The best method to use up leftover pancakes is to make a pancake sandwich! One weekend, we created this sandwich entirely by chance. Instead of a sandwich to eat with your hands, this breakfast is more appropriate for a knife and fork. There is a ton of room for variation.
| Prep Time: | 5 mins |
| Cook Time: | 10 mins |
| Total Time: | 15 mins |
| Servings: | 1 |
| Yield: | 1 sandwich |
Ingredients
- cooking spray
- 1 large egg
- 1 slice ham
- 2 leftover buttermilk pancakes
- 1 slice Cheddar cheese
- 2 tablespoons maple syrup
Instructions
- Heat a frying pan over medium heat and lightly spray with cooking spray. Crack egg into the pan and break the yolk. Cook egg to desired firmness. Warm sliced ham in the pan alongside the egg.
- Meanwhile, toast pancakes in the toaster.
- Assemble the sandwich: Place one toasted pancake on a plate. Top with cooked egg, 1/2 of the maple syrup, Cheddar cheese, warmed ham slice, and remaining pancake. Drizzle remaining maple syrup over top.
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- recipe from this site.
Reviews
I didn’t use the ham but even without it I still think it was enjoyable.
I was looking for someway to use the extra pancakes I have. Found this. I didn’t use the syrup at all. But I mixed a little butter with some mayo and used that as a spread. Besides the ham and egg I added lettuce and tomato. Made a great sandwich.
This was even better than I was expecting. Very yummy! Only change was I had to use regular syrup in place of maple syrup.
Oh, I miss these… We used to go out for breakfast after church on Sundays(on the west coast) and be able to order a version of this at our local favorite Chain Coffee Shoppe when I was a kid. We could have bacon, sausage patty or Ham steak with our choice of cooked egg. Syrup on the egg was kinda weird, but everything else was NOMS!!!
I have actually done this for years. In my case though, I make the two buttermilk pancakes specifically for a sandwich like this. Being a card-carrying bacon lover, I use bacon instead of ham; 5-6 slices. Using the bacon grease, I cook 3 over-easy eggs and put them over the bacon and top it off with the other pancake. I also don’t usually use syrup, but if I do, it is locally produced real maple syrup made by Amish farmers.
I like “McGriddles,” so I was excited to try this. I was not disappointed. I don’t know why I hadn’t thought to do this myself! I didn’t have ham, so I used a sausage patty. I added some salt and pepper to the egg. I put maple syrup in the sandwich, but I didn’t pour it on top. It was still enough syrup, and it cut down on the messiness a little so I could pick it up and eat it. I will be making this again!
As it is, this recipe was ok, but a little plain. The first time I made it, I used real maple syrup (much better than what’s suggested here) and home made pancakes. The second time I made it I swapped the ham for bacon, used extra sharp cheddar cheese, and added some thinly sliced Granny Smith apples. Better! I also made it in my Hamilton Beach Breakfast Sandwich Maker, which makes fool-proof breakfast sandwiches every time. We eat breakfast sandwiches almost every day, and we’ve found the best recipes in “The Hamilton Beach Breakfast Sandwich Maker Cookbook” on Amazon.
I made these when my kids were little all 5 of them love left over pancakes for lunch with peanut butter and jelly. Now that I older and my kids are all married I will try it your way. Thanks for reminding me what to do with leftover pancakes.
Frozen pancakes works as well, and it’s a favorite in my family
This recipe has become a favorite. I will continue to make upon request.
This recipe has become a favorite. I will continue to make upon request.
Switched the ham to bacon ! SENSATIONALLY yummy! Better then mcds 100%
The is delish, but only two tablespoons maple syrup….really? In this household we POUR it on, real maple syrup from our own trees! I honestly never thought of freezing left over pancakes though, pretty good idea, I usually just throw them out for the birds.
easy to make! great breakfast option for those lazy weekend days.
Before making your pancakes, solidify maple syrup on a saran wrapped plate in the freezer. When pancake mix is ready, add pieces of the maple syrup to the batter. Cook accordingly. Use these leftover pancakes for the sandwich and crisp bacon, scrambled eggs and Gouda. SCRUMPTIOUS! to the very last bite.
Sounds like I make egg mcmuffin, except I use English muffins! But this does sound good with pancakes, will try!
Don’t reckon you needed to have gone to CIA or Cordon Bleu to come up w/ this. Try Toast and call it leftover toast breakfast. Not very original. I like the person eating this for 60 years w/o a recipe probably. The reviewer is right…it’s just ham, cheese and a bread like something above and below, be it thick bread, thin bread, pancakes, waffles, bagel, bun, muffin WHATEVER. You can’t transform this…it is what it is. Kinda like the recipe for a fried egg between bread and calling it an Egg Sandwich. ..fun to eat, but not Culinary Science or a novel idea. There is a reason I haven’t eaten one of these at a fast food place for decades. Still, a part of me is drawn to the ingredients…I…may…not…be…able to…resist regardless.
Leftover pancakes?
This is such a smashingly good idea I didn’t have to make it to rate it! Why did I not think of this before? And just in time for school breakfasts. Thanks!
This worked so well my husband wants this as a main meal MS
Great recipe for using up leftover pancakes. Never knew you could heat them up again – assumed they would be hard. Very simple and easy recipe. Made it as written except heated cheese with egg. Will definitely be making this again.