Apple Pancakes With Amaretto Pecan Syrup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

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

Preparation

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.