Wake your family up to piping-hot, homemade apple raisin pancakes. Great for weekend mornings or for when the kid's friends stay over these apple-raisin pancakes fill the tummy with luscious goodness.

Apple Raisin Pancakes

2 cups all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 3/4 cups milk
2 large eggs
5 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted
3/4 cup chopped, cored and peeled apple
3/4 cup raisins

1. Combine flour, sugar, baking powder and cinnamon in a large mixing bowl; set aside.
2. Combine milk, eggs and 4 tablespoons butter in a medium mixing bowl, misting well. Stir into flour mixture until just blended. Lightly stir in apple and raisins.
3. Brush some of remaining 1 tablespoon butter over a large, heavy-bottom skillet or griddle; heat over medium-high heat. When butter bubbles pour 1/4 cup batter for each pancake onto griddle. Cook until bubbly (about 2 to 3 minutes per side), turn and cook until lightly browned.
4. Repeat with remaining batter until finished. Serve with your choices of more melted butter, jam, powdered sugar, syrup or fresh fruit topping.

Makes 16 pancakes.