Cinnamon Roll Pancakes

A few years ago, I went to Chicago to visit my sister and she took me to place called "Orange" for breakfast (they have since gone out of business). I got their Cinnamon Roll Pancakes and have been dying to make some as delicious ever since with no luck, but the Cinnamon Roll Pancakes from Recipe Girl looked promising. I pinned them and promised my stomach to give them a try.

Usually on Sunday afternoons, we get home from church, find our places on the floor or couch, turn on a movie and promptly fall asleep (at least Marina and I do). Yesterday, we decided to nix the movie and make the cinna-cakes for Sunday brunch. Luckily we had all the ingredients on hand, and you probably do too.

What we loved about this recipe is how simple and fun they were to make. The batter was quick and simple and the pancakes ended up being so wonderfully fluffy that I might use this recipe for regular pancakes. I think the most fun was making the designs in the pancakes. Recipe Girl made a good point when she said to let the pancakes cook for awhile before adding the cinnamon swirl otherwise you will have cinnamon lava gushing out of your cakes, and nobody likes cinnamon lava.

We doubled the recipe, and made 10 good sized pancakes (We also doubled the cinnamon mixture which was quite unnecessary.) We did the math. We each got 2.5 cinnabuns. Woohoooo!

We sat down at the table and dug right on in. Our pancakes were no works of art. We were more focused on getting these heavenly things into our stomachs then on presentation.

After about 1 1/2 pancakes our stomachs started screaming "NO MORE," but like champs we finished the 2 pancakes on our plates because our mommas taught us better. These babies were delicious but sweet. Super sweet. These are definitely going on the "Make again" list because in my mind they are synonymous with "pure, unadulterated joy."

We can always count on Maren to be enthusiastic and fun.

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