Browned Butter Cornmeal Pancakes with Apple Pear Compote

Browned butter adds so much flavor in these fluffy cornmeal pancakes and they’re stacked up tall with a homemade apple pear compote piled on top!

Raise your hand if you need an approximate 20-ft stack of these browned butter cornmeal pancakes in your life this weekend.

With an equally-tall pile of apple pear compote, OBVIOUSLY.

It’s fall feels all around town today, boys and girls. There’s too much fall goodness around here to not get in the spirit.

Reaaaaaally, really feeling like pancakes for dinner is gonna be a thing with these.

So first things first, we wanna get our batter going! It’s simple run-of-the-mill pancake procedure with the slightly-off-the-beaten-path addition of browned butter + cornmeal.

The cornmeal adds an amazing rustic feel to the texture of these pancakes and the browned butter adds SO much flavor. We’ve got a keeper.

Also on the list of keepers: —> a nice and simple apple + pear compote. It’s seriously made in MINUTES on the stove, guys and it’s so good you’ll wanna eat it straight from the pot.

Honestly though, it’s purely heaven draped on top of a teetering stack of these fluffy pancake beauties.

Look how FLUFFY. ??? You’re not gonna be getting over these, promise.

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Browned Butter Cornmeal Pancakes with Apple Pear Compote

Browned butter adds so much flavor in these fluffy cornmeal pancakes and they're stacked up tall with a homemade apple pear compote piled on top!

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Prep Time 20 minutes minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes minutes

Total Time 30 minutes minutes

Servings 4 servings

Ingredients

Browned Butter Cornmeal Pancakes

• 1/4 cup butter
• 2 tablespoons agave syrup
• 1 large egg
• 1/4 cup greek yogurt
• 1-1/2 cups milk
• 1 cup white whole wheat flour
• 1/2 cup yellow cornmeal
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Apple Pear Compote

• 2 medium apples, peeled, cored and thinly sliced
• 1 medium pear, peeled, cored, and thinly sliced
• 1/4 cup coconut sugar (or brown sugar)
• 1/4 cup orange juice
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg

Instructions

Browned Butter Cornmeal Pancakes

• In a medium skillet over medium-high heat, melt butter stirring occasionally until butter is a deep golden brown. Remove from heat and cool slightly.
• In a large bowl, whisk browned butter, agave, egg, yogurt, and milk until smooth. Add flour, cornmeal, baking powder, baking soda, and salt and stir until batter is just combined.
• Heat a greased nonstick griddle or skillet to medium-high heat. Working in batches, cook pancakes by 1/4 cupfuls 1-2 minutes on each side, flipping once until golden brown. Keep pancakes warm.

Apple Pear Compote

• Combine all compote ingredients in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Bring to a simmer, then reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and let simmer 10-15 minutes or until fruit is tender and syrupy.
• Serve pancakes warm with apple pear compote on top and enjoy!

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