Brown Sugar Pancakes with Bacon Maple Butter
Brown Sugar Pancakes with Bacon Butter is where Happiness resides. Let me tell you why that is.
These are just so easy to make and so darn delicious that after putting forth minimal effort and getting fine dining quality, happiness will inevitably consume you. Well that was my experience anyway.
I have long been the biggest fan of pancakes. I feel bad for my husband that has had to appease a random craving in the middle of the night by loading us in the car to find the nearest IHOP or diner.
The thing is I just adore simple pancakes. Simple, hot off the griddle, fluffy, crispy-edged, buttermilk pancakes will do me just fine. And don’t forget the butter and warm syrup and I’m set. I really don’t feel the need to guzzy them up because the simplicity of the meal is what makes me so darn warm and fuzzy. I tell ya, it’s the little things in life that count.
This brown sugar pancakes recipe fits right in line with my “simple is best” philosophy but it gives it a little edge. The brown sugar in subtle yet rich. You can definitely taste the deeper flavor the molasses lend. The texture is still light and fluffy, and if you are like me, you love a nice golden crispy edge to your hot cakes!
And for a little fun, I baked some bacon, cut the strips into tiny pieces and mixed the bits with a warm butter syrup. I never need another pancake again.
But if you are craving more pancake love, check out this Vanilla Dutch Baby Recipe
and this Perfect Classic Pancakes recipe
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 6 tablespoons brown sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 1¼ cups sour cream or greek yogurt
- ½ cup milk
- 6 tablespoons melted salted butter
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 6 tablespoons butter
- ⅓ cup pure maple syrup
- 3 slices of fried/baked crisp bacon cut into small bits
- Whisk together flour, baking powder, and brown sugar into a large bowl.
- In another bowl, whisk together eggs, sour cream or greek yogurt, milk, melted butter, and vanilla extract until combined. Slowly whisk the wet mixture into the dry mixture just until combined. The resulting should be slightly lumpy yet still combined so don’t overmix. Leave the lumps there. No need for a smooth batter.
- Heat a griddle or non stick skillet over medium heat and melt extra butter.
- Pour about ¼ of a cup of batter onto the griddle surface in a circular pattern and allow to sit until bubbles form and the bottom is golden brown and crisp.
- Flip over the pancake and cook until golden brown and crisp on the other side.
- Remove the pancake and place in a warm oven (about 225 degrees) and repeat the process until all pancakes are done.
- Add butter and maple syrup to a microwave safe container and melt together.
- Add some of the bacon bits to the syrup and leave the rest for garnish.
- Add pancakes to your plate and add bacon bits to the top pancake in your stack. Pour syrup mixture over pancakes and enjoy.
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Love the idea of putting brown sugar into pancakes. I have recently become a pancake lover 🙂 Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Laura! I really loved that extra flavor it gave the pancakes.
These pancakes look amazing! Love the brown sugar 🙂
Thanks so much Chloe!
You didn’t just say it. No, you didn’t.
You did.
BACON MAPLE BUTTER?
I think my coffee has found a replacement.
I know right? Yep coffee is gone to the wind now Mary!
Gurl.. these look good. I could easily do with a huge stack of these, and I love the plate
Thanks so much Rochelle! I could definitely go for a stack of these right now too!
Wow, that’s a gorgeous stack of pancakes! I love the optional coconut milk, it’s something I add to my pancakes as well.
Thanks so much Jehan! I have been doing the coconut milk thing for a while and love it!
The best part of pancakes is the crispy (and hopefully buttery) edge along the sides. Delish with bacon!
That’s my favorite part too! The crispy and buttery edges are amazing!
Happiness is surely in that plate oozing of maple!! These pancakes definitely look amazing, fluffy and everything a good morning should start with. And is that coconut milk I see in the ingredients? Love!!
Yep coconut milk is my favorite thing in the world I think! Haha! Thanks girl!
Pancakes are a favorite of mine as well, and that maple bacon butter sounds lovely too! These look super delish! xx
Thanks so much Consuelo!
