At back to school time it seems our breakfast routine goes from pancakes and eggs to cereal and toast. With the hectic mornings comes a simplifying of our morning routine in order to save time and sanity. That can leave us with boring breakfast options though! I want to fill my kids up with wholesome, filling food that will keep their tummies full and their minds in focus while they are learning. These kid friendly sausage pancake breakfast bites are just what we needed to shake up our normal breakfast routine. They taste amazing and they are filling too thanks to the breakfast sausage center. While they may be a little time consuming to make that morning, you can also make them ahead and freeze them. Then just reheat on your next busy morning and enjoy them!
First you’ll need some basic ingredients to mix up the pancake batter and you’ll also need Simek’s mini sausage meatballs for the center of your breakfast bites. They are the perfect size! Be sure to get the mini sausage meatballs as there are several different varieties.
Then mix your pancake batter by combining the egg, flour, milk, brown sugar, oil, baking powder, salt, cinnamon sugar and vanilla extract. Mix with a hand mixer until blended.
Next pour your mini meatballs onto a microwave safe plate and microwave them for 60-90 seconds until they are warm. Basically you just don’t want them frozen because they won’t get warm in the center during the frying if they are still frozen. Alternatively you can thaw them so they are at room temperature when you are ready to dip them in the batter.
Next spear them with a toothpick and dip them in the pancake batter coating them completely and allowing the access to drip off. Then carefully drop them into a pan of 350 degree vegetable oil and fry for 1-2 minutes until golden brown. I simply put 1-2 inches of vegetable oil into my cast iron skillet and heat it to 350 degrees. Once the oil is at temp you can start dropping in the breakfast bites to fry them.
Serve with syrup for dipping. The cinnamon and vanilla in the pancake batter add a bit of sweetness for just the right combination of sausage and sweet pancake batter. It’s incredibly good!
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Kid Friendly Sausage Pancake Breakfast Bites Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 egg
- 1 C flour
- 3/4 C milk
- 1 Tbsp brown sugar
- 2 Tbsp vegetable oil
- 3 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 Tbsp cinnamon sugar
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 bag Simek's mini sausage meatballs
- Vegetable oil for frying
Instructions
- In a medium size mixing bowl beat the egg until it is fluffy.
- Add flour, milk, brown sugar, 2 Tbsp vegetable oil, baking powder, salt, cinnamon sugar and vanilla extract and beat until well mixed.
- In a skillet heat 1-2" vegetable oil to 350 degrees.
- On a microwave safe plate heat your mini meatballs until warm 60-90 seconds or thaw them to room temperature.
- Once oil has come to temperature you may start making the sausage pancake bites. Insert a toothpick into a meatball, dip into the batter covering the entire meatball and allowing any excess to drip off into the bowl.
- Next carefully drop the battered meatball into your hot oil and fry for 1-2 minutes until golden brown. Repeat with all of the meatballs and remove them to a plate lined with paper towels.
- Serve with maple syrup.
This is such a wonderful idea, I have to make some of these for my kids because our school mornings are so hectic.
They are great for those busy mornings. Enjoy them!
Love these! What a super easy breakfast idea.
This is brilliant! I can totally do this. I will just have to find sausage meatballs, which I have never seen or noticed before.
Make your own
these look really good and easy to make
This would be great for the kids in the mornings, especially on the weekends. We like to have something different than without all the confusion from school
This Sausage Pancake breakfast looks so delicious and fun to make. I will have to get my son and daughter to help me make these!!
That will be a fun day in the kitchen.
Oh my gosh how did I miss this recipe? My grandson loves sausage and pancakes. He would be in heaven if I made these. Thank you for sharing this recipe. I can’t wait to make it. Did you ever freeze these after you made them.
Yes, they freeze really well and since they are already cooked you just need to warm them up for that day. Enjoy them!
Oooh! Thank you for sharing! Must try these! Looks delicious!
Is there an alternative to frying them?
Unfortunately to keep the pancake batter together, frying works best.
Although, it may work in a cake pop pan, then you could bake them. However, I haven’t tried it.
My kids loved these! I used the frozen breakfast sausages instead of the balls…but it was perfect. Love the cinnamon flavor in the batter!
I’m so glad they enjoyed them. Thanks for the feedback!
I used this recipe in my school’s online cooking camp. 100% success and lots of yummy pictures of sausage pancake breakfast bites. My first cooking class and it was a hit. Thank you so much. Some of my students dipping sauce choices were amazing, BBQ sauce, sweet and sour sauce, ketchup and so on.
I love this! Thank you so much for sharing. I’m so glad it was a hit and I love to hear that kids are getting in the kitchen and cooking! What a variety of dipping sauces haha!
This is such a wonderful idea, I have to make some of these for my kids because our school mornings are so hectic.
This is brilliant! I can totally do this. I will just have to find sausage meatballs, which I have never seen or noticed before.
Thank you! You could also cut up sausage links into smaller pieces if you can’t find them 🙂