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Perfect Air Fryer Pancakes with Vanilla Whipped Cream

Your quest to find the perfect air fryer pancakes recipe and method is over! Perfectly cooked pancakes in the air fryer are a thing of glory! Super simple, crowd pleasing and done in less than 10 minutes, you'll be whipping these up all the time!
5 from 12 votes
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 8 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Course Breakfast, brunch
Cuisine American
Servings 12 4" pancakes
Calories 74 kcal

Equipment

  • 6-inch aluminum pie tins (products linked in Notes section)

Ingredients
  

For the pancakes

  • 2 cups Buttermilk pancake mix See Note 1
  • 1 1/2 cups water See Note 1
  • Cooking spray
  • syrup, berries, nuts, whipped cream, for topping (optional)

For the Vanilla Whipped Cream (optional)

  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • 4 tbsp powdered sugar
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions
 

  • Combine pancake mix and water (or prepare pancake mix according to package or recipe instructions). Mix together until ingredients are incorporated, but don't overmix! A few lumps are fine.
  • Allow pancake batter to "rest" for a few minutes. In the meantime, preheat your air fryer to 400 degrees.
    If your air fryer doesn't have a preheat setting, just turn it to 400 and give it about 3-5 minutes to come to temperature.
  • Spray (4) 6-inch pie tins with a generous amount of cooking spray.
  • Drop 1/4 cup of batter into each pie tin. With a rubber spatula, spoon or butter knife, gently spread batter to the edges then tap the pan on the counter a few times and the batter will spread evenly all the way to the edges of the pan.
  • Air fry 7-8 minutes until pancakes are golden brown on top.
  • OPTIONAL: While the pancakes are air frying, with a hand or stand mixer on medium high, beat heavy cream, sugar and vanilla for 5-6 minutes seconds until soft peaks form and mixture resembles whipped cream. Chill until ready to use.
  • Remove pancakes from air fryer. Allow 1-2 minutes to cool, then carefully remove with a spatula. Enjoy warm with toppings, if you like! Hint: My Caramel Apple Pie Filling is DIVINE spooned over the top of these pancakes!

Notes

Note 1: Using about 2 cups of pancake mix, prepare the mix according to your brand's package instructions. For this recipe, I used Krusteaz Complete Buttermilk Pancake Mix. Adjust recipe to the package directions on the brand of pancake mix that you use. Two cups of pancake mix will make (12) 4 inch pancakes.
 
Aluminum Pie Pans from Amazon 
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Nutrition

Serving: 1pancakeCalories: 74kcalCarbohydrates: 14gProtein: 2gFat: 1gCholesterol: 5mgSodium: 241mgFiber: 1gCalcium: 50mgIron: 1mg
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