Gingerbread Pancakes

These CHRISTMAS Gingerbread Pancakes are the perfect breakfast option around the holiday season! Full of gingerbread flavor, these red pancakes are fluffy and fun for the holidays! These pancakes are easy to make and the recipe comes together in no time. Serve them with powdered sugar and a frosting tree on top! Perfect for Christmas morning breakfast!

One of my favorite parts of the holiday season is Christmas morning. As a kid, my parents had a rule that I had to stay upstairs until they went downstairs first and put on the tree lights. When Santa came on Christmas Eve, he would decorate our tree, so the first time I would see it all lit up and decorated was on Christmas morning. 

Christmas Breakfast Recipe

Now we decorate our tree weeks in advance, but Christmas morning is still so special. Why? Because it’s one of the most delicious breakfast meals of the year! There’s always bacon sizzling, bread toasting, eggs (always scrambled) and the big plate of pancakes. Oh yes, would it be a holiday morning without the sweet smell of maple syrup poured over moist and delicious pancakes?

Gingerbread Pancakes

I wanted to make a festive pancake recipe. Something that not only the adults will love to eat because of how delicious they are, but the kids will love because they’re festive and fun. First of all, these pancakes are gingerbread flavored. With each bite, it feels like you are eating a soft piece of a gingerbread cookie. And boy, do they smell like gingerbread cookies!

Ingredients For Red Gingerbread Pancakes

These Christmas pancakes include simple ingredients that you likely already have in your pantry from all the baking you’ve been doing this season. This recipe makes enough to feed a small family or you can double the batch and have enough for a crowd. Here’s the lineup of ingredients needed:

• Flour
• Baking powder
• Baking soda
• Salt
• Ginger
• Cinnamon
• Brown sugar
• Egg
• Vanilla
• Water
• Red food coloring (I use the color “Christmas Red”)
• Optional: Powdered Sugar, Butter, Icing and/or Syrup

How Do You Make Red Gingerbread Pancakes?

These gingerbread pancakes look all fancy and extra, but they’re actually super easy to whip up.  Start by whisking together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, ginger, cinnamon and brown sugar in a large mixing bowl. 

Make a well in the middle and add egg, vanilla and water. Continue to whisk everything so all ingredients are equally combined.

Next up is the fun color. What says fun food more than bright colors? We toss the batter with some red food coloring to give it a rich Christmas coloring. Feel free to have fun here and get your kids involved. Maybe you want to do half red pancakes, half green pancakes instead? Go for it!

Spray a griddle or pan with nonstick spray. Drop 1/3 cup of batter for each pancake.

Wait until pancakes are cooked on one side, then flip to the other side and repeat. Continue this method until all of the batter is gone. Top pancakes with powdered sugar, butter, icing and/or syrup and enjoy!

I love making these pancakes extra special for the holidays. On Christmas morning, I like to frost up an ice cream cone and put it upside down on the top of the pancake stacks. It looks just like a white Christmas tree.

And we can’t forget the dusting of powdered sugar to represent sweet snow. In this case, let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

I know you all will love these pancakes as much as my family does! They are so cozy, bursting with warm holiday spices. I’m pretty sure no one will object to having gingerbread pancakes on Christmas morning or any morning.

These fluffy gingerbread pancakes have all that classic spicy gingerbread flavor that you know and love! I’ll take a large stack of these! Enjoy and have a delicious holiday breakfast!

Enjoy Other Favorite Christmas Breakfast Recipes:

Easy Cinnamon Rolls
Baked Sugar Donuts
Christmas Donuts
Christmas Donut Cookies
Apple Pie Pancakes
Amish Cinnamon Bread

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Gingerbread Pancakes

These CHRISTMAS Gingerbread Pancakes are the perfect breakfast option around the holiday season! Full of gingerbread flavor, these red pancakes are fluffy and fun for the holidays! These pancakes are easy to make and the recipe comes together in no time. Serve them with powdered sugar and a frosting tree on top! Perfect for Christmas morning breakfast!

Course Breakfast

Cuisine American

Keyword christmas breakfast, gingerbread pancakes

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes

Total Time 15 minutes

Servings 6

Calories 151 kcal

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon dried ginger
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 4 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1/2 cup water
• Red food coloring I use the color "Christmas Red"
• Optional: Powdered Sugar, Butter, or Syrup on top.

Instructions

1. Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, ginger, cinnamon and brown sugar.
2. Make a well in the middle and add egg, vanilla and water. Continue to whisk everything so equally combined.

3. Add a few drops of red food coloring in batter and stir.

4. Spray a griddle or pan with nonstick spray. Drop 1/3 cup of batter for each pancake.

5. Wait until pancake is slightly browned on one side, then flip to other side and repeat. Continue to do this until all batter is gone.

6. Add powdered sugar, butter or syrup on top of pancakes and enjoy!