Maple Bacon Pancake Muffins

Name: Maple Bacon Pancake Muffins
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 70 min
Ingredients: 6 slices bacon; 2 tablespoons pure maple syrup; 2 tablespoons coconut sugar; 1 1/2 cups gluten free flour; 2 teaspoons baking powder; 1/4 teaspoon baking soda; 1/4 teaspoon sea salt; 6 tablespoons butter, (melted); 2 eggs; 1 teaspoons vanilla extract; 1/2 cup maple syrup; 1/2 cup full-fat coconut milk, (or regular milk)

These Maple Bacon Pancake Muffins are a pre-maple’d, pre-bacon-packed pancake that you bake as a muffin!

If you’ve ever taken a perfectly fluffy pancake and rolled it around a piece of bacon and then dipped THAT pancake + bacon “taco” into a luscious pool of real maple syrup, THESE ARE FOR YOU. Also, if you love pancakes but wish there were a more efficient way to make them, THESE ARE FOR YOU, TOO!

For these Maple Bacon Pancake Muffins, we start off with a gluten-free “pancake mix” that our very own knockout gluten-free baking wiz Amber helped us develop in the Fed & Fit Kitchen. That mix is sweetened with maple syrup and then crispy pieces of bacon are stirred in. But wait, it gets even better…

While you COULD spoon this pre-bacon’ed and pre-maple’d pancakes onto a griddle for individual little pancakes, we propose the muffin approach. Spoon your mix into a muffin tray and then BAKE your Maple Bacon Pancake Muffins into golden, fluffy perfection.

How do you serve them up? Exactly as you would a pancake! I suggest a tab of fresh butter and maybe just a bit more maple syrup. Serve them up on their own, or alongside our Mixed Berry Fruit Salad with Honey and Mint, Blueberry Smoothie Bowl, or Balanced Breakfast Jars.

The next time you want pancakes but you don’t want to go through the individual spoon, cook, flip, cook, transfer-to-a-plate pancake dance, remember this recipe!

Why You’ll Love This Recipe

Pancakes. Bacon. Maple Syrup…need we say more?!?
Just 15 minutes of prep
Makes a big batch of a dozen pancake muffins

Pancake Muffins Recipe Ingredients

There are two components to this recipe: the bacon and the batter. Here’s everything you’ll nee to whip up a big batch. Find ingredient notes (including substitutions and swaps) below.

Ingredients for maple bacon pancake muffins sit in a variety of bowls and plates on a light grey surface.

For the Candied Bacon:

Bacon – 6 slices bacon
Maple Syrup – 2 tablespoons pure maple syrup
Sugar – 2 tablespoons coconut sugar

For the Pancake Muffin Batter:

Flour – 1 1/2 cups gluten free flour
Baking powder – 2 teaspoons baking powder
Baking soda – 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
Salt – 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
Butter – 6 tablespoons melted butter
Eggs – 2 eggs
Vanilla – 1 teaspoons vanilla extract
Maple Syrup – 1/2 cup maple syrup
Milk – 1/2 cup full-fat coconut milk or regular milk

A full ingredient list with exact amounts can be found in the recipe card below.

Recipe Variations and Modifications

Here’s how to make this recipe your own with a few easy swaps:

Bacon – If you don’t want to make candied bacon, you can substitute with 1/3 cup Epic maple bacon bits.
Toppers – Have fun topping these sweet-and-savory muffins: butter or blueberry jam would both be delicious!

How to Make Pancake Muffins

Here’s how these sweet-and-savory pancakes come together.

Coconut sugar and maple syrup is stirred together in a small blue ceramic bowl on a light grey surface.

Oven cooked maple bacon sits on a rimmed stainless steel tray on a light grey surface.

Step 1: Mix together the maple syrup and coconut sugar in a small bowl.

Step 2: Lay the bacon on a rimmed baking sheet, then brush with maple mixture on both sides. Place in the oven and bake for 15 minutes, then flip and bake for an additional 15-20 minutes until browned and crisp and remove from the oven. Keep the oven heated to 350 F. Once cooled, chop the bacon into bite-sized pieces.

A gluten free flour mixture is whisked in a stainless steel bowl on a light grey surface.

Maple syrup is poured over eggs and melted butter in a stainless steel bowl on a light grey surface.

Step 3: In a medium-sized bowl, whisk together the gluten free flour, baking powder, baking soda, and sea salt.

Step 4: In a large bowl, add the melted butter, eggs, vanilla extract, maple syrup, and coconut milk. Mix together with a hand-held electric mixer or stand mixer until frothy.

Bite size pieces of maple bacon sit on top of a muffin batter in a stainless steel bowl on a light grey surface.

Maple bacon pancake muffin batter sits in white liners in a 12 muffin tin on a light grey surface.

Step 5: Add the flour mixture to the egg mixture 1/2 cup at a time, beating continuously, until smooth. Stir in the bacon bits until they’re evenly distributed in the batter.

Step 6: Line 12 muffin tins with a parchment baking cups and fill halfway with the muffin mixture. Bake for 25 minutes at 350 F until a toothpick comes out clean.

Recipe Tip

Muffin tins – make cleanup easier on yourself by either using cupcake liners for each cup of your metal muffin tin. Or, use a silicone muffin pan, which allows you to skip the liners and pop the muffins out easily, and cleans up in a snap.

How to Serve

Serve these tasty muffins when they’re still warm from the oven, or at room temperature. Serve them with butter, or have fun with some blueberry syrup or blueberry jam.

How to Store and Reheat

Refrigerate the muffins for up to 4 days, or wrap them individually and freeze them for up to 3 months.

To reheat, cook them in a toaster oven, air fryer on baking mode, or oven until warmed through.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can this baking recipe be made egg-free?

It can! In fact, we tested a TON of different egg substitutes in several different baked goods, took all kinds of notes, and then laid it all out for you in this super helpful guide to egg-free baking. For muffins, we recommend subbing in plain Greek yogurt (¼ cup of yogurt per egg) – Greek yogurt made for fluffy and slightly crisp on the outside muffins that had a really delicious flavor and held together really well.

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