If you like key lime pie, then you will love these key lime pie pancakes! These key lime pancakes are fluffy with the perfect amount of tartness from fresh key lime juice and are topped with crushed graham crackers and vanilla whipped cream! This recipe is the perfect combination of your favorite breakfast and favorite pie in one delicious stack!
Ingredients for Key Lime Pie Pancakes
- Buttermilk: This will give the pancakes a great texture! You can use regular milk if you don’t have any but they won’t be as thick and fluffy! Scroll down for notes on how to make your own buttermilk at home!
- Large eggs: These will give the pancakes their structure and even moisture throughout. Make sure they are room temperature before using!
- Key limes: Using fresh key limes is a must for this recipe! The concentrate will make these pancakes too bitter. You can use fresh lime juice if you can’t find key limes at your grocery store, but note that the overall flavor will be more tart!
- Melted butter: This adds fat to keep the pancakes moist and rich!
- Granulated sugar: To balance the tartness from the key limes. You can put less if needed!
- Baking powder and salt: To help the pancakes rise and to balance the sweetness
- Vanilla extract: This is optional but I think it compliments the key lime flavor beautifully!
- All purpose flour: I love using this type of flour for the overall best pancake texture!
- Sweetened condensed milk: This is used for the key lime syrup which makes these pancakes taste just like a key lime pie!
- Fresh whipped cream: This is optional but I highly recommend it!
- Graham cracker crumbles: For garnish and to add that crust aspect of a traditional key lime pie!
How to make Key Lime Pie Pancakes
- Preheat griddle or non-stick frying pan to medium-low heat:
- Preheat your pan before making your pancake batter. I like to use butter to grease the pan when I make pancakes.
- Make your pancake batter:
- In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs, buttermilk, melted butter, key lime juice and key lime zest, and vanilla until smooth. Add in your dry ingredients next (flour, baking powder, and salt) and mix until just combined. Do not over mix!! You want the batter to be lumpy, this will create fluffy pancakes! Let the batter sit for 5 minutes for maximum fluffiness!
- Prepare the key lime syrup:
- In a medium bowl, whisk together your sweetened condensed milk and key lime juice. If you want the syrup to be more runny, you can add extra juice!
- Cook the pancakes:
- Ladle some of the pancake batter on your greased pan and cook for 3-4 minutes or until you see bubbles on top. When you flip, the pancake should be a dark golden brown color. Cook for another 2-3 minutes on the other side.
- Enjoy!
- Enjoy your pancakes with the key lime syrup, fresh whipped cream, and graham crackers crumbles!
Substitutions for Key Lime Pie Pancakes
- Swap the graham crackers for Nilla wafers, biscoff cookies, or chocolate graham crackers for a delicious twist!
- Instead of whipped cream, try a meringue topping, coconut flakes, maple syrup or add your favorite fruit for garnish!
- To make your own buttermilk, put 1 tablespoon of white vinegar or lemon juice in a measuring cup then fill with milk until it reaches 1 cup. Stir and let it sit for 5 minutes before using!
- Add dark chocolate drizzle and fresh banana slices if you are feeling adventurous!
- Use brown sugar instead of white for a deeper flavor!
These homemade pancakes are the perfect breakfast treat! The best part about this pancake recipe is you don’t need a special occasion to try it! If you enjoyed this recipe, feel free to leave a 5 star rating below and as always, poftă bună!
Key Lime Pie Pancakes
These key lime pancakes are fluffy with the perfect amount of tartness from fresh key lime juice and are topped with crushed graham crackers and vanilla whipped cream. This recipe is the perfect combination of your favorite breakfast and favorite pie in one delicious stack!
Ingredients
- 1 cup buttermilk (or use whole, 2%, etc.)
- 2 large eggs
- 4 tbsp melted butter
- 2 key limes (juiced) fresh is best!
- 2 tbsp key lime zest
- pinch salt
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 4 tbsp sugar
- 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
Key Lime Syrup
- 6 key limes (juiced) fresh is best!
- 1/2 can sweetened condensed milk
- graham cracker crumbles garnish
- fresh whipped cream optional for garnish
Instructions
- Preheat griddle to medium-low heat: Preheat your pan before making your pancake batter. I like to use butter to grease the pan when I make pancakes.
- Make your pancake batter:In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs, buttermilk, melted butter, key lime juice and zest, and vanilla until smooth. Add in your flour, baking powder, and salt and mix until just combined. Do not over mix!! You want the batter to be lumpy, this will create fluffy pancakes!
- Prepare the key lime syrup: In a medium bowl, whisk together your sweetened condensed milk and key lime juice. If you want the syrup to be more runny, you can add extra juice!
- Cook the pancakes:Ladle some of the pancake batter on your greased pan and cook for 3-4 minutes or until you see bubbles on top. Then flip and cook for another 2-3 minutes.
- Enjoy! Enjoy your pancakes with the key lime syrup, fresh whipped cream, and graham crackers crumbles!
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