In August when my parents were visiting, I wanted to make some lemony blueberry pancakes for them. I tried a few recipes for the mix online with varied and not good enough results. So I made my own mix with Spelt, Rye/barley/kamut, flaxmeal and almond flour.
What did I make with the mix… Cinnamon Roll Pancakes! My baked Cinnamon rolls are gorgeous, delicious, tried and tested too, but I dont have the time to bake the rolls on weekday mornings. So as well use the cinnamony goodness in pancakes. Make a thick cinnamon sugar filling mixture and pipe it onto the pancakes. Dont worry if those circles are not pretty. Mine aren’t either, since I used a spoon to make them instead of a ziplock baggie. They all taste awesome! Top with maple or coconut cream.
Plain pancakes below.. Fluffy!
Surprisingly I have very few pancakes recipes on the blog. I make more French Toasts than pancakes. Though the recipes of both are easily interchangeable.
For Cinnamon roll French Toasts, make a thinner batter with the pancake mix. Make swirls with the filling on one side, pan fry and serve. yum.
More pancakes from the blog…
Tiramisu pancakes
Samoa French Toasts and Molten Chocolate French Toasts
Tiramisu French toasts
Coconut Crusted Baked French Toasts
Savory Chickpea Flour Pancakes with Cauliflower and Mushrooms
Steps:
Mix all the ingredients of the pancake mix and keep in an airtight container.
Take a cup of the mix, add the wet ingredients and cinnamon.
Drop ladle full of the batter and after about a minute, make circles with the cinnamon sugar mixture.
Flip, cook the other side.
Stack and Serve hot topped with maple syrup and a dollop of Earth balance.
Cinnamon Roll Pancakes
Ingredients
For the Multi-grain Pancake mix: Makes about 3 servings of 4-5 pancakes
- 1/2 cup (60 g) Spelt flour
- 1 cup (125 g) unbleached white flour
- 1/4 cup (46.5 g) Kamut or barley, rye, sorghum, millet, buckwheat flour
- 1/2 cup (60 g) Almond Oat flour To make the Almond Oat flour. Use equal quantities of almonds and oats and blend until coarse flour, or use 1/2 cup almond flour/meal
- 1/4 cup (59.15 g) ground raw sugar or other sugar finely ground or add sweetener/stevia later while making pancake batter
- 2 Tablespoons flaxmeal
- 2 Tablespoons cornstarch or arrowroot starch
- 1 Tablespoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon (0.5 teaspoon) baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
For the Cinnamon Roll Pancakes: Makes 4-5 pancakes
- 1 cup (130 g) Regular Pancake Mix (above) or use my Gluten-free Pancake Mix (see recipe notes for link)
- 1/4 cup (62.5 ml) almond milk
- 1/3 (314 ml) + cup water
- 1/2 teaspoon (0.5 teaspoon) lemon juice
- 2 teaspoons oil optional
- 1/2 teaspoon (0.5 teaspoon) cinnamon powder
For the Cinnamon sugar filling
- 1 Tablespoon oil or melted Earth balance
- 1 Tablespoon Almond milk
- 3 Tablespoon ground raw sugar or coconut sugar
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon powder
- pinch of salt
- 1 teaspoon flour
Instructions
Multigrain pancake Mix
- Mix everything well with a whisk and store. Use Arrowroot starch to make corn-free.
Cinnamon Sugar filling
- Whisk everything well and refrigerate while you get the pancake mix ready.
Cinnamon Roll pancakes
- Add the lemon juice to 1/3 cup water. Add the almond milk, water, oil, cinnamon to the dry pancake mix. Mix until just combined and let sit for 2 minutes. If the mixture feels too thick(it is thicker than plain flour pancake mix), then add a tablespoon more water.
- Heat the pan on medium heat. Grease with a little oil. Once the pan is hot, pour ladle full (1/4 cup) of the pancake batter for each pancake. Spread the batter a bit with the ladle if needed. Let it cook for about half a minute till it starts to bubble on the edges. Make circles on top with the cinnamon sugar filling(using a spoon or the sandwich bag method). Do not make the swirls too close to the edge of the pancake. Cover the pan for a minute. Let it cook until bubbles form in the center(3-4 minutes). Flip the pancake and cook for another 2-3 minutes. Remove from the pan, stack and serve hot with maple syrup, a dollop of Earth balance or coconut cream drizzle.
Janet
OMG! Not only is this a delicious pancake mix on its own, but with the cinnamon sugar filing it is so good! Definitely satisfied my craving for cinnamon rolls.
Richa
Yay
Travis B
I make these all the time, sooo delicious! I love them with some chopped walnuts or pecans, shredded coconut or apple 🙂
Travis B
Another delicious recipe from Richa! Perfect for weekend mornings. I use 1:1 sugar and cinnamon for the filling, add chopped walnuts, and top with coconut whipped topping. Tastes just like a cinnamon bun! The pancake mix is really nice as well, I use it for any pancake I make.
Cheryl Cross
Loved these mixed grain pancakes, surprisingly fluffy. I used buckwheat, all purpose flour, corn meal, and almond meal because that’s what I had on hand. I didn’t add the cinnamon swirl because I am hooked on the boozy marmalade from your orange cake😄. It was so good on these pancakes with toasted walnuts!
Nina
Hi Richa! I have just made the pancake mix and the cinnamon sugar filling, so that I can bake these tomorrow morning. I was wondering if I could also make the milk/water/lemon juice mix in advance. I was guessing no, because of the acid in it, but I just wanted to check with you! 😉
Richa
yes, that acts as buttermilk and it will loose the acidity as it sits. so keep it fresh.
