Apple Buttermilk Pancakes

We went apple picking this weekend at an apple orchard in the mountains of North Carolina a couple of hours from us.  We came home with some delicious apples and I could not wait to start making some delicious recipes. 

Breakfast seemed like a great way to start off the recipes, so I tried a recipe my mom had--yum! The recipe below is one that I slightly tweaked. Hope you enjoy!

Apple Buttermilk Pancakes 

Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour

1/4 cup sugar

1 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp salt

1/2 tsp cinnamon (or 1/4 tsp for less cinnamon flavor)

2 cups buttermilk

2 large eggs

2 T. butter, melted

1 lg Granny Smith apple, peeled & chopped

Directions

Combine the first 5 ingredients in a large bowl; make a well in the center of the mixture.  Stir together the buttermilk, eggs, and butter.  Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients, stirring just until moistened.  Fold in the apple.  

Pour 1/4 cup of the batter for each pancake onto a hot, lightly greased griddle.  Cook until the tops are covered with bubbles and the edges look cooked. Flip and cook the other side.

Yield: 16 (4-inch) pancakes