Cheesecake pancakes topped with strawberries definitely take your breakfast game up a few notches.
Ingredients
- ounces fresh strawberries, hulled and: 8 piece (chopped)
- strawberry jam: 0.75 cup
- ounces cream cheese: 4 piece (softened)
- white sugar: 5 Tbsp (divided)
- milk: 2 tsp
- vanilla extract: 0.25 tsp
- 3/4 cups all purpose flour: 1 piece
- baking powder: 2 tsp
- baking soda: 0.5 tsp
- salt: 0.25 tsp
- egg, lightly: 1 piece (beaten)
- 1/2 cups buttermilk: 1 piece
- vegetable oil: 3 Tbsp
- cooking spray:
- Graham cracker crumbs or powdered sugar: (for topping)
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Stages of cooking
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Gather all ingredients. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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For topping, combine strawberries and jam in a small saucepan. Bring to a simmer; set aside. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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For cream cheese swirl, combine cream cheese, 3 tablespoons sugar, milk, and vanilla in a small bowl. Beat with an electric mixer until smooth. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Transfer cream cheese mixture to a pastry bag or a resealable plastic bag with a corner snipped off. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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For pancake batter, combine flour, remaining 2 tablespoons sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Combine egg, buttermilk, and oil in a medium bowl. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Add egg mixture all at once to the flour mixture. Stir just until moistened (batter should be slightly lumpy). Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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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. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Cook until bottoms are golden brown and edges are slightly dry and bubbles form at the edges of the pancakes, 2 to 3 minutes.
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Pipe a swirl of cream cheese onto each pancake starting from the center. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Coat the uncooked side of the pancakes with cooking spray. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Turn and cook 2 to 3 minutes more on the other side. Repeat with remaining batter and cream cheese mixture. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Serve with strawberry topping and sprinkle with graham cracker crumbs or dust with powdered sugar. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios