Futurama Friday Flapjacks (Apple Spice...no eggs!)

I'm cold this morning. And while that might be a lovely thought for my family down in Arkansas, who are enduring another 100 degree day, all it does for me is remind me that winter is coming. Canadian winter. And for those of you who are scoffing, and thinking 'I love snow!' well, you haven't SEEN winter, and the horrors that come with it. The ice, the dirt, the diseases. This ties in nicely with the Futurama episode this week. The main character (who is from 2000, and was frozen until the year 3000) unwittingly unleashes the common cold on New New York after it had disappeared 500 years before. The story is told as Fry remembers his worst cold as a kid, after he fell through the ice. It has a bit of an emotional ending, but it was a beautiful, funny story.

One good thing about winter...you can't get to it without going through Fall! And oh, do I love Fall. Or 'Autumn' as these crazy British-Canadians insist on calling it. I can smell fall coming. The crispness of the leaves. And apples. Apples! When Dave and I went to Wal Mart yesterday, the Galas were less than a dollar a pound, so we picked up about 4 pounds. So you may be seeing several apple recipes in the future. Starting with today's pancakes, Apple Spice. Recipe!

1 cup flour
1 tsp. salt
2 tsp. baking powder
2 Tbsp. All spice
1/2 cup oil
1/2 cup apple sauce
1/2 cup milk
1 apple, chopped finely
1/2 cup quick oats (optional)



Combine the flour, salt, bp, and all spice in a medium bowl. Stir in the oil, apple sauce, and milk. Stir in your apple and oats, and dish out onto a hot griddle like always. I use a LOT of all spice. All spice is just cloves, cinnamon, and nutmeg. You can use less if you're not a big fan, but I love the kick it gives. Also, you can sub in an egg for the apple sauce, or water for the milk and come out with a pretty similar final result.

We absolutely loved these- I don't know if you noticed, but there was NO added sugar. The apples were sweet enough that they just were not needed. So the healthy pancakes are back! There's got to be a full serving of fruit between the apple and the apple sauce. If you used whole wheat flour, then these are almost TOO healthy. They brown up beautifully on the griddle, too. I hope you enjoy! We sure did. Now go watch Futurama!