Graham crackers are a classic kid snack. I have a fond memory from my childhood years of my grandmother sitting down with me at her kitchen table and serving me a few graham cracker sheets spread with a little bit of butter. She and I would eat our snack, and then play a rousing game of Hearts! I love that memory.
I have never outgrown my love for graham crackers, and in fact, I actually don’t keep them in the house because I can blow through an entire box in a couple of days! But, I had this idea for making graham cracker pancakes for Thing 1 and Thing 2, so I took one for the team (ha!) and bought a box. I used one and a half of the three packs in the box for the pancakes. You might be able to guess what happened to the remainder. Confession time… the next day, despite my promise to myself that I would have only two sheets for a snack, I ate almost all of them! So I won’t be buying any more graham crackers for a while, because I clearly cannot be trusted with them in the house! 🙂
Here’s another confession: my first attempt at making these did not go well. I thought I could crumble the graham crackers into the pancake batter to produce a nice pancake with crunchy graham cracker chunks. It didn’t really work out the way I envisioned!
The chunks kind of got absorbed into the pancake batter and I couldn’t even find them, let alone taste them, in the pancakes once they were cooked. My next idea, to dunk ½ graham cracker sheet in the batter and then cook it, turned out much better! The crackers did not stay crunchy even with that strategy, but that was OK, because the graham cracker taste still really came through.
To top it all off and round out the graham cracker pancake experience, I made some cinnamon maple syrup. What a great breakfast! I suggest that you make a big batch, because the leftovers freeze nicely and are so convenient to throw in the microwave for a quick weekday breakfast!
Can you guess how Thing 2 felt about this recipe? If you think he loved it, you would be right! He even ate a couple of the pancakes without any cinnamon syrup, because they tasted so good just by themselves!
Thing 2 rating = 5 out of 5 biscuits!
Graham Cracker Pancakes with Cinnamon Syrup
Print RecipeIngredients
For the pancakes:
- 3 cups white whole wheat flour
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup granulated sweetener (or you can use sugar)
- 2 1/2 cups milk
- 2 eggs
- 1 tablespoon canola oil
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 12 graham cracker sheets (broken in half to form 24 squares)
For the syrup:
- 1/2 cup pure maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
Instructions
For the pancakes:
- In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, salt, and granulated sweetener.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the milk, eggs, canola oil, and vanilla extract.
- Add the liquid ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix together (result will be slightly lumpy).
- Spray a griddle with cooking spray and heat over medium.
- Dip a graham cracker square in the pancake mix so that it is generously covered with batter, place on the griddle, and top with about 1/8 cup of additional batter.
- Cook until edges start to look dry and the pancakes start to bubble. Then flip and cook on the other side.
For the syrup:
- Mix the maple syrup with the cinnamon.
Notes
Nutrition
Maggie at The Love Nerds
These sound absolutely amazing! I especially love the idea of a cinnamon syrup. I will definitely be trying these on a Sunday morning soon.
Stephanie Pass
I love these pancakes! I would have never thought of using graham crackers dipped in the batter. But, I bet it’s good. I love graham crackers, too! Thanks for sharing!
melanie
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Alexis @ Persia Lou
Oh man… I am devoted graham cracker fan. I am definitely going to have to try this out! Pinning!
Steph @ From the Burbs to the Boonies
My best graham cracker memory is my mother decorating cakes and making homemade icing and then I’d get the extra icing to decorate graham crackers and then eat them! Interesting idea in pancakes.
Rebecca @ Dorm Room Baker
I need to try these! Graham crackers and cinnamon are a match made in heaven and when you put them both into pancakes, you’ve caught my attention!
Kimberly Leverett Osburn
Hey Kristin,
Stopping by from the Daily Blog Boost to say Hey! Hope you’re enjoying your weekend and getting some well deserved rest. Your pancakes look delicious. Gonna have to try them soon. <3 Kim P.S. thanks for sharing a recipe with granulated sweetener for those of us who deal with diabetes.
Kristin King
Thanks for stopping by, Kim! Glad to hear that having the granulated sweetener in the recipe is helpful for you! I am sure it is tough living with any kind of condition that impacts what you can eat on a daily basis. *Hugs!*
Sarah
Graham crackers are definitely one of those snacks that just go down way to easily. I would definitely be there crunching along with you.
Kristin King
I hear you! Mostly it is just better to not have them in the house, but of course I have to get them sometimes! 🙂 Thanks for stopping by!
Jenn @ We Do Fun Here
YUM! I love breakfast, probably my fave meal of the day! I will be making these Pancakes for sure! Pinned to my Brunch Party Main Dish Board! 🙂
~ Jenn @ We Do FUN Here
Kristin King
Thanks Jenn! I am such a huge fan of your blog. I appreciate you stopping by! 🙂
sarah @ Thank You Honey
Love this recipe! I featured it for this weeks Whatever Wednesday party! I made over the weekend and my whole family loved them! Thank you so much for sharing it!
Sarah
Check it out!
Erika @Musings SAHM
What a fun version to typical pancakes. I’m pinning this; I totally have to try it!
Thanks for linking up with It’s a Mom’s Life. I hope you’ll join us again this coming week (starting tonight!)
Kristin King
Thanks, Erika! I will definitely stop by!
Kareen Liez
I tried various ways to cook pancakes but I haven’t thought of this one! Thanks for sharing. I would definitely try!
Kristin King
The kids loved it. Hope you do too! Thanks for stopping by and have a great week!
Heidi From Momprojects
These look so good Kristin, believe it or not I always have extra Graham Crackers in the house, what a yummy way of using them! Now I just need to think of some ‘square’ animals since I usually make pancakes into shapes for my little one:)
Kristin King
Thanks Heidi! Animal-shaped pancakes are a great idea!
Lynn H @ Turnips 2 Tangerines
To this day, I can eat a box of graham crackers, no problem:) I still eat graham crackers the same way, 2 sheets of graham crackers with peanut butter sandwiched in between and dunked in milk!!! Thanks for sharing at Tasty Tuesday~ Lynn @ Turnips 2 Tangerines (They are pretty good dipped in melted chocolate too)
Kristin King
Haha! Oh, yeah, chocolate is the best! I am getting hungry thinking about it! 🙂
Kristin King
Yes, I love them with milk or hot chocolate too! Coffee is good too (although not in the middle of the night!). Thanks for stopping by! 🙂