Eggnog Pancakes with Cranberry-Orange Syrup
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As part of this Christmas breakfast week, I decided to create something that would incorporate some of the festive flavors. I decided to create eggnog pancakes with cranberry-orange syrup. This was simple to do. I took my favorite pancake recipe and used eggnog in place of the buttermilk. The pancakes were perfect. They had a slight hint of that yummy eggnog flavor. Not too much, but enough.
Then I decided to pair them with a cranberry-orange syrup. The syrup is simple. Just a runnier version of my homemade cranberry sauce. It paired well so with the eggnog pancakes. These Eggnog Pancakes with Cranberry-Orange Syrup was a great balance of flavors.
Here are a few other ideas for you that also incorporate full seasonal flavors. Any would be excellent to serve for Christmas breakfast. I am a little partial to the pumpkin versions.
- Toasty Pumpkin Waffles with Maple Cranberry Butter
- Chocolate Pancakes with Cherry Topping
- Gingerbread Waffles with lemon syrup and lemon cream
- Eggnog French Toast with Eggnog Syrup
- Pumpkin Begian Waffles with orange walnut butter
- Pumpkin Patch Pancakes with apple cider syrup
Here is what you need to make the
Eggnog Pancakes with Cranberry-Orange Syrup
- FRESH OR FROZEN CRANBERRIES
- SUGAR
- ORANGE JUICE
- ORANGE ZEST
- MAPLE SYRUP
- ALL PURPOSE FLOUR
- BAKING POWDER
- BAKING SODA
- SALT
- LIGHT EGG NOG
- EGGS
- CANOLA OIL
Eggnog Pancakes with Canberry-Orange Syrup
Real Mom Kitchen
Equipment
Ingredients
Cranberry-Orange Syrup:
- 1 ½ cups fresh or frozen cranberries
- ¾ cup of sugar
- ¾ cup orange juice
- 1 tsp of orange zest
- ⅓ cup maple syrup
Pancakes:
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 2 Tbsp sugar
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- 2 cups light egg nog
- 2 large eggs
- ¼ cup canola
Instructions
- Put all the syrup ingredients into a sauce an and mix well.
- Cook over medium heat and bring to a boil.
- Simmer 5-10 minutes until the cranberries pop. Stir while simmering.
- Remove from heat, set syrup aside to cool slightly and prepare pancakes.
- For pancakes, mix dry ingredients together in medium bowl.
- Add all wet ingredients (eggs, egg nog, and oil) to a separate bowl and stir just until blended.
- Add the wet ingredient to the dry ingredients just until combined. Do not over mix, batter will be slightly lumpy.
- Lightly coat skillet with oil. Heat to medium low (I do one notch below medium or you pancakes will burn).
- Drop 1/4 cup of batter onto heated skillet. Use the back side of a spoon to help even out the batter.
- Cook on first side until bubbles begin to form on surface and underside is golden, about 2 minutes.
- Flip over and cook another 2 minutes until golden brown and center springs back when lightly touched.
- Serve warm with butter and cranberry orange syrup. Makes 10-12 pancakes.
