Visionary Cooks Pancakes Like Scrambled Eggs For A Faster Breakfast

Scrambled eggs are a ubiquitous part of many Americans' morning routine, whether they make them at home themselves in a skillet or get them to go at the drive-thru at McDonald's, as part of the sausage breakfast burrito. Pancakes, on the other hand, are likely consumed much less often, especially at home, due to the effort involved in making them: mixing the batter, waiting for the discs to cook, and the fact that you're only able to cook so many at a time. However, a visionary TikTok cook has changed the game entirely with a video, showing how to prepare pancakes like scrambled eggs, which — dare we say — may even improve upon the sweet breakfast option.

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In the video above, the creator is shown pouring the batter from a milk jug (itself a hack for neater dispensing) into a buttered skillet, letting it just set up, and then taking a spatula to it as you would scrambled eggs, tossing it around and breaking it up. Not only does this speed up the cooking process, but it also creates more opportunities for those crackly, crispy edges that pancakes develop around their circumference. Further, you can cook a greater volume of pancakes in one go than you could if you were making them in their typical round shapes (and if you have an outdoor flat-top grill, well, you could make enough to feed the neighborhood). Scrambled pancakes might sound weird, but it's a huge win for home cooks with busy mornings. And we do need to add: This isn't exactly a new recipe — think of it as an American take on Austrian Kaiserschmarren. You're just nixing the raisins (and rum) and not waiting until the end to break up the pastry.

Scrambled pancakes are quite tasty with just the batter, some butter in the pan, and a bit of maple syrup drizzled over (if you're looking for the cheapest bottle of this relatively expensive condiment, don't buy it from Walmart; it's much cheaper at Aldi or your closest bulk-buy warehouse store). But with a few easy additions, you can maximize the flavor without tacking on too much prep time. For example, if you have any leftover bacon (we know — what's leftover bacon?), you could crumble it up and mix it into the batter or heat it up and use it as a topping. Likewise for leftover sausage, which you can chop up into rounds or cubes (if you don't have leftovers for either, you can obviously cook it up before you make the scrambled pancakes, but it will add time to your breakfast prep).

Along with syrup, you could try drizzling honey onto your pancake scramble, or even hit it with a hefty sprinkle of powdered sugar. Or keep a little bowl of fruit jam close by to dip each bite. Speaking of fruit, fresh fruit would really elevate this dish (garnished with mint from the garden, even) — imagine the buttery, crispy-on-the-outside-but-soft-on-the-inside scrambled pancakes paired with ripe strawberry slices or the tastiest blueberries you could find at the grocery store.