National Pancake Day - Kim's Way

I have a really good basic pancake recipe.  I make it all the time.  It seems to me that in honor of National Pancake Day, we ought to have something more than basic pancakes, right?  And so I thought of all sorts of great pancakes I have made in the past:  pumpkin pancakes, banana pancakes, butter pecan pancakes... but then I remembered this pin, and decided I would try something I haven't made before.  It seemed perfect to make ahead and have ready - each person gets what they like with little extra effort.

Kim's Pancakes
(I don't remember where I got this recipe, and I have tweaked it a couple of times since then.) 

1 1/2 cups flour
1 tablespoon plus 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 heaping tablespoon sugar 
1 teaspoon cinnamon (omitted when making bites)
1 teaspoon vanilla (omitted when making bites)
1 1/4 cups milk
2 eggs
3 tablespoons melted butter

Whisk the dry ingredients together, add wet ingredients and stir until most of the lumps are gone.  (Heat a griddle or frying pan, melt a little butter on it or spray with cooking spray or oil, and pour pancakes.  Brown both sides.)


To make the bites - pour pancake batter into greased mini muffin pans, filling 2/3 full, top with crumbled sausage, chopped bacon, chocolate chips, granola, fruit, etc.  Bake at 350 degrees for 13-14 minutes.  Dump out of muffin pans and enjoy with syrup!

Confession:  The pancake bites didn't wow me - or the family at all.  Bummer!

Here's the thing - they just seemed like muffins - kinda bland muffins.  Zach thinks it's weird to have syrup on sausage (not my kid), so he ate his dry.  Natalie liked dipping her chocolate chip pancake muffins in syrup.  Jeremy missed out on breakfast today.  I thought they were just ok... nothing to rave over - and certainly not anything blog worthy, especially not Rival worthy.  

So, after making 2 pans of mini pancake bites, I added a few things to the remaining batter... some cinnamon, pecans and coconut, and made some tasty pancakes for myself!

**Hey, did anyone else notice I served Natalie on a paper plate and myself on my dishes?!?  I wasn't planning on using that picture of her.  :)