Can I tell you a secret? I hate pancakes. They’re just ok, and because I don’t love them I only eat 1 or maybe 2 if they’re small so I’m always starving right after breakfast. I’m just not a fan. This makes AJ and Aliceana so sad.
So when we were binge watching Queer Eye with a box of Kleenex very nearby, because oh man that show makes us cry a lot. In one particular episode Antoni teaches a dad to make pancakes with an apple cinnamon topping. Apples and cinnamon for breakfast? Yes, please!
This morning after caffeinating I decided to dice up some apples and make my own apple topping. It was simple, and delicious, and I want to eat this for breakfast every day. I like how much the pancakes soak up the cinnamon syrup mixture. It tasted more like a treat than breakfast.
My husband will only ever eat pancakes with peanut butter and syrup, like a weirdo, and he said he would eat this over that any day, which is a win in my book.
Aliceana said this belongs in a 5 star restaurant, that’s saying a lot, she’s basically a 7 year-old restaurant snob. If they don’t have from-scratch mac and cheese it’s not the place for her, ha!
So this is a really simple way to make everyone happy on pancake day. Here’s how you make it.
Peel, core, and chop 2 apples into bite sized pieces. I peeled the apples, then used a corer/slicer to slice the apples into wedges then I sliced the wedges into smaller bite sized chunks.
Melt 2 tablespoons of butter in a small sauce pan, add apples, brown sugar, and cinnamon. Cook down for about 5 minutes on medium heat until apples are softened. Add real maple syrup, stir in, and remove from heat. Top your pancakes with this and it’ll taste like a treat.
| Decadent Apple Cinnamon Pancake Topping recipe | Print |
- 2-3 large apples
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- ⅓ cup pure maple syrup
- Peel, core, and chop apples into bite sized pieces.
- In a small saucepan melt butter on medium heat.
- Add apples, brown sugar and cinnamon to saucepan. Cook for about 5 minutes until apples are soft and caramelized, stirring frequently.
- Stir in syrup, remove from heat.
- Heap on top of your favorite warm pancakes.
Do you love pancakes? How do you enjoy them?
Written by, Brittany, the geek behind the blog. Sharing tips and stories from the trenches on navigating life homeschooling and homesteading as a stay at home mom.