Your Recipe, My Kitchen: Cinnamon Roll Pancakes

I am so glad I started do this feature.  I literally have folders full of recipes I have printed off of other blogs plus a SpringPadIt virtual folder full of at least another 2 dozen bookmarked recipes.  Slowly, I am starting to wade through all of those lovely recipes.  Sadly, I have found that some of the blogs I marked a year ago are no longer in existence.

I first saw cinnamon roll pancakes on Mare's Meet Me in the Kitchen, but she had a link to yet a different blog where she had found the recipe.  I went to Robin Sue's the Big Red Kitchen and found not only a slightly different version of these pancakes, but also a new-to-me blog.  That's the beauty of links.  She in turn had a link to yet another version of these pancakes on still another new-to-me blog, but I didn't like that version, so I ended the blog hopping with Robin Sue's blog.

My children live for sweet breakfasts.  I try to make them only savory meals on school days. Weekends and holidays are even more fun for them because they start with sweet meals.  Cinnamon rolls are among their favorites, but they take a lot of work.  Pancakes are easy, but they get boring.  Combining the two, however, was sheer brilliance.

I used my tried and true pancake recipe.  It's a no fail, make with my eyes shut recipe that all of my family (including extended members) loves.  The rest of the recipe involves making a brown sugar/butter/cinnamon mixture that you swirl on the pancake batter as soon as you scoop it onto the hot griddle.    Topping the cooked pancakes with a runny cream cheese frosting completes the cinnamon roll illusion.    I doubled my pancake recipe and had enough brown sugar mixture, but I ran out of cream cheese frosting halfway through...that needs doubling or you can plan on having enough brown sugar mixture for another batch later (save it in the fridge).

You can use a bisquick or krusteaz mix for your pancakes.  I believe it will work just fine if you don't want to make the entire meal from scratch.  Make your favorite pancakes and just add the extras.  Your family will thank you!