Cozy Cinnamon Apple Pancakes

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This apple pancake recipe features freshly grated apple and a kiss of ground cinnamon. These apple pancakes are wholesome, delicious, and wonderfully easy to make!

Posted byKathryne Tayloron September 9, 2025

Let’s celebrate the cooler weather with a stack of warm apple pancakes! These apple-flavored pancakes are the perfect autumnal breakfast treat. They’re a simple weekend breakfast project that keeps beautifully for quick weekday mornings (they freeze and thaw well, too).

This apple pancake recipe is made from scratch with freshly grated apple, lifted by a touch of ground cinnamon. Tart apples like Honeycrisp or Granny Smith offer the most impactful flavor. You’ll see I used Honeycrisp apples in this batch—they’re our family’s favorite, and they yield terrific pancakes.

You might already have everything you need for these pancakes sitting in your pantry. Let’s make some.

Helpful Apple Pancake Tips

You’ll find the full recipe below. Here are a few tips to help you achieve pancake success.

Flour options include white whole wheat flour, regular whole wheat flour, or all-purpose flour. I try to use whole-grain flours when I can, but all-purpose flour offers the most neutral flavor, allowing the apple to shine. Otherwise, you can use white whole wheat flour (now called “golden wheat” by King Arthur Flour) for all the nutrition of whole wheat without the nutty flavor.

Lightly coat your griddle or skillet with oil. I cook my pancakes with avocado oil because it offers a high smoke point and neutral flavor (butter burns quickly). Whichever you use, be sure to wipe off the excess with a paper towel so it doesn’t start smoking.

Start by cooking just one pancake. Once you’ve practiced with a single pancake and ensured your skillet is adequately preheated, you can make more at once. Leave a couple of inches between each pancake to allow for easy flipping.

The pancakes are ready to flip when about 1/2-inch of the perimeter has turned from glossy to matte. The underside should be nicely golden at this point. If you’re uncertain, it’s best to wait a little longer rather than end up with a doughy mess.

As time goes on, dial down the heat. The skillet gets hotter the longer it’s on the stove. If your pancakes are browning on the outside before they’re cooked through on the inside, your skillet is too hot. Turn down the heat a bit after every few pancakes.

Watch How to Make Cozy Apple Pancakes

Delicious Pancake Serving Suggestions

These apple-infused pancakes are lovely with a drizzle of maple syrup, but even better with a little something extra. Here’s a list of toppings or sides to consider:

More Apple Recipes to Enjoy This Fall

Here are a few more classic apple recipes to make this autumn:

Please let me know how your pancakes turn out in the comments! I love hearing from you. You can find more pancake recipes here.

Cozy Cinnamon Apple Pancakes

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This apple pancake recipe incorporates freshly grated apple and a kiss of ground cinnamon. These apple pancakes are wholesome, delicious, and wonderfully easy to make. Recipe yields 8 to 9 pancakes.

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Notes

Recipe adapted from my Whole Wheat Pancakes.

*Make your own buttermilk: Combine 1 cup milk of choice (dairy or non-dairy like almond milk) with 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar or distilled vinegar. Let the mixture rest for 5 minutes, then stir again before using. See photos of the process here.

Make it dairy free: Make your own buttermilk with non-dairy milk and replace the butter with avocado oil or extra-virgin olive oil.

Make it egg free: I haven’t verified this, but you could likely omit the egg.

Make it vegan: Follow the dairy-free and egg-free suggestions provided above.

Make it gluten free: Substitute Bob’s Red Mill’s gluten-free 1-to-1 flour. Or, you could try stirring the grated apple into my recipe for Almond Flour Pancakes—please let me know in the comments if you try that!

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