Week 11 - Cranberry Walnut Pancakes

There are so many things I love about this time of year; the Christmas spirit, lights, Christmas trees, hot chocolate, cold weather, and the food.  Then there are things I like not so much; shopping, the crowds, and rude people who are more concerned about snagging the gift or getting through lines than being nice, courteous human beings.
With all the things I love about this time of year, my creative cooking juices are flowing.  So I wanted a pancake that captures the spirit.  Cranberries and walnuts came to mind.  I added a bunch of each to the Simply Perfect pancakes, and topped with toasted walnuts and syrup.  If you don't want to be overloaded with cranberries and walnuts, you may want to scale back on the amount of each in this recipe.  But I liked getting a bite of each in every forkful. Jó étvágyat!

Ingredients:
5 oz. dried cranberries
3/4 cup walnuts, chopped

Directions:
1. Prepare pancake batter per instructions from Week 5.
2. Using a wooden spoon, mix the dried cranberries and walnuts into the batter.
3. Brush melted butter on to a griddle/pan over medium-high heat.  Ladle the batter onto the griddle/pan.  When bubbles begin to set around the edges of the pancake, gently flip and continue to cook for 1 to 2 minutes or until lightly browned.

4. Meanwhile, toast chopped walnuts in a pan.  Top pancakes with the toasted walnuts and syrup.