Homemade light and fluffy Pineapple Upside Down Pancakes for breakfast!

Everyone know’s how much I love breakfast food. Eggs, bacon, pancakes, waffles… You name it, I love it! As I mentioned before, I could seriously eat breakfast food all day, and not get tired of it. I’m the same way when it comes to desserts. If I could get away with eating cake all day, I probably would indulge. No joke!

Anyways, recently my husband and I went out for breakfast, and I spotted on of the most delightful things on the menu.. Pineapple Upside Down Pancakes! I could not believe it! Of course I had to order it. I mean come on, did you seriously think that I would pass up the opportunity to eat pineapple upside down pancakes? It’s like eating dessert for breakfast!

When I received the pancakes, this was my reaction on Instagram

They we’re good! I really liked them. I knew from jump that I wanted to recreate these pancakes. However, I wanted to make a couple of changes.

# 1     The pancakes were good, however I don’t think it was made from scratch. Now this isn’t necessarily a deal breaker for me. However, I decided to make my own batter.

# 2    The pineapple chunks were a little too big for me. I wanted to use crushed pineapple instead of huge chunks.

# 3     I wanted the pancakes to taste more like pineapple upside down cake, therefore I made it sweeter, and added more vanilla extract with a dash of almond extract.

So after I played around in the kitchen, I came up with a recipe for homemade pineapple upside down pancakes. Believe it or not, these pancakes are SUPER easy to make. I think that they would be perfect for Easter or Christmas breakfast / brunch. Maybe even for Mother’s Day.

Check out how I made these amazing pineapple upside down pancakes

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Pineapple Upside Down Pancakes

light and fluffy homemade pineapple upside down pancakes.

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes

Total Time 20 minutes

Author I Heart Recipes Recipe Type Cuisine

Ingredients

• 2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
• 1 3/4 tsp baking powder
• 1 1/4 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
• 2 cups buttermilk
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 tbsp vanilla extract
• 1 tsp almond extract
• 1/2 cup crushed pineapple
• 2-3 tbsp butter for the griddle or pan
• * whipped cream
• * cherries

Instructions

• Sift the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, ground cinnamon, and ground nutmeg together in a large bowl.
• Add in the buttermilk, egg, brown sugar, vanilla extract, and almond extract.
• Mix everything until well combined.
• Add in the crushed pineapple, and fold in.
• Be sure to not over mix the batter!
• Preheat your griddle or pan or medium heat.
• Melt butter on the griddle, then pour the pancake batter.
• You can make the pancakes as small or as big as you want.
• Cook the pancakes until they are golden brown.
• Plate, then add whipped cream and cherries on top.
• Enjoy!