Pancake Pr0n – Cinnamon Apple Syrup

DSC_7382 (1600x1060)This was fun.  We browsed through a local Amish run store the other day,  I wanted to go there in particular because they have decent blue cheese for a good price.  I bought a pound of cheese and was walking the few aisles looking over their stock of spices and pastas when a bag of pancake mix caught my eye.  We opened it today and mixed up a batch.  Pretty good stuff.

The apple topping was pretty easy, I softened a diced apple in butter and added a little water then started adding sugars and spice.  This one has Splenda, light brown sugar, maple sugar, maple syrup, cinnamon, a few cloves and a pinch of nutmeg.  I let it simmer a while then thickened it with corn starch while the griddle heated up.  I’m kicking myself for using water because we have cider in the fridge.  Grr…