Pumpkin Cinnamon Roll Pancakes

These Pumpkin Cinnamon Roll Pancakes are everything I want in a fall breakfast! They’re soft, sweet, perfectly spiced, and swirled with a buttery cinnamon-sugar filling that makes every bite taste like a cinnamon roll… but better! Using cottage cheese in both the batter and icing gives this recipe a little extra protein and helps make the pancakes super fluffy. Every bite is truly dreamy, and no one ever notices the cottage cheese!

Course Breakfast

Cuisine American

Diet Vegetarian

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 20

Total Time 30

Servings Pancakes

Calories 158kcal

Author Christine McMichael

Equipment

Ingredients

Pancake Base

2 Tablespoons salted butter melted and cooled
1 cup cottage cheese
1/4 cup maple syrup
1/2 cup pumpkin purée
3 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice

Cinnamon Sugar Filling

2 Tablespoons butter melted
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Instructions

Melt the butter and set aside to cool.
Blend the cottage cheese and maple syrup together in a large blending cup (this works better than a big blender).
Remove 1/3 cup and set aside for the icing.
Add in the pumpkin puree, eggs, vanilla, and butter. Lightly pulse until combined.
Whisk the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and pumpkin spice together in a large mixing bowl.
Add in the blended liquid ingredients and mix just until combined. Don’t over mix it, lumps in the batter are okay!
Meanwhile, make the cinnamon sugar filling by melting the butter, then adding the brown sugar and cinnamon. Stir until combined.
Heat a nonstick pan over medium heat, then pour about 1/4 cup of the pancake batter into the pan for each pancake.
Swirl the cinnamon filling gently over each pancake, then add the lid and cook for 3-4 minutes.
Remove the lid and carefully flip each pancake, cooking for another 2 minutes.
Once the pancakes are done, drizzle with the cottage cheese icing and enjoy!

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Notes

Prevent Burning: If there is leftover brown sugar butter mixture on your pan, scrape it off to the side before adding more batter to the pan!

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