Gluten-Free Cream Cheese Pancakes

"[Photographs: Elizabeth Barbone] Dense cream cheese holds its shape and creates lovely little pockets of warm, oozing cheese throughout the cooked pancakes. Variations * * Replace the cream cheese with ricotta cheese. The ricotta melts a little more into the pancakes but still creates small pockets of cheese. * * Add fresh fruit. Along with the cheese, sprinkle some blueberries onto the pancakes as they cook or serve with fresh strawberries or other berries. * * Use almond milk. Even if you aren't dairy-free, almond milk adds a pleasant flavor to the finished pancakes. * * Use dairy-free cream cheese. If you are dairy-free, replace the cream cheese with dairy-free cream cheese. * About the author: Elizabeth Barbone of GlutenFreeBaking.com joins us every Tuesday with a new gluten-free recipe. She is the author of Easy Gluten-Free Baking. and "How to Cook Gluten-Free". Every recipe we publish is tested, tasted, and Serious Eats-approved by our staff. Never miss a recipe again by following @SeriousRecipes on Twitter!..."