Homemade Apple Pancakes

Wake up to the pleasing aroma of these homemade apple pancakes with melted butter, applesauce, and a hint of vanilla! These mini pancakes are simple, fluffy, and deliciously sweet, making them ideal for cozy mornings. Are you ready to make this fall favorite? Learn more about this recipe below!

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• What is a Homemade Apple Pancake?
• Variations
• Substitutions
• Storage Tips
• Ingredients
• Top Tips
• FAQ
• Homemade Apple Pancakes

What is a Homemade Apple Pancake?

This homemade apple pancake recipe is a delicious take on regular pancakes; it looks like a mini pancake but tastes like a cookie! It is made with simple ingredients such as melted butter, applesauce, eggs, and a bit of vanilla. This pancake has the natural sweetness of apples, which makes a deliciously sweet breakfast and snack for everyone. It's easy to make and adds a homey, homemade vibe to your breakfast table.

Apple pancakes are best enjoyed at a leisurely weekend breakfast or brunch, particularly in the fall when apple flavors are at their peak. For an extra special touch, drizzle with maple syrup or top it with whipped cream or an ice cream scoop.

Do you crave a taste of comfort? Grab your apron and start a batch now!

Variations

• If you are a chocolate lover like me and you don't mind a little extra sweetness in your cookies, add some mini chocolate chips.
• Do you love stacking your "pancakes"? If you do, you can slather some delicious peanut butter in between. It will surely be a delicious addition!
• Adding cinnamon to the batter is a delicious way to enhance the warm and cozy flavors of the pancakes. This addition makes apple cinnamon pancakes! You may add a pinch of nutmeg, too.
• Grated apples, like Honeycrisp, can be added to the mixture for extra moisture and texture, making the pancakes even more tasty and apple-packed.

Substitutions

• Flour: You can use oat flour, whole wheat flour, or a gluten-free blend in place of all-purpose flour.
• Applesauce: For a different flavor while maintaining the same moist texture, use mashed bananas or pumpkin puree.
• Egg: For a vegan-friendly recipe, use a flaxseed meal with water, unsweetened applesauce, or a commercial egg substitute.
• Melted butter: For a dairy-free alternative, use coconut oil, olive oil, or plant-based butter.

Storage Tips

• Store the leftovers in an airtight container and keep them in the fridge for up to 3 days or in the freezer for up to 2 months.
• Reheat in the microwave, toaster, or oven for a quick and delicious treat any time!
• Always make sure to check for spoilage before reheating or consuming.

Ingredients

These are all the ingredients that you will need:

• melted butter
• applesauce
• granulated sugar
• eggs
• vanilla extract
• flour
• baking powder

Instructions

Gather the ingredients first; that's the golden rule! Now, if everything is ready and all the tools that you will need are within reach, let's begin!

In a large bowl, add butter, applesauce, sugar, eggs, and vanilla extract, and whisk until well combined:

The mixture should then look like this:

Then add the dry ingredients, such as flour and baking soda, and mix:

It is very important to mix it very well to make sure that there are no flour lumps. That will make a cookie more delicious 🙂

After mixing the flour with the wet ingredients, you can now start to heat up the pan on medium heat. Don't forget to oil the pan, even if you are using a non-stick one.

Finally, drop tablespoons of batter onto the pan. Make sure to space each cookie properly:

Cook for 5 minutes on each side and keep an eye on it. Flip to the other side when cooked:

Look at that pancake cookie! I was so excited to take a bite 😉

Top Tips

Always remember that before measuring the flour, sift it as best as you can. You should do this to avoid any lumps in the cookie batter.

FAQ

It's MONDAY and do you know what that means? It's COOKIE TIME!!!  Don't be fooled by how the picture looks, it definitely tastes like a cookie.  I had my bestie taste test it and she was pleasantly surprised because it looked like a pancake and tasted like a cookie.

When I first started my YouTube channel, I didn't practice my recipes before I filmed.  I just grabbed my camera, ingredients, and baked, edited my video, and then uploaded it to YouTube.  Well, I decided to try doing that again and the pancake cookies turned out ugly for me. HAHA. I was so disappointed just because I had filmed and sent the picture to my friend Hani for her to upload on her channel (we were doing a collaboration).  

Anyways, I had to do it all over again and I was so mad at myself because I had just wasted two hours of my time!  As a student, I don't have that kind of time, and any spare time I have, I usually spend studying.  Well, lesson learned. I'm going to always practice my recipe before I film and then make sure I take amazing pictures.

By the way, if you are looking for some cheap fall leaves, get them at the Dollar Store!!! I got 50 leaves for $1.07!