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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These pancakes are knocking my socks off! I’m so glad you two recreated them because now I can eat them too without having to visit the cafe. I love pancakes and cinnamon streusel so I’m sure these will be a hit.
i’m feeling a little unstable after seeing this–it combines two of my utmost favorite things in life. i’m not often inspired to march right into the kitchen and make something, but this is doing it for me!
Mmm that looks super tasty!
I know exactly what you mean by “a one time a year treat”. I have a few extremely fattening breakfast recipes I love, but honestly I can only do them once a year or else I go up a jean size! This look like something I’d want to add to that list. Nom!!
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Streusel pancakes? This seriously is the best idea ever – they look amazing! I love being inspired by vacation meals too!
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I was so impressed with your post and recipe (and those photos!) that I made these for Brunch on Sunday. I swapped the flour for whole wheat flour and they came out fantastic. I made 6 pancakes but the amount of streusel mix wasn’t enough to top them like in your photo. Maybe that part of the recipe needs to be doubled? It was still very delicious!
twopeas replied: — January 26th, 2011 @ 8:32 pm
I am glad you liked the pancakes. The streusel was enough for us, but if you want more, of course double the recipe!
Heather replied: — January 27th, 2011 @ 8:06 am
These were so great! Seriously the best pancake I have ever had or made! But I agree with Raquelle, the streusel did not yield as much as it would take to cover the pancakes like the picture shows. But they were still very very delicious! Thanks for this recipe.
twopeas replied: — January 27th, 2011 @ 8:23 am
Feel free to double the streusel if you wish!
Raquelle replied: — March 1st, 2011 @ 10:09 am
Yeah you must have used all the streusel for just one pancake! It wasn’t enough. But still yummy!
These look heavenly. Breakfast tommorrow for sure!
wow this pancake recipe looks awesome! I am going to make these in the morning for the kids, thanks
twopeas replied: — January 30th, 2011 @ 7:51 am
I hope the kids enjoy the pancakes!
As stupid as it is to say: these pancakes are life changing. Really.
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we made these last night and had the leftovers for breakfast! They were super yummy. Time to go work out
Thanks for posting this recipe!
twopeas replied: — February 17th, 2011 @ 8:13 am
So glad you liked the pancakes! They are a real treat!
I wanted to let you know that I made these pancakes for some guests and we were amazed! I made a cream cheese frosting/drizzle instead of the maple syrup and it was like eating the center of a cinnamon roll! I just did a blog post about it, they were so delicious! I recently started following your blog and I’m so happy that you shared this recipe.
twopeas replied: — February 18th, 2011 @ 7:10 pm
I love the drizzle idea! We will have to try that next time we make them.
Those look like the sweetest, most delicious pancakes!!
This looks awesome!
This looks very yummy! I cant wait to test it out
Thankyou guy for taking the time to recreate this recipe and sharing it with us!
If I half the ingredients, do I use 1/4 tsp baking soda or 1/2 tsp? I noticed in the other pancake recipes for one cup of flour it calls for 1/4 tsp baking soda instead of 1/2tsp. Or does it really matter?
twopeas replied: — February 23rd, 2011 @ 7:57 am
I would try using 1/2 teaspoon since you are halving the other ingredients. Enjoy!
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Oh wow! I already make the same buttermilk pancake recipe but the cinnamon streusel sounds divine! I know what I’ll be making the next time my kids ask for pancakes.
I made these this morning for Pancake Day!! They didn’t NEARLY as nice as yours but they tasted AMAZING! Happy Pancake Day!
twopeas replied: — March 1st, 2011 @ 12:36 pm
So happy you tried our pancakes and loved them!!
I came across this while looking for something sweet to make. Awesome, awesome , awesome. Thanks for sharing this.
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Hey girl! We had these for brunch today and they were perfect! When can we go back to LA?
twopeas replied: — March 27th, 2011 @ 2:00 pm
So glad you approved! I am ready for a trip anytime! It has to be before Sept. though:)
I just made some up for My Brother and myself. Both of us agree these are good.
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Oh these are amazing! We love cinnamon anything at our house!
I can not wait to try these! They look so delish!!
Those pancakes look delicious. Will make some streusel at our bakery and try it on our buttermilk pancakes at the restaurants.
These look delicious. Will use the muffin streusel from our bakery on the pancakes in the restaurants.
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Oh… man. I made these for breakfast this morning and I’ll be honest… these are potentially the best pancakes I have ever had. Thank you for this recipe!
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Hi Maria – I ran my first full marathon this past weekend. The next morning I was looking for something sinful to eat to celebrate my accomplishment. I’ve had these pancakes starred in my Google Reader forever, so I decided to make them finally. Hubby and I both thought they were delicious! Perfect post-marathon treat! Thanks for the great recipe! And congrats on Caleb – he’s adorable!
Two Peas replied: — November 2nd, 2011 @ 6:30 pm
These pancakes are the perfect indulgent breakfast! Congrats on your marathon! You definitely deserved the pancakes:)
i’ll try cinnamon streusel anything!
OK, I just figured out what Im making for breakfast tomorrow for Christmas!
I’m making these for dinner tomorrow night, we LOVE breakfast for dinner, I’m so excited! They look amazing, I’ll have to let you know how it goes!
Two Peas replied: — January 8th, 2012 @ 10:55 pm
I hope you like them. They are one of our favorite breakfast treats!