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Soft, fluffy stacks of golden brown apple butter pancakes, speckled with warm apple pie spices and drenched with warm maple syrup make the perfect morning breakfast! And with only 4 ingredients, they are easy to whip up before school or on a lazy Sunday morning!

Apple Butter Pancakes

Now that I have finally embraced back to school, I am ready to run full steam for Fall! When these were cooking, the house smelled amazing! Warm and welcoming and spicy ... and just like Fall! {Even if it did feel like 105* outside.}

Our apple butter pancakes get that gorgeous golden brown color from ... yep, apple butter! Apple butter is basically apple sauce that is cooked down with cider and spices (like cinnamon, allspice and cloves) until it is caramelized and super flavorful! For a little more apple umph!, I stirred in apple pie spice. See all those flecks? ALL flavor, folks!

Apple butter always reminds me of road trips with my grandparents. Any time we had to make a stop for breakfast, we always pulled into a Cracker Barrel. We would rock in the rocking chairs on the porch or wander through Cracker Barrel’s Retail Store until our table was ready.

Even now, I never leave the store empty handed! Whether it is a pretty serving dish, seasonal home decor or another one of their many products, there is always something that makes it home with me! Okay, so maybe it might be a piece of their unbelievably delicious Double Chocolate Fudge Coca-Cola^® Cake! If you are a chocolate lover, then you have to try it!

And of course, after we placed our order, we would test our luck with the classic peg game on every table. This is one of our favorite parts of Cracker Barrel visits with our boys now! Does your family do the same thing? Are you "Purdy Smart" or "Eg-no-ra-moose"?

The homemade sour dough wheat bread, toasted and slathered with apple butter was the highlight of my grandma's meal. I am a chicken fried steak breakfast kinda girl. My papa always ordered one of the mini bottles of maple syrup with his meal. But not for pancakes ... he would drizzle it over his grits! That is an insider tip that a waitress shared with us years and years ago! {Try it! I bet you'll ever eat grits the same again!}

Speaking of syrup, don't skip it on these Apple Butter Pancakes ... it is the perfect compliment to the apple butter and apple pie spice!

Truthfully, with only 4 ingredients, these pancakes are going to be on repeat for days!!