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