Yummy, Sounds so delicious! Most things with bacon are, I can’t wait to try this! I adorable pancake too!
Yep I am glad so many people have the bacon fixation like I do.
Brown sugar? Oh wow, these sound delicious!
p.s. I love the name and story behind your blog. I’m definitely a “grandma’s girl” too 🙂
Thanks so much Joyti! Aren’t grandmas the best? Thanks for stopping by!
Well who in there right mine doesn’t love pancakes?! This looks delicious Jocelyn! 🙂
Totally agreed Christina! Hahaha thanks!
I adore pancakes too, even though I rarely make my own. These brown sugar renditions look too good to be true! And yes, warm maple syrup is a must. Always. 🙂
Thanks so much Valerie! And yep I am totally with you on the warm maple syrup!
Yum!! I love a sweet and savory combo! This looks awesome! Have you ever tried cooking your pancakes in coconut oil instead? I recently did just because it is all I had and they were awesome! It gives them a different texture, super good, you should give it a try sometime!
I seriously must try cooking my pancakes in coconut oil now! Gosh that sounds fantastic Annie!
Bacon maple butter…I die! I love using brown sugar in my pancakes. These look seriously amazing!!
Isn’t it so tasty Kelli! I love the brown sugar element too!
These are totally going on my breakfast for dinner menu! They look incredible!
Gosh don’t you just love breakfast for dinner! I adore pancakes any time of the day. Thanks Pamela!
These pancakes sound and look amazing!
Thanks so much Jess!
Bacon Maple Butter?! I could eat that on just about anything! 😉
I think I need to stop trying to put it on everything honestly!
Pancakes don’t really get their due. They aren’t as easy as one thinks so a perfect recipe is a treasure. I think I’m getting ready to treasure this tonight!
Hooray Abbe! I am totally with you. I adore pancakes and will stand by their side until the end of time!
DUDE! BACON MAPLE BUTTER=EPIC YUMMINESS!
and I love pancakes and I looooove brown sugar so I know this whole thing is just a total win!
Hooray Kayle! Epic Yumminess was definitely achieved!!
DH and I are salivating at the sight of these!!!! I have saved the recipe for making this weekend!!!! The bacon/maple/butter sounds beyond wonderful!!!!!! Thanks so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hooray Doreen! I loved it and thought it was amazing!!
Shut the front door! I would be all over these…Love, love pancakes.
OMG same here! I am the biggest fan of pancakes I know!
Oh boy… pancakes are SO my thing. When I was pregnant with my first, all I wanted was pancakes. And that’s all I ate. My husband used to fry them in a ridiculous amount of butter so they were kind of crispy on the outside (ok?!?!). Yours look fabulous my friend. And the bacon? Killer 🙂
Your husband is a man after my own heart. He used to fry them in butter for you? What a very loving man!
Huge pancake lover over here, too! Yours look absolutely amazing – I am always on the lookout for new pancake recipes and this one will be added to my must-try list ASAP. Especially loving the syrup!! Pinning 🙂
Woo Hoo! Thanks so much Kathi!!
Seriously Jocelyn! This IS a plate of happiness in my book!!
Yes Renee! Happiness indeed!
Proper American pancakes like this aren’t common at all over here in Europe, so I appreciate that this is a nice easy basic recipe, Jocelyn. Pinning it! Love your photos with that beautiful blue plate as well!
Thanks so much Helen! This is a super basic recipe with great results. I am in love with that blue plate too!
These pancakes are gorgeous, and I’ll take a double stack please!!!
Thanks so much Aimee! You are a double stack girl just like me!
What a wonderful breakfast. I’m trying to imagine the texture and the flavors and I’ve decided I must make these to find out if I’m right. 🙂
They are just so light and fluffy and cooked in the butter, the edges come out crisp and well buttery hahaha, magical.
I can taste these now. Yum! I love dipping my bacon and sausage in syrup, so I can only imagine how good that bacon maple syrup is. There is some serious yum going on here!
