Cinnamon Streusel Pancakes
When we went to California in November, we spent a day eating our way through Los Angeles with our good friend, Amanda, from Kevin and Amanda. Amanda had a long list of food places for us to try. We started our food feast at The Griddle Cafe in Hollywood. Amanda recommended the “Recess Time” pancake, which is a double-filled cinnamon streusel pancake. We took her advice and ordered the pancake and I am so glad we did. It is the BEST pancake I have ever tasted in my life. Josh and I recently recreated our favorite cinnamon streusel pancakes at home and we are sharing the recipe today.
The pancakes at The Griddle Cafe are humongous! They are as big as the plate and stacked three pancakes high. Luckily, they will let you order a single pancake-which was big enough to feed all three of us. Ok, so maybe we ordered French Toast too, but we were on vacation, we had to splurge:) The pancakes are served with a big scoop of whipped butter and pure maple syrup. The cinnamon streusel provides a nice, sweet crust on top of the pancake. These pancakes are out of this world!
We were determined to recreate our favorite pancakes at home so one morning we put our game faces on and got to work. We started with a light and fluffy buttermilk pancake recipe. We also mixed up a bowl of cinnamon streusel. We made large pancakes, maybe not quite as big as The Griddle Cafe’s, but plenty big if you ask me! We added a sprinkle of cinnamon streusel to the first side of the pancake. After we flipped the pancakes, we loaded on the cinnamon streusel and I mean loaded. The final side of the pancake needs to be heaping with cinnamon streusel. While it is heating up the cinnamon streusel will slightly harden, creating a crispy sweet crust.
Josh let a big scoop of butter melt all over the pancake, making the pancake even more decadent. We both tasted the pancake and looked at each other. We both smiled and started nodding. We nailed the recipe. Our cinnamon streusel pancakes tasted just like the “Recess Time” pancake we devoured at The Griddle Cafe in L.A. We were so happy we recreated one of our favorite recipes. Now, we can eat cinnamon streusel pancakes without leaving our home. Breakfast is so much better in your pj’s.
I will warn you these pancakes are insanely sweet. We said they were a once of year kind of treat, but Josh is already asking for them again:) We will see how long that rule lasts:) Make them for a special occasion or when you are in a sugary mood. These cinnamon streusel pancakes are hands down our favorite breakfast treat.
To see what else we ate in L.A, check out Amanda’s post. We had SO much fun. Thanks Amanda for being our fabulous tour guide. And if you are ever in L.A, I highly recommend you visit The Griddle Cafe. It will knock your socks off!
Cinnamon Streusel Pancakes
Yield: 6 large pancakes
Ingredients:
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups buttermilk
2 large eggs
1/4 cup canola oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extractCinnamon Streusel:
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
6 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into chunksDirections:
1. First, make the cinnamon streusel. In a medium bowl, combine flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, and butter. Mix together with your hands or a fork, until you have a crumbly mixture. Set aside.
2. In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, soda, and salt. In a small bowl, whisk together buttermilk, eggs, oil, and vanilla. Add wet ingredients to the flour mixture and stir just until combined. Do not over mix, batter will be slightly lumpy.
3. Heat a griddle or pan to medium low. Coat with cooking spray. Drop 1 cup of batter onto heated skillet. Add 2 tablespoons of the cinnamon streusel. Cook on the first side until bubbles begin to form, about 2-3 minutes. Carefully flip pancake over and cover very generously with cinnamon streusel. Cook for another 2-3 minutes or until golden brown. Continue this process to make the rest of the pancakes.
4. Serve warm with maple syrup and butter.
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Holy yum that looks awesome! What a fan-freaking-tastic idea!
These look fantastic! Breakfast foods are my favorite, I cant wait to give these a try!
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These have left me speechless (I’m actually quite giddy about these…I’m fighting the urge to jump up and down giggling like a fool!)! I can hardly wait for the weekend so I can make these for breakfast!! Thank you so much!
twopeas replied: — January 17th, 2011 @ 7:05 pm
Let me know if you like them!
