Cheesecake Pancakes
Cheesecake pancakes topped with strawberries definitely take your breakfast game up a few notches.
Ingredients:
- 8 ounces fresh strawberries, hulled and chopped
- 3/4 cup strawberry jam
- 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 5 tablespoons white sugar, divided
- 2 teaspoons milk
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 large egg, lightly beaten
- 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
- 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
- cooking spray
- graham cracker crumbs or powdered sugar for topping
Direction
- Gather all ingredients.
- For topping, combine strawberries and jam in a small saucepan. Bring to a simmer; set aside.
- For cream cheese swirl, combine cream cheese, 3 tablespoons sugar, milk, and vanilla in a small bowl. Beat with an electric mixer until smooth.
- Transfer cream cheese mixture to a pastry bag or a resealable plastic bag with a corner snipped off.
- For pancake batter, combine flour, remaining 2 tablespoons sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl.
- Combine egg, buttermilk, and oil in a medium bowl.
- Add egg mixture all at once to the flour mixture. Stir just until moistened (batter should be slightly lumpy).
- Heat an extra-large nonstick skillet or griddle over medium heat. Coat with cooking spray. Pour 1/3 cup portions of batter onto the skillet. Reduce heat to medium-low.
- Cook until bottoms are golden brown and edges are slightly dry and bubbles form at the edges of the pancakes, 2 to 3 minutes.
- Pipe a swirl of cream cheese onto each pancake starting from the center.
- Coat the uncooked side of the pancakes with cooking spray.
- Turn and cook 2 to 3 minutes more on the other side. Repeat with remaining batter and cream cheese mixture.
- Serve with strawberry topping and sprinkle with graham cracker crumbs or dust with powdered sugar.