Our CARAMEL APPLE PANCAKES start with thick and fluffy homemade pancakes. They get topped off with our simple brown sugar cinnamon apples and then we drizzle everything with caramel sauce!
I went to the grocery store the other day, as I do every single day of my life it seems, and they had bags and bags of local apples.
Ah, yes. It’s Fall. Bring on the apple onslaught.
We’ve already done Apple Fritters, which are often served for breakfast, so let’s keep with the trend, right?
Caramel Apple Pancakes.
If you tend to resort to making pancakes from a box mix, I feel you. It just seems so much easier, but truthfully pancakes from scratch really aren’t hard and they don’t take much extra time.
I should know – I wrote an entire book full of pancake recipes. It contains 70 pancake and syrup recipes for breakfast, dinner, and dessert. You can see a few samples by checking out my s’mores pancakes, my peach pecan pancakes, and my cinnamon raisin bread pancakes. Orrrrr, you can just hop over to Amazon and pick up a copy of Stack Happy.
If you’re more of a pumpkin person, give my pumpkin coffee cake a try this fall!
These brown sugar apples would be good over our Belgian waffle recipe too!
Ingredient Notes:
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Dry Ingredients – These aren’t box mixed pancakes! You’ll be making these from scratch, which means you’ll need to combine some dry ingredients like flour, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking powder & baking soda!
Wet Ingredients – Along with the dry ingredients you’ll need buttermilk, vanilla, egg, and melted butter. Trust me, this is how you make a good pancake!
Apples – Use a tart apple like Granny Smith for best results. They’ll get heated up with some butter, cinnamon, and brown sugar for lots of flavor!
Caramel Sauce – Just grab some caramel ice cream topping from the store and heat it up. Sweet and simple!
What Readers are Saying!
“I made these this morning and wow!! So delicious! I didn’t have Caramel sauce so I doubled the butter and brown sugar in the apples to get a little extra sauce. I will be making these again and again!” – Justina
How To Make Caramel Apple Pancakes:
Pancake Batter: As with any good made from scratch pancake recipe, you’ll need to do some mixing. Start by adding all of the dry ingredients including the flour, baking powder & soda, sugar, and spices. Mix those up and set it aside for the moment.
Now you’ll need to mix the wet ingredients. Add the buttermilk, egg, vanilla, and melted butter to another bowl and stir until well combined.
Finally, you can pour the wet ingredients in with the dry ingredients and stir with a fork until most (but not all) of the lumps are gone. Remember that it is important to not overmix the batter!
Cook: When you’ve prepared the pancake batter you can go ahead and fire up a skillet or griddle and start cooking the pancakes. Use about a 1/4 cup of the batter for each pancake. The secret to knowing when pancakes are ready is to watch for the bubbles.
Once bubbles have formed on the top you can flip the pancake and brown the other side. While you are cooking the pancakes you can move on to the final step and prepare the caramel sauce and apples!
Caramel Sauce & Apples: These apples are pretty simple to make, and when it’s combined with the caramel sauce it is perfect over pancakes! Melt some butter in a small skillet with some brown sugar, cinnamon, and salt.
Mix it up well and stir in the apples! They’ll take about 5-7 minutes to cook, or until they are tender. Once they’re finished you can top your pancakes with the still warm cinnamon sugary apples, and then drizzle the warmed caramel sauce over the top! Apple pancakes are the perfect choice for a Fall breakfast.
FAQs:
Yep, but it’s worth it to go the extra step and make these from scratch. Seriously, some things really are worth making from scratch and pancakes are one of them! Trust me, I’m a legit pancake expert.
We like tart apples for this recipe, such as Granny Smith, Pink Lady, and Braeburn.
More Breakfast Favorites:
- Homemade Biscuits
- Cake Donut Recipe
- Strawberry Vanilla Pancakes
- Air Fryer Donuts
- Keto Blueberry Pancakes
- Tater Tot Breakfast Casserole
And of course you can find many more pancake recipes in Stack Happy!
Caramel Apple Pancakes
Ingredients
For the pancakes:
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup buttermilk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 large egg
- 2 tablespoons butter melted
For the apples:
- 1 medium tart apple peeled and diced
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- pinch of salt
For the topping:
- Caramel ice cream topping warmed
Instructions
To make the pancakes:
- Combine the flour, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large mixing bowl.
- In a small bowl, mix together the buttermilk, vanilla, egg, and melted butter until well combined.
- Pour the wet ingredients into the dry and whisk together until most of the lumps are gone. Do not overmix.
- Heat a large skillet over medium heat and spray with cooking spray.
- Pour 1/4 cup of batter into the skillet and cook until bubbles form on the surface. Flip the pancake and cook until browned on the bottom and the center is done.
- Repeat with remaining batter until all pancakes are cooked.
For the apples:
- While the pancakes are cooking, set a small skillet over medium-low heat. Add the butter to the skillet and melt.
- Stir in the brown sugar, cinnamon, and salt to combine.
- Add the apples and stir to coat.
- Cook for 5-7 minutes or until tender, stirring occasionally.
To serve:
- Top the pancakes with the warm apples and drizzle the warmed caramel sauce on top.
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Leyla says
I just wanted to let you know that WOW these are just amazing and so quick and easy to whip up. I didn’t have caramel sauce but to me it didn’t need it (I also used 2 apples and doubled the caramel because I had a pitiful looking apple sitting on my counter top for weeks). This is my first time finding your blog and I’m really really excited to find that you ROCK <3 Cant wait to try more of your recipes out. Thank you very much!
Justina says
I made these this morning and wow!! So delicious! I didn’t have Caramel sauce so I doubled the butter and brown sugar in the apples to get a little extra sauce. I will be making these again and again!
Multiquip Plate Compactor says
Seriously?!?!? OMG!
Roxana | Roxana's Home Baking says
I’m pretty sure I’d love to wake up to a stack of these delicious apple pancakes. I love apple season
Jocelyn says
Now that is the way to eat pancakes!!! I might even get up and eat breakfast if I had a plate like that in front of me. Bring on the apple pie:-)
Elizabeth@ Food Ramblings says
drooling…this recipe is right up my alley!
Jen @ Savory Simple says
These look just wonderful! I see them in my brunch future.
Ashley @ Wishes and Dishes says
ahhhhhh yes could always use a new delicious pancake recipe!!
Joanne says
I am officially into fall baking/cooking after seeing these. It’s ON.
Erin @ The Spiffy Cookie says
I’ve been trying to resist the fall baking because it’s still too hot here in Memphis, but I don’t think I can wait anymore.
shelly (cookies and cups) says
That’s a breakfast that I wouldn’t mind.
Katrina @ Warm Vanilla Sugar says
This looks fabulous! Awesome idea 🙂
sally @ sallys baking addiction says
Don’t tell pumpkin, but caramelly-apples are my favorite fall flavor. Shhh! I’d happily wake up every morning this fall to a plate of these caramel apple pancakes. And I totally want an apple pie in my near future please!
Hayley @ The Domestic Rebel says
I’m down with this apple pie premonition. And thank goodness I have these pancakes to welcome the apple onslaught to my mouthhole.