These look…amazing! The flavors would totally rock…steussel. I make streuessel muffins and love any variety of it!
Oh, the perfect pancake.
oh. my. stars.
{drool}
Oh my!! Combines the best of both worlds… YUM!
Those are dessert, not breakfast, ha ha. What a delicious idea.
Ummm wow. I have to make these sometime this week!!
Like breakfast for dessert!
Oh girl (and Josh), this is a tease!
This is a dream come true. I have never heard of anything like this before. THis makes my day. Printed and ready to be made.
WOW. This should be sainted as the best breakfast in history! I can’t wait to make these!!
Yum!!! These look so yummy! May have ti make them tomorrow!
Oh my, these look dangerously delicious! My husband will love these!
This looks incredible! And my husband, who loves anything involving cinnamon and sugar, will be so happy when I pull this out of hat someday soon. =)
I used to live right around the corner from the Griddle Cafe a few years ago – wish I’d ventured to try these back then. Glad to have a recipe!
twopeas replied: — January 17th, 2011 @ 7:04 pm
Living right next to Griddle Cafe would be very dangerous for us:)
Oh my word. You just upped the humble pancake to a decadent, gourmet breakfast. This looks absolutely fabulous!
I think I found a new food staple in my life. Love!
What a fun breakfast idea! I don’t think it’s possible for something to be too sweet for my tastes, so I know I’d love this
I am totally making this after my next long run! I can’t think of a better way to reward myself!
twopeas replied: — January 17th, 2011 @ 7:03 pm
This is the perfect “reward” breakfast:) Enjoy!
This is epic!! I’m not even kidding, I need to make these right now!
WOW! These look amazing. I love that you guys cook together – It’s so sweet
This should become a weekend ritual…nothing better than waking up to the warm smell of cinnamon.
I love taking pancakes to another level. I actually have some streusel saved from when I made coffee cake muffins. I was thinking of putting it on top of my oatmeal since that is usually my go to breakfast, but I may just top them over pancakes
I made a carrot cake pancake with cinnamon honey butter this morning, and I was so content with every single bite.
p.s. this is my first time on your blog and I have to say.. I love the layout! I’m looking forward to reading more
twopeas replied: — January 18th, 2011 @ 3:17 pm
Thank you for visiting. We hope to see you around more often:)
i love cinnemon, i adore cinnemon, your recipe is a torture !!
what a delicious idea !!! yum
They sound terrific!
I’m so upset that I am just getting to read this post now as I really could have gone for a few of these yesterday on my day off. They look super super delish!
These look so great. I never have thought of a streusel topped pancake. Ingenious!
What a sweet victory for you two to recreate this sensational, innovative pancake on the first go. It really is a scrumptious looking recipe, and I can just imagine the crunchy, swoon-worthy flavor of the streusel topping. Well done!
Oh my goodness… These pancakes are so wrong and so right all at the same time! Brilliant!
Oh my I can’t even put into words how good these look, definitely drooling on this end. Can’t wait to try, my son is going to go wild over these pancakes. Two Peas and their Pod Griddle Heaven is now open!
All that yumminess in a pancake! My head is spinning. Must make soon for the kids (and me!);
These look *exactly* like what we had at the Griddle Cafe and I am seriously so excited to try them this weekend! Can’t wait too you again! xoxo
twopeas replied: — January 18th, 2011 @ 9:40 pm
Let us know what you think! Enjoy!
I am soooo glad I found your site! What awesome recipes!
I can’t wait to find more recipes to cook with the kiddos…
twopeas replied: — January 18th, 2011 @ 10:06 pm
Thanks Kimberly! Glad you found us too. We look forward to seeing you around:)
Oh my goodness, these look INSANE! I can’t wait to try them! Is it bad that I want to make them for dinner tomorrow??
yes, definitely breakfast for dinner! These look so good!
What a decadent, delicious breakfast!