These Apple Pie Pancakes are perfect, delicious, fluffy pancakes with plenty of fresh, shredded apple cooked inside of them.
We are 100%, without a doubt, with absolute certainty, enthusiastically… a pancake family. We like our pancakes every which way. We like them Cinnamon-Rolled, we like them Pumpkin’d, we like them with Greek yogurt, we like them apple-puffed, we like them double berried, and we even like them with only 2 ingredients. But my boys have informed me, that this Apple Pie Pancakes recipe is now their favorite. They’re light and fluffy, and every bite has apple hidden inside of it.
This recipe comes from a cookbook called, “Pancakes: 72 Sweet and Savory Recipes for the Perfect Stack,” by Adrianna Adarme (author of the blog, A Cozy Kitchen). Adrianna and I met on a wine tasting trip in Napa Valley a few years ago, and we gossiped and giggled over cocktails about writing our cookbooks. There are delicious recipes featured in Adrianna’s book like: Banana Bread Pancakes, Blueberry- Ricotta Pancakes, Lemon Cloud Pancakes and Maple- Bacon Pancakes. Some more unique choices include Goat Cheese Quinoa Cakes, Fried Mac ‘n Cheese Cakes, Gruyere and Ham Dutch Baby and Spinach Pancakes. It’s a fun book to have for pancake lovers!
Ingredients needed:
- all purpose flour
- light brown sugar
- baking powder and salt
- cinnamon and nutmeg
- whole milk
- egg
- unsalted butter
- vanilla extract
- apple
- maple syrup, for serving
How to make Apple Pie Pancakes:
The complete, printable recipe is at the end of this post.
In a medium bowl, mix together the flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, salt and nutmeg. In a small bowl, whisk together the milk, egg, butter and vanilla. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix just until combined. You’ll have some lumps in the batter. Fold in the grated apple.
Preheat your skillet or griddle to medium and brush with butter or oil. Using a 1/4 cup measure (or ice cream scoop), scoop the batter onto the skillet. Cook 1 to 2 minutes until small bubbles form on the surface of the pancakes, and then flip. Reduce the heat to medium-low and cook on the other side for about 1 minute, or until golden brown. Transfer the cooked pancakes to a baking sheet and place in a pre-heated oven (200 degrees F.) to keep warm. Repeat with the remaining batter.
Serve the pancakes with plenty of warmed maple syrup. You can add a pat of butter as well, if you’d like!
When my kiddo was younger, weekends usually meant pancakes at our house. I made these Apple Pie Pancakes for my boys, and they were very well received. They were so well received, in fact, that I always double the recipe when I make them now. If you like a light and fluffy pancake, and if you like a pancake with a little fruit hidden inside of it (grated apple), then this is the pancake recipe for you. Enjoy!
The Best Pancake Recipes:
- Strawberry Ricotta Whole Wheat Pancakes
- Eggnog Pancakes
- Chocolate Chip Pancakes
- Banana Pecan Pancakes
- Blueberry Pancakes
Apple Pie Pancakes
Recipe Details
Ingredients
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons light brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- ⅛ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 cup whole milk
- 1 large egg
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, melted and cooled
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup peeled and grated apple (about 1 medium apple)
- butter or vegetable oil, for the skillet
- warm maple syrup, for serving
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, salt and nutmeg.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the milk, egg, butter and vanilla.
- Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and stir just until combined. You'll have some lumps in the batter. Fold in the grated apple.
- Preheat your skillet or griddle to medium and brush with butter or oil. Using a ¼ cup measure (or ice cream scoop), scoop the batter onto the skillet. Cook 1 to 2 minutes until small bubbles form on the surface of the pancakes, and then flip. Reduce the heat to medium-low and cook on the other side for about 1 minute, or until golden brown.
- Transfer the cooked pancakes to a baking sheet and place in a pre-heated oven (200°F.) to keep warm. Repeat with the remaining batter. Serve the pancakes with warmed maple syrup.
Notes
- Nutritional information does not include oil/butter for the skillet or syrup.
Nutrition
This is an amazing recipe. Thank you. My kids loved them. They ask for them all the time. I like how light they are, and I always try to add something unique to them. So, it’s always a surprise to them.
Okay, this has got to be the perfect pancake recipe…they just look incredible 🙂 can’t wait to taste this!!
These are fabulous with chunky pieces of bacon throughout them and with real maple syrup. trust me.
That sounds amazing!
We’re a pancake family too and these look awesome! I think my boys would gobble them up! I’ve got to get this Pancake cookbook! Looks like a great one!
Hi Lori,
These pancakes are delicious, my family devoured them!
My mom has an abundance of apples from her tree right now… so I am definitely making these! I am a pancake lover too! 🙂
I love me some pancakes, all day, everyday! I cant wait to try these!
Yum! So pinning these! They look perfect for Fall….oooh I can’t wait for Fall!
Mmmm this would be heaven to wake up to…. They sound so good
If there’s one thing I LOVE but don’t make enough of, it’s pancakes. These are going to be perfect for fall!
Do you have to put grated apples or can you just add applesauce because I would really like to try these!
Yes! I can’t wait to make these this fall when the peaches are amazing!
These scream fall breakfast to me! So so good looking! Gotta get my hands on this book!
I want these for breakfast tomorrow!!!
These look fantastic, Lori! Baking and cooking with apples always makes me crave the crisp, cool days of fall.
These look delicious, and that cookbook sounds great. I love pancakes as well, and am always looking for fun, new ways to enjoy them!
We’re a pancake-waffle family ourselves – can’t pick just one! Although I think I’d probably pick these over most foods almost any day 😉
I LOVE apple pie and I LOOOOOVE pancakes. These are perfect, Lori!!
These pancakes scream, “Welcome, fall!” like no other pancakes I’ve ever seen. Delicious!!
Our school bus comes at “7:12” and I think that’s early! So 6:30…OMG that is hard, especially in winter when it’s so dark and cold. By summertime you are just so glad it’s over. Butthese pancakes…wow, yum, perfect for the weekend.
I’m all over these! LOVE!
Yummy! My son loves pancakes. I have to try these and check out the cookbook
I have been dying to get my hand on Adrianna’s cookbook!! I mean a book all about pancakes? Wow!!
These look awesome and are so creative!! I cannot wait for apple season to start!
They look awesome! Pinned!
I’m pretty sure I have a copy of this book waiting for me in the mail and I cannot wait to get started on all of Adrianna’s recipes!
630am? whoa that is EARLY!