Picture this: It's ten o' clock at night. Danny and I are usually in bed by this time. We like to go to bed early because: (A) We get up early and like our sleep and (B) If I don't go to bed on time, I get the worst case of late night munchies imaginable. Seriously - around 9pm I'm starving. If I make it to bed by 10, I'm fine. But that night, I didn't. And I had the strongest craving for pancakes. So we made pancakes. And made them again the next day. And the next...
So I'm here to share my Mom's delicious apple pancake recipe that I love oh so much. It, in fact, is the same apple pancake recipe referenced in our
love story. It's the first thing I ever cooked up for Danny. They are just so-good. *
Scroll below for the full recipe sans pictures.
First things first, you'll need your batter. We have a huge bag of Krusteaz from Costco - it's lasted us forever and it makes delicious, fluffy, buttery pancakes. You can use pre-made batter, too, or make it from scratch.
Take a ripe apple (use your favorite variety) and a potato peeler. Peel off the skin, then peel thin slices of apple right into the batter and mix in. The more apple you use, the more apple-y your pancakes will taste. I like a lot of apple, Danny likes a little bit, so we compromised and went in the middle.
The best part of this recipe is the apple cider syrup. This version yields 2 1/2 cups. You can use it all or freeze the rest for later!
Ingredients:
1 cup of sugar
2 Tbsp cornstarch
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg
2 cups apple cider
2 Tbsp lemon juice
1/4 stick of butter (2 Tbsp)
Mix together the sugar, cornstarch, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a pot.
Stir in the apple cider and lemon juice (I had some just-add-water apple cider drink mix on hand - normally I'd use a jug of it instead) and put on medium-high heat. Stir continuously until mixture begins to boil.
Let mixture boil for 1 minute, stirring the entire time.
Remove from heat, add 1/4 stick of butter (2 Tbsp) and stir until melted.
And that's it!! Drizzle that delicious syrup over your pancakes and bask in the deliciousness. It tastes like apples and cider and cinnamon and pure, amazing, yumminess.
I like to smother my pancakes in syrup, as can be seen below. Danny likes a light splash, along with some whipped cream.
Two and a half cups is way more than Danny and I can eat in one go. We either bottle up the extra and gift it to friends/neighbors, or we freeze the rest and pull it out when we're craving more pancakes!
So whip up some apple pancakes with apple cider syrup and enjoy the goodness!
APPLE CIDER PANCAKES
Ingredients:
Pancake batter
One apple (variety of your choice)
1 cup of sugar
2 Tbsp cornstarch
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg
2 cups apple cider
2 Tbsp lemon juice
1/4 stick of butter (2 Tbsp)
Directions:
Pancakes
Prepare pancake batter according to package directions. Use a potato peeler to peel the skin off of the apple, then "peel" apple slices into the batter. Mix together. Cook pancakes as normal.
Syrup
1. Mix together sugar, cornstarch, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Add apple cider and lemon juice and place over medium-high heat.
2. Stir mixture until it boils. Boil for 1 minute, stirring the whole time.
3. Remove from heat and add butter. Stir until it dissolves.
4. Serve warm!
