Lord of Light and Fluffy: Cinnamon and Honey Gluten Free Pancakes with a Honey Syrup Drizzle

In Westeros, the Lord of Light is a powerful god. Of course, when we think of this Lord of Light all that comes to mind for us are delicious, homemade pancakes. In some ways, all we think is Lord of Lite and fluffy! Which is why today we're bringing you our very own cinnamon and honey, gluten free pancakes with a unique cinnamon and honey syrup drizzled over.

These absolutely delicious pancakes are perfect for breakfast, obviously, but they also make an excellent dish when you want breakfast for dinner--or brinner.

Cinnamon and Honey Gluten Free Pancakes and Honey Syrup Drizzle Recipe

Prep Time: 10 minutes, Cook Time: 10 minutes

Makes 10 pancakes 

Difficulty: Easy 

Ingredients:

Pancakes:

3/4 c brown rice flour 

1/4 c potato starch

1/4 c tapioca flour 

1 tbsp baking powder

1 tbsp white sugar 

1 tbsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp of salt 

2 eggs

2 tbsp canola oil* 

2 tbsp honey

1 c almond milk

Honey Drizzle:

4 tbsp canola oil*

4 tbsp honey

1/2 tsp cinnamon

*I used safflower oil which has a lot more vitamin E than canola.

**I made the drizzle while cooking the pancakes so that they would both be hot and tasty at the same time. If you prefer the drizzle cool, you may want to make it first. 

Pancakes: 

Step 1: Mix the dry ingredients together in a bowl and set them aside. 

Step 2: Whisk the eggs, oil, honey, and milk together in a bowl until they are thoroughly mixed then pour the egg mixture into the dry ingredients and stir they have completely mixed and have become a nice batter. The batter may seem a little more runny than normal. This is fine. If you're concerned, simply add a tablespoon more of rice or tapioca flour.

Step 3: Scoop roughly 1/3 c of batter and pour onto a hot griddle to make your pancakes. 

Tip: to get nice fluffy pancakes, wait until lots of little bubbles appear in the batter and then flip. Once you flip, resist the urge to press your spatula down on the pancake. The less it's touched, the fluffier it will be! 

Now that you've made the pancakes, you're ready for the drizzle! 

Drizzle Recipe: Stir the oil, honey and cinnamon together in a small saucepan over a medium-low heat for about 5 minutes then increase the heat to a medium-high until the mixture begins to bubble and boil. Once it's at a boil, reduce heat to low and continue to stir periodically while the drizzle simmers. Pour over your pancakes whenever you're ready and enjoy!

I like a pat of butter with my pancakes, but these delicious pancakes certainly don't need it! Keep your pancakes lighter by skipping the butter. These are also delicious with a berry syrup or even your favorite maple! 

Dire Wolf Puppy Chow

The long lunch is almost over... time for a midday snack.

A dire wolf is man's best friend. He's friendly, loyal, energetic and very likely to bite someone's face off if they try to hurt you. Most of all, a dire wolf is soooooo fluffy! What better way to spend time with your best buddy than curled up under a blanket on the couch with a delicious snack in hand while you watch the dire wolves do their thing on Game of Thrones.

Prep time: 10-15 minutes
Feeds: a pack of ravenous wolves

Ingredients: 

(All of the ingredients pictured above used for this recipe are corn free )

roughly 9 cups of Rice Chex

1/2 cup of peanut butter

1 cup of semi-sweet chocolate chips

1 1/2 cups of powdered sugar
Two 1 gallon zip-lock bags

1. First, melt your chocolate chips in a double boiler. Don't have a double boiler? Me either. If you don't have a double boiler, you can use a glass, metal, or otherwise heat safe bowl in a pot with water. To use a bowl, make sure the bowl is floating in the water. If it is sitting on the bottom, your chocolate may burn. 

2. Once the chocolate has fully melted, add the peanut butter to the double boiler and mix them together. 

3.  When the peanut butter and chocolate are thoroughly mixed together, pour the rice chex into a large mixing bowl and slowly pour chocolate/ peanut butter mixture over the chex. 

4. Stir until the chex is covered with the chocolate.

5. Put half of the powdered sugar in a gallon ziploc bag and half in a second bag. Divide the mixed chex between the two bags.

6. Seal the bags and shake the mixture until it is entirely coated in powdered sugar -- add more powdered sugar if needed.

And now you have Dire Wolf chow: the perfect snack for while you read (or watch) Game of Thrones.