Cinnamon & Oatmeal Pancakes

I really wanted to make chocolate chip oatmeal cookies the day I invented these pancakes but I was out of brown sugar and v low on chocolate chips so I decided to make pancakes instead. I used cinnamon to give it an extra sweet taste since I originally was craving chocolate. 

I know everything is supposed to taste better when it's made from scratch but I love Aunt Jemima Pancake Mix. It's just so good and always turns out so fluffy - plus, I use the kind where you have to add eggs and oil so it's not as big of a shortcut as the kind of pancake mixes where you just add water.

What you need:
For the pancakes

• Aunt Jemima Original Pancake Mix (I doubled the directions for 1 batch)
• 1/2 cup old fashioned rolled oats (I used Bob's Red Mill)
• 1 tsp cinnamon

For the syrup

• 1/4 stick of butter
• 1/2 cup of your favorite maple syrup
• 1/2 cup confectioners sugar
• 1 tsp cinnamon 
• 1/2 cup milk + more to even out the texture

What to do:

1. ​Make the pancake batter according to packaging instructions and combine with the oats and cinnamon. Set aside while you make the syrup - this allows the oats to soak for a few minutes before cooking.
2. Melt the butter in a small skillet and cook on medium-high heat until it starts to bubble and turn brown (about 6-8 minutes.) 
3. Add the brown butter, syrup, sugar and cinnamon to a mixing bowl. Slowly start to add in the milk and whisk while doing so to combine everything. You want to add milk to the point where it looks like a frosting, but the texture is like syrup so that it can easily spill over the pancakes.
4. Cook the pancakes. My favorite method would be to use butter to grease the skillet and then start off by pouring 1/4 cup of batter into the skillet and then pouring a few more tablespoons of batter right into the center of that so that it forces the pancake to spread out a little more in the pan and creates a golden brown "ring" around the pattern of the bottom of the pancake. So good!!
5. Top with the homemade syrup and eat! I like to sprinkle a little cinnamon, confectioner sugar and more oats  on top if I'm feelin' fancy.