Ingredients

  • Pancakes
  • 3 cups flour
  • 4 teaspoons baking powder
  • 2 teaspoons sugar
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 2 eggs, room temperature
  • 2 1/2 cups buttermilk, room temperature
  • 3 tablespoons butter, melted and cooled to room temperature
  • 2 large granny smith apples, diced
  • 1 -2 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom
  • Syrup
  • 3 tablespoons butter
  • 1/2 cup chopped pecans
  • 1/8 cup Amaretto
  • 1 1/2 cups maple syrup
  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 2 cups thinly sliced peeled apples

Method

  • Syrup: Melt butter, add nuts: brown lightly: remove nuts.
  • Add maple syrup, cinnamon and salt to butter in saucepan.
  • Add Amaretto,& apples cover simmer slowly 10 minutes.
  • Remove cover simmer about 3 minutes longer.
  • Remove from heat, add nuts.
  • Replace cover to keep warm while making pancakes.
  • Pancakes: Sift together the dry ingredients.
  • Combine eggs, buttermilk and butter.
  • Fold into dry ingredients.
  • Do not over mix.
  • Coat the apples with cinnamon and cardamom and fold into batter.
  • Cook on hot lightly greased griddle and serve with warm maple syrup.