This recipe is for my mom. She love pancakes and considers them a breakfast treat. She would often make pancakes on the weekends while my brother and I were growing up and always took the extra time to spell out our names (7 pancakes – score!). She usually ended up making me two Ks, one to munch on while she finished the rest of the letters of my name, and one at the very end to replace the one I had already eaten! I don’t make pancakes very often, but when I do, I want them to be special. My mom also loves the Cheesecake Factory and goes there just about every weekend for Sunday brunch. So, this recipe combines her love of strawberry cheesecake and pancakes!
I usually use whole wheat flour in everything, but I’m not a fan of it in pancakes for some reason, so I tried white whole wheat flour for the first time and was pleased with the results. I added graham cracker crumbs and sliced strawberries to the pancake batter and then drizzled a cream cheese sauce on top instead of syrup. So good and I can’t wait to make these for my mom when we visit in July!
Strawberry Cheesecake Pancakes
Printable Recipe
Ingredients:
1/2 cup white whole wheat flour
1/2 cup graham cracker crumbs (3 crackers pulsed in the food processor)
2 1/2 tablespoons granulated sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 egg
1 cup low-fat buttermilk
3 tablespoons butter, melted
3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup sliced strawberries
2 ounces cream cheese, softened
1 tablespoon milk
Directions:
Mix the flour, graham cracker crumbs, 1 tablespoon sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt together in a medium bowl. Stir in the egg, buttermilk, 2 tablespoons melted butter, and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract until just combined. Stir in the strawberries.
Pour 1/3 cup scoops of batter onto a greased nonstick skillet over medium heat. Flip the pancakes when bubbles start to appear on top, after about 3 minutes. Cook the other side until golden brown. Makes 6 pancakes.
Mix cream cheese, milk, and remaining 1 1/2 tablespoons sugar, 1 tablespoon butter, and 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract in a small bowl until smooth. Drizzle over pancakes. Makes 3 servings.
Nutrition: 423 calories, 21.8g fat, 2.6g fiber, 9.1g protein per serving
Cost: $0.78 per serving
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Wow Kerstin, again your creativity amazes me! These sound (and look) soooo good. Your mom is such a sweetheart – spelling out your name in pancakes AND making you 2 K’s! I will have to store that one away for when we have kids someday
I love pancakes, and cheesecake, so I’m sure I’d love these. Never heard of white whole wheat flour, but I’d love to try it. I’ve had some funny results with traditional whole wheat flour, so maybe that’s a better option.
I don’t even like pancakes & these are tempting me! Your Mom is so cute, spelling out your names
What a decadent breakfast treat! I’m sure your Mom will love them! You should spell out Mom when you make them for her!
What a decadent breakfast treat! I’m sure your Mom will love them! You could spell out Mom when you make them for her!
cream cheese, strawberries, graham crackers! omg! LOVE!!
I saw your post title and couldn’t wait to see the pancakes!!! Fantastic recipe, I love this!!
These pancakes sound absolutely phenomenal! I love the whole idea. I cant evenimagine how good theyll taste!
Aren’t these creative and tasty! They look fantastic.
Oh your mom’s a darling dear and these pancakes look heavenly..would love to grab one bite right now
Oh WOW!! Strawberries, cheesecake topping, and pancakes all rolled into one gorgeous plate? YES please…
You are brilliant!!
Holy cow!!! These would make for a heck of a breakfast. I’m a total pancake fiend!
WOW, these look absolutely delicious!! Strawberry “Cheesecake” pancakes…oh my, I want some now.
Delicious! We just had strawberry pancakes in our house this morning. Actually, banana oat bran pancakes with strawberries and syrup on top. Unlike you, I have them way too often
Your ideas are great. Giving twists to classic recipes and this one? it’s pure genius. I love love love cheesecake and pancakes and serving them in one dish together will totally make my day.
Oh man…these look delicious! I will have to make these for a weekend treat soon!
These pancakes look absolutely amazing! Who says you can’t have cheesecake for breakfast
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Very creative! I love the idea of cheesecake strawberry pancakes and adding graham cracker crumbs into the batter is fabulous! Excellent recipe!
Woohoooo… that’s the best pancakes I’ve ever seen! Yummy!
I’m drooling. I bookmarked a similar recipe several weeks back for blueberry cheesecake pancakes. I bet strawberries were delish too!
That is a such a cute story. Your Mom is amazing, and your pancakes look delicious!
What a sweet thing to do for your mom! I love pancakes and cheesecake….I have to try these. Great idea!
i now want pancakes for dinner!
Mmm, strawberry pancakes – with cream cheese no less! Sounds delicious.
That’s a cheap meal to make. Cream cheese with crêpes, that must be delicious.
what a fabulous idea – i love sweets for breakfast (otherwise i’m not really a breakfast person)
Great idea! I love strawberry cheesecake. In fact I love anything with cheese. I bet my picky 3 year old would eat this. Yay for fruit and cheese.
this idea is so cool. Next weekend, I’m going to start make a bunch of everything cheesecake pancakes. mmmmm
What a fantastic idea! I can’t think of a better way to take pancakes to the next level. I bet mom will love them!
Yum! It’s like dessert for breakfast – can’t go wrong with that!
Kerstin, this is the ultimate breakfast must have for me…
Look so delish!
WOW. Is this breakfast or dessert!?
SUCH an awesome brunch idea!! Good to know you liked the white whole wheat flour… I haven’t tried that yet. But the graham cracker crumbs sound soooo good!
what an amazingly evil breakfast! I would eat about 10 of those suckers
I love these! They look so big and plump. yum!
these would make a fabulous brunch addition
that looks fantastic, thanks for the recipe! my favorite thing when i was younger was always mickey mouse pancakes with chocolate chips and whipped cream for the facial features.
AAaaah,….OOOOH,…..I just ador those lovely filled pancakes:
this is excellent for a brunch recipe!!!
Great eh,…lovely pictures too!!
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM……!!!!
Perfect for a gourmet brunch … great idea!!
What a delicious treat for your Mom – she’s a lucky lady!
Yummm. These look really great. I haven’t had pancakes since forever.
Strawberry cheesecake pancakes area great idea! They look so good! You even got the graham cracker crust in there.
My kiddos love their Sunday pancakes but only want “regular” ones! I usually try other recipes on a week night when I surprise them with “Breakfast for Dinner” night.
What’s the secret to getting nice fluffy pancakes? Mine always end up very thin and measly though still taste okay. Yours look nice and fluffy. Love that last photo………..I want that bite!
~ingrid