Lazy Bunz

Long weekends call for a nice, not so healthy breakfast. I have no real reason for it, but I just think it does, and this morning I think I found my new favorite, go-to pancake recipe. I just have to share it with all of you. This is definitely a keeper.

That being said, people love pancakes. And people also love cinnamon buns. But if you eat one of each in one sitting, you may be under fire of a number of judging eyes. Not me because I'm 90% sure, I'll be right there with you. :) But friends, I have found the solution! CINNAMON BUN PANCAKES!! Yes. You read that right, cinnamon bun pancakes. This recipe is quite possibly the perfect hybrid of the two. Fluffy like a pancake should be, yet the perfect spice that a cinnamon bun would have. And the cherry on top is a rendition of the vanilla icing that you would find on a cinnamon bun - a maple-butter icing/glaze.

These were freaking delicious. I'm fairly certain the words "Oh my God" came out of my mouth when I tried a little piece of the first pancake that came off the griddle. I ate my fair share of these, as you can see below. Had Spencer not judged me, I may or may not have licked my plate clean.

The recipe was originally submitted on the Pioneer Woman's Tasty Kitchen Blog by sapeylissy. I don't know her, but I love her. And I love the Pioneer Woman even more for adding the maple-butter icing. I made 1 or 2 tweaks here and there and they came through. I sifted the dry ingredients together and used buttermilk instead of regular whole milk.

Try out this recipe and I hope you love it as much as we do!!

Cinnamon Bun Pancakes

• 1-½ cup All-purpose Flour
• 3 Tablespoons White Sugar
• ½ teaspoons Salt
• 4 teaspoons Baking Powder
• 1 Tablespoon Cinnamon
• 2 whole Eggs Beaten
• 1 cup Milk
• 2 Tablespoons Corn Syrup
• ¼ cups Butter, Melted
• 1 Tablespoon Vanilla

1. In medium bowl, combine flour, sugar, salt, baking powder and cinnamon with a whisk. Whisk well to make sure everything is combined.
2. In separate large bowl, beat together eggs, milk, corn syurp, butter and vanilla. Stir in flour mixture.
3. Heat a lightly oiled griddle or frying pan over medium/low heat. Pour about 1/4 cup batter onto griddle. Brown on both sides.
4. Serve warm with maple-butter icing drizzled over the top. Makes 12 pancakes.

Maple-Butter IcingIf you remotely like syrup - double up on this recipe

• 1 cup powdered sugar
• ¼ cups melted butter
• Dash of salt
• 1 Tbl. maple syrup
• ¼ cup milk

Whisk all ingredients together until smooth, adding the milk slowly.  Add enough milk for desired consistency (I liked to keep mine on the thicker side - more of a syrup consistency).