Try these raspberry pancake muffin recipe. From toddler to teen, your kids will enjoy eating them and you’ll love how healthy they are!

Oh pancakes! They are a breakfast favorite at our house.  My daughter loves them and I do too. 

Every Sunday morning, we devour stacks of homemade oatmeal pancakes between the 4 of us.  With the exception of my one year old, we each get just a few chocolate chips hiding in each one. 

Both my daughter and I love them with all natural peanut butter on top and a little bit of maple syrup on the side for dipping. 

I try to switch things up and add a mashed banana, applesauce or pumpkin puree to the recipe, just to add a bit more flavor and more nutrition. 

They are always a hit!

Healthy Pancake Muffins: A Great Snack

On those epic Sunday mornings, I always make a double batch of pancakes, wrap them individually in plastic wrap and pop them in the freezer so I can heat them in the microwave or toaster for a quick, flip-free pancake breakfast during the week. 

I even make tiny pancakes that make perfect school snacks and are great for my one year old too.

This week as I was popping one into the toaster for the little lady, I wondered how I could turn this pancake into even more of a grab and go breakfast?  

Enter, pancake muffins.

A Versatile Pancake Muffin Recipe

These pancake muffins use a standard pancake batter recipe spiked with orange zest and filled with a delicious raspberry chia jam. I even went so far as to make a few with jam and almond butter, a spin on the classic PB & J.

These make a great grab and go breakfast or snack.

For this recipe I used half whole wheat flour and half white flour.  You could definitely use all whole wheat flour here and bump up the fiber content of the recipe, but you may have to fiddle around with the amount of baking powder and liquid to make sure they are moist and rise nicely.

Fill Your Pancake Muffins 

Get creative with the fillings, I made a raspberry chia jam here, but strawberry orange muffins would be a great combination too, or lemon blueberry, peach, and almond, peanut butter and banana.  Anything goes!! 

It’s a great recipe to experiment with.  

What yummy combination will you stuff your pancake muffin recipe with?

Pancake Muffins with Orange Zest and Raspberry Chia Jam

Yield: 12

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes

Total Time: 35 minutes

A standard pancake batter recipe spiked with orange zest and filled with a delicious raspberry chia jam.

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Ingredients

• Muffins:
• 1 cup whole wheat all purpose flour
• 1 cup all purpose flour
• ¼ cup sugar
• 2 ½ tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp salt
• zest from one orange
• 2 cups milk (I used fortified almond milk)
• 2 eggs
• ¼ cup vegetable oil, butter (melted) or coconut oil (melted)
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• Raspberry Chia Jam:
• 2 cups raspberries, frozen
• 2 tbsp honey or maple syrup
• 2 tbsp chia seeds

Instructions

For Muffins:

Preheat oven to 375, line or grease 12 muffin cups and set aside

In a medium sized bowl combine all dry ingredients, plus orange zest and mix well.

In a large bowl combine all wet ingredients and mix well

Pour dry ingredients into wet ingredients and combine, do not overmix, it is ok if there are a few lumps

Pour 1 tbsp of the batter into each muffin cup

Place 1 tsp of raspberry jam or other filling in the middle of each muffin, top with remaining batter

Bake for ~ 20 minutes or until a cake tester comes out clean

For Jam:

Cook raspberries in a small pot on medium heat, add honey or maple syrup

Cook until raspberries are broken down and juices start to thicken

Add chia seeds and stir, jam will thicken as it cools

Notes

If you don't care for jam, fill these muffins with almond or peanut butter, chocolate chips, or mixed berries.

Nutrition Information:

Yield: 12 muffins Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 275Total Fat: 9gSaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 6gCholesterol: 34mgSodium: 234mgCarbohydrates: 43gFiber: 5gSugar: 10gProtein: 8g

This is an estimation of nutritional content.

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