Last weekend, I just couldn’t eat another standard breakfast so I whipped up something a little different… fruity pancakes!

I started by bringing a frying pan to medium heat, adding a teaspoon or so of butter, and then another of coconut. Once it’d melted, I added roughly 2 cups of water, brought it to a boil, and dropped in a handful of cranberries and a squirt of liquid honey (1-2 tbsp?).

fruity pancakes with cranberries

While it boiled, I diced and added two apples,  a sprinkle of cinnamon, and a touch of orange zest (1/4 tsp?). Meantime, I whipped up a few pancakes (from a boxed mix), and kept stirring the fruit mix until it’d reduced to about 2/3 volume and the fruit was soft.

apples, cranberries and honey

Just before the fruit was done, I took about a teaspoon of cornstarch, added just enough water to it to mix it into a thin paste, and added it to the fruit along with about 2 more tablespoons of honey.

orange zest

With the fruit coated in a sweet paste, I poured it over the pancakes and topped everything with a sprinkle of walnuts and a drizzle of maple syrup.

pancakes frying

Truth is, I have no clue how ‘fattening’ or ‘healthy’ a breakfast it made, but I can say that it tasted great and was a nice change from eggs and toast <| : )

pancakes with fruit and nut topping