Banana Pancake Muffins Fluffy Great Meal Prep

Published 8/13/2019 • Updated 9/28/2021 If you love these pancake muffins, you betcha you’ll enjoy our other healthy breakfasts made in muffin tins! From these smoked salmon breakfast frittatas to these bacon wrapped egg cups and these pumpkin french toast cups — we’ve got you covered when it comes to healthy breakfasts!

Can Pancakes be Muffins?

We’re here to tell you that the answer is YES! You can have your cake (well, pancake muffins) and eat it, too! With everything you love about fluffy pancakes combined with the easy on-the-go qualities of muffins, this truly is the ultimate breakfast (if you ask us!). And you know what else is great about these pancake muffs? They’re great for meal prep! Not only can they be refrigerated and reheated throughout the week, they’re also great for popping a giant batch in the freezer and pulling out to reheat whenever the pancake muffin mood strikes (which is early and often over here). + they’re easy to make. Let’s get into it:

How to Make Pancake Muffins

Preheat and Prep!

Preheat your oven to 350ºF and generously spray a muffin tin with a nonstick cooking spray of your choice. You won’t be needing any muffin tin liners for these pancake muffins so long as you make sure you cover each of those muffin cups!

Make the Batter

Whisk together two eggs in a large bowl. Once your eggs are completely whisked together, add the rest of the wet ingredients (except for the melted coconut oil!) to the bowl and mix until combined. You’ll want to wait to add the melted coconut oil until the very end to avoid the coconut oil starting to harden into small chunks in your batter. In another bowl, mix together all the dry ingredients, and then slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix well. Your batter is completely mixed when there aren’t any chunks of dry ingredients, and the batter is uniform in texture and thickness throughout. Now it’s time to fold in melted coconut to the batter.

Fill the Muffin Tin

Using a tablespoon scoop, scoop pancake muffin batter into the muffin tin. Fill each muffin cup about 3/4 of the way full. This will use all your batter. If you have some leftover, add small amounts evenly into each muffin cup until all the batter is gone. Optional (but we HIGHLY RECOMMEND!) – Place one berry of your choice or banana slice on top of each muffin before baking.

Bake those Pancake Muffins

Place the muffin tin into the oven and bake at 350ºF for 15-17 minutes. You’ll notice the pancake muffins rising and bubbling (similar to pancakes when they’re cooking on the stove top!) throughout the bake time. After 15-17 minutes (depending on your oven) remove the pancake muffins from the oven and let cool for 5 minutes.

Enjoy!

Serve immediately topped with little maple syrup — choose your own adventure, folks: we’ll let you decide whether to dip these bad boys in maple or drizzle with maple and then cut with a fork 😀 Or if you’re prepping a large batch of these to enjoy later, wait until they’re fully cooled before placing in an air-tight container in the fridge. If you’re prepping for the freezer, place cooled muffins on a baking sheet in the freezer, and when fully frozen, then transfer into an air-tight container to place back in the freezer.