Easy Mini Pancakes With Raisins

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Mini pancakes are also called silver dollar pancakes, and are a fun way to enjoy your favorite breakfast. This recipe is a unique and delicious twist to them, and combines the chewy sweetness of the raisins along with the fluffy pancake batter.

With just a few pantry staples, you’ll be able to make this healthy and delightful breakfast that’ll fuel you and your family for the day ahead. Talk about starting the day on a sweet and healthy note!

These are just like regular pancakes, but better, and this one has to be my favorite mini pancake recipe of all time.

What I Love About this Recipe

When it comes to putting a simple and easy breakfast for my entire family, I always turn to this easy mini pancakes recipe.

These small pancakes don’t just appeal to the kiddos, but are also great to customize.

You’ll need just a few simple ingredients and 5 minutes of prep time to put these fluffy mini pancakes together.

Mini Pancakes Cooking Times

• Prep time: 5 min 
• Cook: 20 min 
• 2 servings (about 7-8 pancakes )

Ingredients For the Mini Pancakes Recipe

To make mini pancakes, here’s all you’ll need.

• 1 ½ cup all purpose flour 
• 1 cup milk
• ½ cup raisins
• 3 tbsp olive oil (for frying)
• 1 tbsp cane sugar 
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp vanilla extract 
• 1 tbsp baking powder 
• 1 tbsp maple syrup 
• 1 tsp vanilla extract 
• Fruits of your choice as a topping 

How to Make the Mini Pancakes

Ready to make these miniature pancakes? Here’s the step by step process you’ll need to follow.

Step 1: Combine Flour, Baking Powder, Sugar

In a large mixing bowl combine flour, baking powder and cane sugar. 

Step 2: Add Wet Ingredients

Pour milk, maple syrup, add egg and vanilla extract into the flour mixture, and using an electric mixer beat for about 2 minutes until fully incorporated. Add raisins and mix it for another minute. 

Step 3: Pour Pancake Batter and Cook on Both Sides

Drizzle an olive oil into a large non-stick frying pan and drop batter to make little pancakes. You can also use a hot griddle if that’s what you prefer.

Fry for about 1 or 2 min until little bubbles form. Remember to stick to medium heat. Flip over and cook for a minute or two.

Step 4: Serve Warm

Serve warm and enjoy with your favorite toppings. 

Tips & Tricks to Make the Mini Pancakes

While making these mini pancakes is ridiculously easy, you might want to note down these little tips and tricks too!

• I’ve used cane sugar as the sweetener for these pancakes, but you can also use white sugar or any other natural sweetener of your choice.
• I’ve used a non stick frying pan to make these mini pancakes, but you can also choose to pop them in the toaster oven if you want to. Just make sure you use a parchment paper lined baking sheet to keep the pancakes from sticking to the surface.
• When you’re done incorporating the wet and the dry ingredients together, remember to stir gently and avoid overmixing the batter. This will help the pancakes rise well and you’ll be able to enjoy the nice and fluffy pancakes you’re looking for.
• Remember to use the best quality, fresh leavening agent for your pancakes. If you’re ending up with tough pancakes no matter what you do, it’s probably because you’re using baking powder or baking soda that has lost its efficacy.
• If you don’t have baking powder, you can swap 1 tsp of it with 1/4th tsp of baking soda and 1/2 tsp of lemon juice to get the perfect silver dollar pancakes.
• Remember to allow the mini pancakes to turn golden brown on both sides before you serve them. Stick to medium low heat when cooking them.
• To bring a bit of richness to the pancakes, you can also add some melted butter to the pancake batter. I would recommend using unsalted butter.
• I’ve used olive oil for frying the pancakes, but you can also choose to use butter if you want to.

What Other Variations Can I Try?

You can try lots of other variations to this recipe by adding in other ingredients that you have at hand.

Mini chocolate chips can be a nice addition if you really love that chocolatey flavor.

You can also cook mini pancakes with ground nuts mixed into the batter to make them more nutritious and healthy.

Dried and fresh fruit, especially fresh berries can be another wonderful addition to your homemade pancakes.

How to Reheat Mini Pancakes

The best way to get the mini pancakes warm is to microwave them.

You can also reheat them on the griddle or your pan with a little butter on medium heat.

How to Store the Leftover Pancakes

Got some leftover mini pancakes that you want to enjoy later? Just allow them to cool down completely and transfer them to an airtight container and refrigerate them for 2-3 days.

You can also freeze mini pancakes if you want them to last longer.

How Do I Serve the Mini Pancakes?

The best part about this mini pancake recipe is the fact that you can actually serve them in so many different ways.

With Whipped Cream

I love serving my mini pancakes with a dollop of whipped cream on the side. The creaminess from the whipped cream just beautifully balances the soft, chewiness of the pancakes.

With Maple Syrup

Maple syrup isn’t just great as a topping for your mini pancakes, but it also brings in a nice natural sweetness to the pancake batter, which is why I’ve used it for the recipe.

You can totally swap this with honey if you want to.

With Powdered Sugar

Just a little sprinkle of powdered sugar on the top of your stack of mini pancakes is the simplest, easiest way to serve them, when you’re looking for an easy, no-effort serving method.

With Fresh Fruit

Fresh fruit is one of the best toppings for these mini pancakes, or any other pancake recipe for that matter.

Team up your light and fluffy mini pancakes with some chopped bananas or diced strawberries. And of course, you can experiment with other fruits too!

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