Cinnamon Roll Pancakes

Yesterday I made a mistake. I mentioned, in front of the kids, my desire to make cinnamon rolls.

When the kids got up this morning they fully expected that there would be pans of fresh cinnamon rolls ready for them. I felt bad... really bad...

To make up for my mistake I decided to make Cinnamon Roll Pancakes!!

I used a simple pancake recipe that I have used for years, its very basic, no frills, just flour, milk, baking powder etc... I dressed it up by adding a little extra sugar and a ton of cinnamon. Enough cinnamon to change the color of the batter (I added two heaping tablespoons of cinnamon, which was perfect for the volume it takes to make enough pancakes for 6 kiddos).

I decided to make silver dollar sized pancakes or as the kids say,"dippy" sized, because they are cute (the kids and the pancakes). I use my handy dandy cookie scoop for nearly everything, no sense in stopping now! 

Now all of the pancakes will be uniform in size, and cook time. I am still a rookie at cooking on the cast-iron insert on my stove, so uniformity pleases my perfectionism and my inexperience. (Confession: I burned the first batch, don't tell anyone.)

The part that makes these "Cinnamon Roll Pancakes" isn't only the cinnamon, it's the frosting. Yes, I said FROSTING. I used the same maple flavored frosting recipe that I use in my favorite super old cinnamon roll recipe from Pioneer Woman (Pioneer Woman Cinnamon Rolls).  I wanted to make the frosting taste the same but thinner and more syrup like. To make the perfect pancake frosting I, doubled the butter, used salted butter, and omitted the salt. The frosting texture was perfect for pouring, but the kiddos really wanted to dip!

So each of the kiddos got their own ramekin of frosting to dip to their hearts content. 

After breakfast, I got the seal of approval from the kiddos that these are a "make again," but I was not forgiven for the lack of actual cinnamon rolls, and those are expected at some point this week. That's what I get for thinking I was off the hook!