I’m {finally} back with another Crazy Ingredient Challenge!

This month’s mission: to combine breakfast sausage and cinnamon.

I wasn’t too terribly creative with my idea this time around – I stuck with breakfast.

Originally I thought of some form of sweet and savory bread pudding but then I happened upon pancake muffins. Ding ding ding, we have a winner!

They’re kind of like the breakfast version of pigs in a blanket.

I brought these fun muffins to a church potluck. I did have a few leftover to bring back home – without a label for the dish, I’m not sure people really knew what they were. Those that did eat them, sought me out to compliment me and suggest I bring them to every potluck.

Firecracker ate about 2 of them there but wouldn’t touch them at home. He said, “I liked them at the church party, but not here.” Kids can say the funniest things!

When I have breakfast sausage or bacon I always dip it into my syrup, so I highly encourage you to serve these pancake muffins warm with a drizzle of syrup.

This recipe makes 5-6 dozen mini pancake muffins.

Mini Pancake Muffins with Sausage

Ingredients:

• 3 C flour
• 3 tbsp sugar
• 1 tbsp baking powder
• 1 tbsp cinnamon
• 3/4 tsp salt
• 2 eggs
• 2 1/2 C buttermilk
• 4 tbsp melted butter
• 1 tbsp vanilla extract
• breakfast sausage, cooked and chopped

Steps:

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Lightly grease mini muffin tin.
2. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt. Set aside.
3. In another bowl, whisk the eggs, buttermilk, melted butter, and vanilla.
4. Combine wet ingredients into dry ingredients.
5. Spoon batter into prepared muffin tin. Place a piece of breakfast sausage into the batter.
6. Bake 11-12 minutes. Serve with syrup.

*This recipe is modified from Ree at http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/pancake-mini-muffins/*

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