a condiment bottle (make sure it’s been cleaned out first).
• If you have one, a wider drink straw (like those used for smoothies) may even work.
• You can use a teaspoon, but you would need to do this very carefully and precisely.

How To Keep Them From Burning

These cook very fast and they could burn whilst you are piping them out. To avoid this, heat up the pan then switch off the heat before piping out the batter. When done turn the heat back up to continue cooking.

Variations

• Vary the extracts: Almond essence, orange essence or lemon extract.
• Add aromatics : you can add things like nutmeg, cinnamon, ground cardamom, citrus zest into the batter.
• Vary the milk : swap in regular milk or a plant based milk of your choice.
• Sweeten it up : you can add sugar, maple syrup, honey, caramel or chocolate sauce, etc. into the batter.

How To Serve These

I think they are best served warm with a dollop of butter and some of your favorite maple syrup, date syrup, honey, or jam.

For the full pancake cereal experience, you can serve them in a bowl with milk. Be aware that, like many kinds of cereal, they will get soggy in the milk fast, so add them to the milk at the very last minute.

Depending on their mood, my kiddoes love topping them with soft dried apricots, colorful sprinkles, chocolate chips, chopped nuts, and grated toasted coconut.

Get creative and have fun experimenting with different toppings to find your favorite way to enjoy them!

More Pancake Recipes

• Instant Pot Pancake Bites.
• Moroccan Semolina Pancakes.
• Crispy Vietnamese Pancakes.
• Plantain Pancakes.
• Buttermilk Pancakes.

Weight Watchers Points

There are 8 Blue Plan SmartPoints in one serving.

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