Mini Pancake Bites

This is a super easy recipe that lends itself to creativity. I made these for my co-workers and they were a big hit. I use the boxed pancake mix because it's a lot easier and CHEAPER!!!
Ingredients
Prepared pancake batter (6-12 servings)
2 oz sofented cream cheese
1 tsp. Vanilla extract
1 tsp. Lemon extract

***I also make a blueberry version where I add about 11/2 cups of blueberries to the batter.

Cream Cheese Filling
2 oz cream cheese, softened
1/3 cup sugar
1 Tbls juice of an orange

Peach Preserve Filling
1 cup your favorite Peach preserves. I use my mother's home made preserves.

Glaze
Powdered sugar
Orange juice
*** Lemon juice- I use the lemon juice for the blueberry version

Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Spray mini muffin pan with non-stick spray. Prepare pancake batter as directed. Beat in cream cheese. Add both extracts. Pour batter into each muffin tin 3/4 full. Bake for 8- 10 minutes. Let cool 5 minutes and remove from tin.

While bites are cooling, prepare cream cheese filling by mixing all ingredients together in a small bowl. I used a cooking syringe to fill muffins but you can also use a pastry bag and tip. From the bottom of the muffin, insert syringe into muffin and insert as much filling as you like. Do not over fill or your little muffins will EXPLODE! I fill half of the batch with the cream cheese filling and the other with the preserves.

Now making the glaze is where YOU come into play. This can be sort of a give and take. I start with about 3 tablespoons of powder sugar and 1 tablespoon of orange juice or lemon juice. Whisk together with a fork. You can adjust this to make the glaze thicker or thiner. Dip the top of each muffin top into the glaze let dry.

Makes 24-32.