Wednesday morning I had pancakes for Breakfast. That doesn’t seem like a profound statement, but Pancakes are usually as Sunday Morning Brunch at our house. Or maybe waffles. To eat Pancakes in the Middle of the Week is just, well, unusual. But since our weekly ‘assignment’ was breakfast I forced myself to suffer on Wednesday. It’s a tough job, but golly, somebody has to do it….
So what did I have to suffer through for the sake of experimentation??
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Whole Wheat Apple Pancakes with Nutty Topping
This is just a simple whole wheat pancake but it is studded with softened apples. The apples add a touch of texture and sweetness. Ellie suggested something like a Golden Delicious, but all I had was Red Delicious. Pour batter. Add apple pieces. Flip pancake. Finish cooking. Done!! Tasty!! But not really finished. Ellie then adds a maple syrup, mixed nut topping. She called for pumpkin, sunflower and sesame seeds, as well as sliced almonds. I subbed pine nuts for the pumpkin seeds and left out the sesame.
Nuts and apples. Great combo. Unfortunately I just didn’t care for the pancakes this way. So I changed it. Change is good.
Pour batter.
Sprinkle apples.
Sprinkle nutty mixture.
Cook. Flip. Plate. Drizzle maple syrup over the whole shebang. BETTER!!!
I will probably be the only one to eat these. The Guys are purists and like just plain ol’ pancakes. That’s okay. I can add apple and nuts to any pancake and enjoy.
These pancakes were chosen by Nicole of Dishin’. You can find the recipe HERE or in Ellie’s book, So Easy.
May 13, 2010 at 6:11 AM
Cracking up over the pouring syrup over the whole deal…LOL…I am sure the guys would have loved that version as well. I loved these, not necessarily a good thing b/c…well, pancakes and syrup are just one of those tempting things. Yours look great, both versions!
May 13, 2010 at 9:02 AM
They look great! I didn’t get a chance to make them this week, but I am hoping to come back to this recipe soon. I was wondering how pine nuts would work with this since I have them on-hand but not pumpkin seeds. Glad to hear it worked well!
May 13, 2010 at 9:39 AM
We enjoyed the pancakes. I wish I had used 2 apples instead of one. That’s my only regret with this recipe.
May 13, 2010 at 5:22 PM
These pancakes are so unique and look delicious
May 13, 2010 at 7:32 PM
I’m smacking my head right now over not thinking to use pine nuts instead of pumpkin seeds! That would have been so good, I bet. And I never thought of adding the nut mixture to the batter with the apples. Genius! Yours look really good.
May 13, 2010 at 9:21 PM
Great idea to add the nut mixture inside the pancakes instead of serving it on top! I want to try these though I’ll probably just skip the nut mixture entirely
They look wonderful!