Waffles with cinnamon apple topping

Apple season in Upstate NY has been AMAZING this year.  After last spring's late frost killed off most of the apple blossoms we weren't able to go apple picking last fall- and the apples that have been in the stores for the last year have been terrible.  But not any more!  This year was a bumper crop and the apples are the biggest I've ever seen.  

I lucked out a few weeks ago at the Public Market and scored a 1/2 bushel for $5 of Gala apples.  Not my favorite eating apple- but a great apple sauce apple.  $5 for literally 15 jars worth of apple sauce are now in my freezer.

We also went apple picking a the Victor Apple Farm (not quite so economical- $30 for that same 1/2 bushel's worth).  

So what do we do with all the apples?  Once you're sick of making apple sauce you give them to your husband to make breakfast!  Here's what he came up with on his own last weekend:

INGREDIENTS

2 apples, cored, peeled & sliced

1/2 cup walnuts (or pecans)

1 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp nutmeg

1/2 cup maple syrup

DIRECTIONS

There is probably a recipe with more panache than this.  But we aren't those kind of cooks.  Throw everything in a frying pan over medium heat and cook until the apples are tender, about 5 minutes.  Serve over pancakes or waffles.

VERDICT

Breakfast on the table and I didn't have to lift a finger?  Who am I to complain?

This is so quick and easy to whip up, it's the perfect fall breakfast.