Healthier Buttermilk Pancakes with Berry Compote

I love breakfast food. I don't see how some people can wake up craving shrimp and chicken wings or cold pizza. I love when I make a batch of pancakes and have enough leftover for one or two more mornings of pancakes. No, not when you go ahead and make the pancakes, put them in the freezer, then heat them up the next morning. I like to just put the batter in a glass bowl and save them in the refrigerator until the next morning so I can prepare them fresh. Fresh is always best.

This recipe came from Guilty Kitchen, a site I am loving more and more as the days go by.

Healthier Buttermilk Pancakes
Recipe from Guilty Kitchen
1 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup all purpose flour
2 Tbsp wheat germ (optional)
2 Tbsp flax seed, ground (optional)
1 Tbsp brown sugar, packed
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp cinnamon
2 eggs, beaten
1 1/2 cups buttermilk
1 tsp vanilla
2 Tbsp butter, melted



Combine all dry ingredients in a bowl.
In a seperate bowl, beat all the wet ingredients together except the melted butter.
Pour wet ingredients in with dry ingredients along with melted butter. Mix until just incorporated. Do not overmix! (What does that mean? You still want some clumpiness/bubbles in your batter.)
Let the batter rest while you preheat your skillet on medium/low heat.
Pour about 1/4 cup of batter into prepared skillet and cook accordingly.

Mixed Berry Compote
1 cup berries (I used strawberries and blueberries)
3 Tbsp. pure maple syrup (If you don't have pure maple syrup we can't be friends you must buy some.)
1 Tbsp. butter
1 tsp cornstarch (dissolved in 2 tsp. water) (optional for a thicker compote)
splash of cream (also optional)
In a small saucepan over medium heat, melt butter.
Add pure maple syrup and berries and cook for about five minutes. (If using frozen, make sure you allow extra time for berries to get cooked through.)
Add cornstarch and let rest until the berry sauce thickens, just a minute or two.
Add cream if desired and serve on warm pancakes.