Easy Cinnamon Apple Pancakes Recipe
If you’re looking for THE MOST delicious pancakes for brunch this weekend, this Easy Cinnamon Apple Pancakes Recipe is it! They’re soft, apple-y and so flavourful.
Servings 20 pancakes
Ingredients
Cinnamon Apple Pancakes:
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- 1/2 tsp ground cloves
- 2 large eggs
- 2 cups milk 2% or whole milk
- 2 tbsp melted butter
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 apples peeled, cored and grated
Caramelized Apples:
- 2 apples
- 2 tbsp butter
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- splash of bourbon optional
Instructions
Caramelized Apple Topping:
- Peel, core and chop 2 apples. The apples should be small bite-sized pieces.
- In a small saucepan or skillet, melt 2 tbsp butter.
- Add the chopped apples, brown sugar, maple syrup, cinnamon and vanilla.
- Sauté until the apples are soft and the sugar mixture is of a syrup consistency.
- At this point you can add a splash of bourbon for flavour!
Apple Pancakes:
- Preheat a pancake griddle (or large skillet) to low-medium heat.
- In a large bowl whisk the flour, brown sugar, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, ginger and cloves.
- In a separate bowl whisk the milk, eggs, vanilla and melted butter.
- Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients. Combine by lightly mixing together (small lumps are ok).
- Peel and core 2 apples. Use a box grater and grate the apples.
- Fold the grated apple into the pancake batter.
- Scoop about 1/4 cup of the batter for each pancake, onto the preheated griddle.
- Cook for about 2-3 minutes each side, or until you see the small bubbles popping. The tops of the pancakes should be golden brown.
- Serve with a drizzle of maple syrup or a cinnamon/sugar mix and the apple topping.