Subtly sweet, perfectly thin, and SO EASY to make, these Mini Pancakes will be your new favorite! With only 7 ingredients and less than 30 minutes, you’ll get perfect little bites that will steal the show at your breakfast table.
Mini Pancakes Recipe
The key to making perfect Mini Pancakes is ensuring they are the perfect thickness. This recipe creates light and fluffy texture pancakes that are thin enough to stack beautifully, but not so thin that they become chewy and dense. Melted butter, sugar, and a pinch of salt create scrumptious pancakes that are perfectly tasty on their own! This has quickly become one of our favorite pancake recipes.
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Ingredients
With only 7 ingredients that are easy to find, these budget-friendly simple Mini Pancakes come together so quickly!
- All-Purpose Flour
- Baking Powder
- Granulated Sugar
- Salt
- Melted Butter
- Egg
- Milk
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how to make Mini pancakes
Mixing up the simple pancake batter takes just a few minutes. Here’s a quick overview of the steps to make them!
- Melt the butter and let it cool.
- Whisk together the flour, baking powder, sugar and salt.
- Whisk the egg and milk into the melted butter.
- Combine all of the ingredients.
- Drop 1 Tablespoon of batter for each pancake in a non-stick skillet or griddle.
- Flip when the edges are dry and bubbles begin to form.
- Cook until golden brown, remove to a plate, stack, and serve!
Toppings & Serving Ideas
The versatility of these Mini Pancakes makes them ideal for all sorts of situations! Whether using them to host brunch, adding them to the spread at a baby or bridal shower, or just making them for the people in your home, the possibilities are endless. Here are a few ideas:
Dippers – Provide interesting dipping sauces for them instead of stacking them like normal pancakes. Eating with your hands is 100% encouraged!
- Maple Syrup
- Chocolate, Strawberry, or Caramel Syrup
- Warmed Nutella or a Nut Butter of Your Choice
Toppers – These toppings can be sprinkled over the top of the pancakes, or you can skewer a stack with a cute pick with the toppings on top!
- Fresh Berries or Sliced Bananas
- Mini Marshmallows (With Nutella smeared between the pancakes, YUM!)
- Whipped Cream
- Mini Chocolate Chips
- Dusting of Powdered Sugar
- Sprinkles
Boosters – Boost the flavor of the pancakes with these simple adds to the batter!
- Vanilla Extract or Almond Extract
- Mini Chocolate Chips (Semi-sweet or white)
- Maple Sugar (Sub for the granulated for a built-in maple flavor)
- Spices (Add a teaspoon of cinnamon or pumpkin spice to the batter)
- Citrus Zest
storing Mini pancakes
Allow the cooked pancakes to cool to room temperature. Store in an airtight container in the fridge for 3-5 days, or in the freezer for 1-2 months. These warm beautifully in the microwave without losing the great texture, so making them ahead of time or keeping a batch in the freezer works great!
other brunch recipes you’ll love
- Lemon Blueberry Pancakes
- Brioche French Toast Casserole
- Pistachio Muffins
- Small-Batch Cinnamon Rolls
- Cornbread Pancakes Recipe
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Mini Pancakes
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 3 Tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3 Tablespoons butter melted
- 1 large egg
- 1 cup milk whole or 2%
Instructions
- In a microwave-safe bowl, melt the butter and let cool.
- Whisk together the flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt in a large bowl.
- Add the egg and milk to the melted butter, and whisk well to combine.
- Pour the milk mixture ingredients into the flour mixture and stir gently with a spatula until combined. Don’t over-mix.
- Heat skillet or griddle to medium-low heat.
- Use a Tablespoon to measure out the batter and pour it onto the griddle.
- Flip when the edges are dry and bubbles begin to form.
- Let cook a minute or so on the other side and remove.
- Stack pancakes one on top of another in multiple columns to retain heat.
These mini pancakes were seriously good stuff! Served them with a drizzle of maple syrup for breakfast. 👩🍳🥞🍁😋
Fun fact, we call these mini yaya’s in my house. When my daughter was like ten, she’d start making pancakes, and they were always so tiny!
I make these for my kids often on the weekends and freeze them for quick breakfasts during school. They are really good and taste wonderful.
My little Ones love these for breakfast. Since we have a lactose sensitivity I do use almond milk and they turn out great.
Made them and they came out so delicious and fluffy. Loved the easy and quick recipe.
Homemade pancakes are the best, and these mini ones are so fun! 🙂 I know that my daughter would love these. Making these soon for breakfast.
My family loved your mini pancakes. I added blueberries to some of them and they were delicious!
I am at a loss for words, as pancakes are one of our favorite breakfast item. Love the look of your pancakes. If they are mini does that mean we can gave more. Too cute and delectable. Thanks for sharing the love! ❤️ 😍 💖
These mini pancakes look really light and fluffy and like a tasty breakfast recipe that everyone will enjoy.
These were so fun to make and the kids loved them! We served them with maple syrup and berries.