Maple Sausage Pancakes

By simply adding sausage and sweet onion to pancake batter, you've got over-the-top savory sausage pancakes. Next time you're craving pancakes and sausage, try combining the two into one simple dish, Putting sausage in pancakes is our favorite way to enjoy this classic breakfast.

Course Breakfast Recipes

Cuisine American

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 20

Total Time 35

Servings pancakes

Calories 137kcal

Author Lea Ann Brown

Ingredients

1 Tablespoon unsalted butter
10 ounces Breakfast Sausage Preferably Maple flavored.
¼ Cup Sweet Onion fine chopped
2 Cups All purpose flour
2 ½ teaspoons Baking powder
½ teaspoon Salt
1 ½ Cups Milk Drizzle in more milk if batter needs thinned. I think I probably used about ⅛ more cup of milk.
1 large Egg lightly beaten
Butter and pure maple syrup for serving

Instructions

Add crumbled breakfast sausage to a non-stick fry pan. Cook over medium heat until pink is just starting to disappear from the meat. Add the onion and cook until tender, about 2 minutes.
Add the dry ingredients into a bowl. Lightly beat the egg and add it to the milk in another bowl. Add milk and egg to the dry ingredients and stir well.
Stir in the cooked onion and sausage to the batter and stir until well mixed.
I use a spray can of Avocado oil to fry the pancakes. Use the non-stick pan you used to fry the onion and sausage. Add a spray of the oil and once hot, add ¼ cup of the pancake batter. Cook each pancake on one side until bubbles start to show on the uncooked side. Turn and cook until other side is golden brown.
Stack cooked pancakes on a plate as you make them, cover with a clean towel to keep them warm until ready to serve.
Serve topped with butter and a drizzle of pure maple syrup.

Notes

This recipe makes approximately 16 4-inch pancakes.

Tips For Success:

- Be gentle when cooking the sausage. I don't like the term "browning" meat. Browned ground meat carries a crispy texture. Cook the sausage just until the pink has been cooked from the meat. The texture will be more tender and will compliment the creamy texture of the pancakes.

- Use a non-stick spray to cook the pancakes. Avocado oil spray or PAM works well here.
- Any breakfast sausage will work, but choosing a Maple flavored brand will bring even more flavor. Jimmy Dean offers maple flavored breakfast sausage and check out Bovine and Swine's Artisan Maple Sausage Breakfast links.

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