Mini Pancake Muffins

These muffins taste pretty much like pancakes, complete with chocolate chips and maple syrup. We're usually a pancake family on the weekends, so this recipe from Bakerella caught my eye. I ended up baking a batch in the afternoon for snack and easy freezer breakfasts and another batch the next morning. These come together so quickly that even my impatient children can (mostly) manage the wait.

Mini Pancake Muffins
1 cup flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
2 Tbsp. sugar
2/3 cup buttermilk
1 egg
2 Tbsp. maple syrup
2 Tbsp. melted butter
1/2 cup mini chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350°F, and spray a 24-count mini muffin pan with non-stick spray.

Combine dry ingredients together in a medium bowl. In another bowl, stir together buttermilk, egg, maple syrup and butter until combined. Add wet ingredients to the dry, and stir until combined. Stir in chocolate chips.

Divide evenly into muffin pan, and bake 8-10 minutes. Let cool slightly and remove from the pan. Serve immediately. Makes 24 mini muffins.