Sol
This are amazing!! Just made a batch this morning and they were sooo good. Is it really for two people? because I finished the 4 pancakes as soon as they came out of the pan. thanks 🙂
Alina @ Vegan Runner Eats
Richa, your photography is sooo drool-worthy! It’s not even breakfast time, but I want some pancakes NOW!
By the way, have you ever written a post with any photography tips? I’d love to get a few pointers from you, and I’m sure I’m not the only one!
Kamalika C
I am drooling over the pictures…. Loved way you narrated….
Corrin Radd
Made these today–so tasty and fluffy and fun. Now I’m going to have to work my way through all of your pancake recipes!
maureen
H Richa
I am planning on making these pancakes very soon! Question: is the 1/4 cup kamut etc…suppose to be flour. If I use barley…do I grind it into flour? thank you! Maureen
Richa
they are all flours.
Ashiq Rahman
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Glue and Glitter
I love the idea of keeping homemade pancake mix on hand! I’ve had terrible luck with the store-bought sort.
PS – Did you overhaul your site? It’s lookin’ lovely!
The Peace Patch
Richa you are proof that creative cooks really are true artists! Not only is the recipe yumfully innovative but the elegant presentation of those swirly beauties is truly extraordinary. Many thanks for sharing this one…I think I could eat these every week for the rest of my life! 🙂
The blog looks fabulous as is…I like the streamlined sophisticated design. Cheers!
Dr Rao
wow looking great, yummy I like to taste it.
Rachel
Hoooly cow these look amazing. Funny, I was just thinking about cinnamon pancakes the other day, wishing I had a good recipe for them. Thanks for reading my mind!
Bobbie {the vegan crew}
First, I love your new design — it looks fantastic! Secondly, I *need* these pancakes in my life.
Jackie @ Vegan Yack Attack!
I love the idea of having this flour mix on hand! I was just wanting to make pancakes, this morning, and made oatmeal instead because I didn’t want to bother measuring everything out. I’ll need to make this for the future!
Also, I love the new look of the site! Super clean and the photos are (obviously) eye-catching. Terrific! 🙂
Sunday Morning Banana Pancakes
The new Blog format is SO PRETTY- loving the fonts and clean design! Personally I like the main info on the left and the info bar on the right- maybe it is the whole reading left to right thing?
These pancakes look amazing and you know I am pretty picky about my pancakes 🙂
Mihl
Those look cute. Oh, and I have to say that I love the new look of your blog!
Caitlin
i am in love with your new blog template. and i love that you made a pancake mix! i’ve been meaning to do the same thing with waffles!
Richa
Thanks Caitlin! its so easy to pick up the pre-made pancake mix that it took me long enough to make my own:)
Divya Shivaraman
wow…the fluffyness of pancakes are clear before our eyes…looks super yumm
Anonymous
(Although the italic font in the “related posts” at the bottom of the post is a bit hard to read)
Richa
Oh yes it is. Thanks for letting me know. Some of the template default fonts are a bit too small or light. I will be looking at each and changing them over the next few days.
Anonymous
The new layout looks great, I really like it. (As someone who lurks often but never comments)
Richa
Thank you for the comment:) <3
Amey
oh my goodness. I love pancakes. Unlike your dad, I love sweeties for breakfast – i love waffles and pancakes and french toast and cinnamon rolls. I want to eat it all!! These cinnamon roll pancakes sound and look like heaven on earth!
Richa
Thank you Amey. I gave my mom some 7 grain mix to take back with her. she makes savory pancakes with veggies out of it 😉
Lindsay
Oh, Richa! These are beautiful! Thanks for the little shout-out. 🙂 I love how you turn the epitome of comfort food into something nutrient-dense and healthy. Btw, I think your cinnamon swirls turned out perfect. Lol…I got 1 or 2 pancakes to look pretty good (put those on the top of the stacks), drizzled coconut cream to hide any imperfects, then took pictures. So, yeah, most of mine tasted wonderful, but didn’t look perfect. 😉
Richa
thanks Lindsay. I know right.. those dang swirls. 🙂
it is difficult to not eat them up while clicking the photographs.. all that warm cinnamon in the air
GiGi
Gorgeous mouthwatering photos, Richa. I found the new site to be easy to navigate too.
Richa
Thanks Gigi!
Kristy
I’ve made cinnamon roll waffles before but never pancakes- So awesome! And beautiful new site, by the way! It’s just so gorgeous! 🙂
Richa
Thank you Kristy! It needed a redesign 🙂
trav b
Tastes just like a cinnamon bun!
Vegan Richa Support
sweet
Annie
Sunday morning breakfast has just been found!
Sharon @ Bit of the Good Stuff
Wow these looks amazing! My son is a huge pancake monster and I know that he would love these for a special weekend breakfast 🙂
Just a quick question… is almond oat flour something that you make yourself?
Richa
yes, i make the almond oat flour with equal amounts of almonds and oats. i use it in cakes and breads, so it is usually handy. You can use half almond flour and half oat flour or just use 1/2 cup oat flour.
VeggieAmanda
WOW! Little pancakes of heaven! I am going to have to GF this recipe!!!
coconutandberries
Firstly, these pancakes look so good. I’d seen the original recipe around the blogosphere but would feel better about eating your wholegrain, healthier version 🙂 Secondly, I love the new look. It looks really smart and pro. I think being right-handed make me prefer a right side-bar but it’s no biggie.
Richa
I know right. when i am in a hurry i just sprinkle some cinnamon and sugar on top and eat them 🙂
i thought so about the side bar. will see for a few days and then change it up or try to.. depends on how complicated it is:)