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This simple breakfast recipe is a favorite of mine. Warm and fluffy, the perfect sweet and savory combination. These Mini Sausage Pancake Muffins make the perfect easy breakfast recipe.
My kids love pancakes! It’s definitely one of their favorite breakfast recipes. Not much beats a pancake breakfast but for those quick mornings, these pancake mini muffins are my go to! No standing and flipping by the oven. I fill the muffin tin with my pancake mix and bake. For this recipe, I just add cooked ground breakfast sausage to each muffin and then we dipped them in syrup.
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I really didn’t change my batter much when making these then what I use for typical pancakes. They bake perfectly and come out fluffy and soft. Adding the sausage just made them even better. A full breakfast in every bite!
How to make Mini Sausage Pancake Muffins:
Step one: Start by preheating your oven and preparing a mini muffin tin with nonstick cooking spray.
Step two: Cook and crumble sausage. Once it’s cook then drain the fat.
Step three: Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and sugar.
Step four: In a separate bowl beat egg then add milk, syrup and melted butter.
Step five: Now mix together wet and dry ingredients.
Step six: Pour pancake mix into mini muffin pan then add a spoon full of cooked sausage.
Step seven: Bake until cooked through.
I started by serving these with syrup on the side for dipping but not doing that again for my toddlers.
I mean why I thought it would be a good idea to give a 3 and 5-year-old a bowl full of sweet sticky syrup and not think they would be dipping and licking fingers, I have no idea.
My husband and I will still dip but maybe for them just a tablespoon or two on top. Still a little messy but at least they have to eat the pancake to get the syrup.
As much as my kids love pancakes they couldn’t pass up a chance to just eat a fist full of syrup. I even had some readers say they added it to the muffin mix before baking. This way you get the syrup taste without the sticky mess.
Mini Sausage Pancake Muffins
Ingredients
- 1 pound Ground breakfast sausage
- 1 cup Flour
- 1 teaspoon Baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon Baking soda
- 1 tablespoon Sugar
- 1 Egg
- 1 cup Milk
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 1 tablespoon Butter, (melted)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F and prepare a mini muffin tin with nonstick cooking spray.
- Cook sausage. Crumbling with a spatula until fully cooked. Drain fat and set aside.
- Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and sugar. In a separate bowl beat egg then add milk, maple syrup, and melted butter. Now mix together wet and dry ingredients.
- Pour pancake mix into mini muffin pan then add a spoon full of cooked sausage. Bake for 10-12 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool for 1-2 minutes.
- Optional: Serve with more syrup for dipping
Made these yesterday! I made them in the bigger muffin tin. They were really good!!! Thanks for the recipe!!!
So glad you liked them Ally!! =)
Would it be a good idea to add eggs and bacon to this recipe?
I have yet to try it with those in the muffins but I think bacon would be a good sub for the sausage. The eggs may change the way it bakes to much.
Let me know how you like them if you try it =)
I made these last weekend using pancake mix & sausage, with syrup on the side. Super easy and DELICIOUS 🍲
Yah!! So happy to hear that Terrie!! Glad you liked them.
I have to say, I was skeptical, but these were FANTASTIC! They will definitely be added to my regular menu! They didn’t take long at all, and I’m actually going to make a couple more batches today so I can freeze them. I put a squirt of syrup right on top, and they were absolutely perfect and no additional syrup needed! YUMMO!
Woo! So awesome to hear that Melissa, thank you so much for sharing!! I’m so glad you liked them =)
These were absolutely amazing!! Thank you for sharing the recipe!
Yah!! So happy to hear that! Thank you so much Mel!
If I use a regular muffin pan, is1egg enough and will it still make 12 muffins? Sounds yummy! Thanks!
If you make these in a regular muffin tin I would use the same ingredients and it will make 12 muffins. Also you want to add a few more minutes to cook it.
Such a clever idea. Can’t wait to try them!
I made these using instant pancake mix, and before adding the water, I added melted butter and sryup. Adding the sryup eliminated the need of serving on the side. I also made some using crumbled bacon and they were just as good. Enjoy!!
Yumm! I love that you added the syrup in, my kids make a MESS with it and that would really help =) I’m so glad you enjoyed them!
Oh, Duh, I just noticed it was mini muffins. Don’t have that pan. Can this be done as regular muffins?
Yeah it can be done with regular and the same recipe should make 12 regular muffins. You just might need to add some cook time to cook through a bigger one.
Would you say these would be good kept in the fridge or freezer for a week and heated up daily?
Yes I think they would. You would want to place them all on a baking sheet and then into the freezer to freeze separately. Then toss them in a freezer bag. This way you can pull out one at a time and they don’t all freeze together.