Oh Jennie, I love dipping my bacon and sausage in syrup too!!
Brown sugar and maple, oh my goodness!! I’m suddenly starving! And craving! These look so, so good!!
Thank you so much Maria!!! I am reading this at 7 in the morning and honestly contemplating whether to make these again today!
Whoa! They look amazing! So I can have my pancakes with my bacon? Awesomeness
Have a beautiful Tuesday!
I think you can most definitely have your pancakes with bacon!! You have a beautiful day as well!
I’m with you on pancakes — those crispy edges are so delicious! I can’t believe I’ve never thought to add brown sugar to them because I love it so much…what a fabulous idea. And that bacon maple butter has to put these off the charts!
Yes isn’t the brown sugar addition such a simple one but it really does add a little something in my opinion! And bacon maple butter is now my new fave thing!
Bacon butter? Oh heck yea.
Indeed Erin!
Perfection on a plate! Nothing beats a tall stack of fluffy pancakes + bacon 😉
Agreed Allie! Totally agreed!
These pancakes look very delicious! I love a stack of pancakes for breakfast.
Same here girl! Same here! Thanks Jessica!
I just think bacon and syrup should always go together. They are the perfect match! These pancakes look fantastic! Pinned!
I agree Justine! I think they should have them next to each other in the grocery store aisles.
What I wouldn’t do for a tall, fluffy stack of these scrumptious pancakes! They look so light and mouthwatering, Jocelyn. And that bacon maple butter topping? Have mercy!
Haha Thanks so much Georgia!
My family would go bananas over these! They look seriously amazing, girl! 🙂
Thanks so much Jocelyn! Now that’s a thought! Bananas!
These are seriously the perfect breakfast! Awesome post, Jocelyn!
Hi, These look wonderful! (I’m a huge pancake lover!)
Do you think it would negatively affect the recipe if I didn’t use buttermilk, but maybe just whole milk instead? Thanks much!
(I’m just seeing that there’s no followup-comment notification button [always a fave feature 🙂 ]…but hopefully I will remember to come back to see your advice!)
Hi there, you can use regular milk instead but I would add a touch of lemon juice or vinegar to it to create homemade buttermilk to get the similar taste!
Those pancakes look soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo goood
Thank you so much Natalie!
This recipe deserves an award. You put your foot in this lovely combination my dear! I just took the first bite at 1230, 12Jul14, and I wanted to kiss the developer of this heavenly decadent! Thank you Jesus & thank you for sharing!
Hooray! I am so glad to read this! It is one of my fave breakfast recipes hands down!
My husband has just about worn me out with pancakes (he is the pancake king and makes them anytime he is home during the morning) but this, these pancakes right here, stand a STRONG chance of making me love pancakes again. I can’t wait to try this.
And you take amazing pictures, Jocelyn. Simply amazing. I can almost smell and taste the food in your pictures. Thanks for sharing your recipes, your grandma’s recipes and your photography skills with us 🙂
Thank you so much!!!! I really appreciate it!
3 “slabs” of bacon….as in 30+ slices????
3 slices. Thanks Richard.
I have always loved to eat my pancakes with butter and brown sugar on top (who needs syrup) but I never thought to cook it in. Genius! I can’t wait to make them. Thanks for the recipe!
Hooray! I hope you enjoy!!
I adore pancakes too! I wish I had some right now! 🙂
I have no words for this recipe … just <3.
As soon as I am back from vacation, I am whipping up a batch of these bad boys. TOO GOOD!
I followed this recipe exactly… My pancakes don’t look anywhere near as good as those in your picture. Mine are just utterly unremarkable looking, and tasting. They’re just normal pancakes.
Sorry Rebecca yours didn’t turn out like mine. I have made this recipe more than a few times so I’m not sure why yours didn’t come out more like mine, and I wouldn’t know unless I saw a picture. Hopefully you will try them again and they turn out better in the future. Feel free to email me if you want to chat more about your pancakes.
The perfect snow-day treat! Thanks for a great recipe!
Thank you so much!