Cinnamon sugar pancake poppers or puffs are mini pancake balls made without eggs, gluten free, dairy free. These paleo and vegan healthy pancake poppers are soft and fluffy, and rolled in cinnamon sugar. A cute fun breakfast bite - serve alone or with maple syrup.
Cinnamon sugar pancake puffs or poppers, are mini pancake balls made in a mini muffin pan. This American version is modeled after the Danish dessert, Aebleskiver, which are similar mini pancake puffs made in a Aebleskiver pan. You can make them in a mini muffin pan or use a specialty pan use to make the Danish version, here pancake puff pan .
What Are Pancake Puffs?
My pancake puffs are a mini ball pancake that is cute and fluffy and easy to make in a mini muffin pan. I made my recipe egg free, paleo, gluten free, dairy free and refined sugar free. They are also vegan.
Varieties of Pancake Puff Flavors
These pancake puffs are rolled in cinnamon sugar, but I also have a plain apple pancake puffs recipe or a chocolate filled pancake puffs. All three recipes are vegan, gluten free, dairy free, paleo and egg free.
Serve them all with maple syrup and/or dust with powdered sugar.
Ingredients Needed
- Oat flour. Oat flour gives the pancake puffs healthy fiber and structure.
- Milk. To add liquid.
- Baking soda. To make them puffy.
- Applesauce. Instead of eggs, I blended apples with skin into a puree. The skin has pectin which reacts with baking soda to add rise like eggs. Or you can use store-bought applesauce.
- Cane sugar. A little cane sugar is needed to add the outside structure. If you try with maple syrup instead, add a few more tablespoon of oat flour.
- Lemon juice. A little also reacts with milk and baking soda to make the pancake puffs puffy.
- Flavorings & coating. Vanilla, salt, cinnamon and sugar
See the recipe card at the bottom for full information on ingredients and quantities.
How to Make Pancake Puffs
For more detail, visit the complete and printable recipe at the bottom of this post, but here are general steps.
Prep: Chop an apple, and blend into a puree with skin on. You can use store-bought applesauce, but blending an apple will give you fiber. Preheat oven to 350 F.
Step 1: Add the milk, lemon, applesauce and sugar to a bowl and stir until the sugar dissolves, about one minute.
Step 2: Add the flour and baking soda.
Step 3: Mix the ingredients into a batter.
Step 4: Bake for 10-12 minutes. The tops should look brown and spring with the touch of a spoon.
Step 5: Flip them out quickly so they don't dry out. Spray puffs with an oil spray or just roll warm in the sugar mixture.
Step 6: Serve with maple syrup.
Recipe Tips
Cooking time: Your oven temperature might vary so your puffs might be done as soon as 10 minutes - look for your puffs to spring back when pressed with a spoon or use a toothpick to test. It should come out clean.
Make Stuffed Berry Pancake Puffs: Chop fruit such as pears or add berries to the batter, pressing it into the center. Then bake as directed.
Storage
Pancake Puffs can be eaten immediately or stored refrigerated for 2 days. Reheat in the microwave for 10 seconds.
Make Ahead Option: Make the puffs in a mini muffin pan, allow to cool then freeze them in a storage bag. Thaw them in an oven for about 10 minutes at 350 F.
Make Cinnamon Sugar Pancakes
You can make these cinnamon sugar pancake puffs on the griddle as regular pancakes. Just make the pancakes, and while they are still warm, sprinkle each pancake with cinnamon sugar mixture. Stack and serve with maple syrup.
FAQS
Mix the batter in a bowl, scoop into a mini muffin pan and bake. Serve with maple syrup.
Yes, this recipe of pancake puffs can be made like traditional pancakes, just spoon onto a hot griddle, flip and serve with maple syrup.
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📖 Recipe
Cinnamon Sugar Pancake Poppers (puffs)
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 cup oat flour
- ½ cup applesauce 2 small apples pureed or blended
- ¼ cup cane sugar
- 2 tablespoon milk
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- pinch salt
Cinnamon coating
- ¼ cup cane sugar
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon
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Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease a mini muffin pan with an oil spray or by rubbing oil with a paper towel.1 cup oat flour, ½ cup applesauce, ¼ cup cane sugar, 2 tablespoon milk, 1 teaspoon baking soda, 1 teaspoon vanilla, pinch salt, 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- Add milk and lemon juice to a mixing bowl. Stir and allow the milk to curdle about one minute. Then add the sugar and applesauce. Stir again and allow the sugar to dissolve, around 1 minute. Then add the flour and baking soda.
- Scoop using a 2 tablespoon scoop the batter into a mini muffin pan. Don't smooth out the batter. The scoops will bake into pillowy yet uneven round shapes.
- Bake 10-12 minutes or until the top is golden and springs back, or until a test toothpick comes out clean. Flip out quickly so they don't continue cooking.
- Spray warm puffs with an oil spray or just roll warm in the sugar mixture. Serve with maple syrup.
Dee Dine
These cinnamon sugar pancake poppers are gluten free and dairy free and egg free! so soft and fluffy!