Easy Pancake Muffins

Delectable easy to make mini pancake muffins that are freezer friendly. They are perfect for little hands and busy on the go families. Make a double batch today and freeze one for next week.

Course Breakfast

Cuisine American

Keyword mini pancake muffins, muffin mix pancakes, pancakes in muffin tins

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 25

Servings mini muffins

Calories 53kcal

Author Beth Pierce

Ingredients

1/3 lb bulk pork sausage
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons sugar
1 1/2 cups buttermilk see notes
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 egg
3 tablespoons butter melted
1 cup blueberries
Warm maple syrup

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and spray 2 mini muffin tins with nonstick baking spray.
Brown pork sausage breaking up into small crumbles. Drain any excess grease.
In a medium bowl whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and sugar.
Whisk together buttermilk, vanilla, and egg in a large measuring cup.
Pour the liquid mixture into the flour mixture. Add the butter and stir just until incorporated. Fill one pan full of batter, spooning about 2/3's full in each slot. Add three to four blueberries to the top of each one. Take the remaining batter and mix in the crumbled sausage. Fill the second pan filling each slot about 2/3's full.
Bake 13-15 minutes. Serve with warm maple syrup.

Notes

Don't over-mix the batter as it can make it tough.
Save yourself some money and make your own buttermilk at home. You can make your own buttermilk by adding 2 tablespoons of lemon juice or white vinegar to 1 1/2 cups milk. Let sit for five minutes.
To freeze place fulled cooled muffins in a zipper freezer bag. To reheat remove desired muffins and heat 15-30 seconds at 50% power in the microwave.
Use a standard muffin pan for larger muffins however increase baking time by 3-5 minutes. If doing so you may want to double the recipe as the number of muffins yielded would be decreased.
For variety substitute chopped pecans or walnuts, finely chopped bananas, finely chopped strawberries, chocolate chips, dried fruit or Easy Cinnamon Sugar.

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