Cinnamon Roll Pancakes

We've been on a cinnamon roll kick lately. Can you ever get enough? I'm swaying towards "no way!" I think my kids would agree with me =o) But it's a lot of work making homemade cinnamon rolls. Don't get me wrong, they are fantastic. But sometimes I don't have a couple of hours to spend in the kitchen (go figure.) So this is the perfect alternative... cinnamon roll pancakes! And they are so darn delicious!!! I think I saw this first on The Idea Room. But it might have been on Recipe Girl. I'm not sure.

They are easy to make (or you can make it more complicated. It's up to you.) =o)

Here's what you'll need:
* Pancake mix (or you can make your own from scratch)
* 1/2 cup brown sugar
* 1 tsp. cinnamon
* 2 Tbsp. melted butter

Mix up the melted butter, brown sugar and cinnamon. You'll need to put it in a squeeze bottle. (An empty Honey Bear works great.) If you need to thin it out a little with milk but you don't want it too thin.

Make your pancake batter.

Pour batter on your griddle. Immediately swirl on some of the sugar mixture.


When bubbly, turn and cook as you any other pancake.

What do you think? Easy right? And oh, so delicious!


So what do you put on top of cinnamon roll pancakes??? I wanted cream cheese frosting. Because seriously, if you're going to do it why not do it! My son wanted "regular" cinnamon roll frosting (of course) and my daughter wanted maple frosting (like we had on our cinnamon roll bites.) Heck, it's summer time so I made all 3.

Cream cheese frosting:
* 1/4 cup butter, softened
* 4 oz. cream cheese, softened
* 1 1/2 tsp. milk
* 1/2 tsp. vanilla
* 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar

"Regular" cinnamon roll frosting:
* 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
* 1/2 tsp. butter, melted
* 1/4 tsp. vanilla
* 1 tsp. 1 Tbsp. milk

Maple frosting:
* 1 1/2 Tbsp maple flavoring
* 4 cups powdered sugar
* 3 Tbsp. butter, softened
* 3/4 Tbsp. hot water

Frost and enjoy!





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