I’m the sort of person who would fantasize about unicorns and other magical mythical creatures prancing around an enchanted forest. When I was in middle school, I would drag my friends into the miniature “forest” behind the school to climb trees, collect rocks, and tumble down hills. I am pretty sure I was the only one who enjoyed these activities amongst the whole middle school population because everyone else was already on and ahead of me with their pre-teen lives. To my friends, thank you for putting up with the crazy adventure things that I made you guys do (I know you all secretly enjoyed heading to class with a giant mud stain on your pants).

Now that I’ve finally grown out of daydreaming about unicorns, I daydream about more “realistic” things… like a fluffy stack of purple pancakes with a warm almond butter glaze drizzled on top. Absolutely magical and 100% delicious.

To this day, I still make my friends go on spontaneous adventures like bike riding, hiking, and working out on a field in -4 degrees in the midst of winter. Yes, I count doing 200 burpees, 200 squat jumps, 400 mountain climbers, and 5 200-meter dashes as “adventures” because to me, life is just a series of adventures. Oh, and if you want to know, that workout has the ability to make you sweat in below zero weather and is also a killer for them legs… those squat jumps kinda kill and make you all jelly-like afterwards.

If you love everything cheesecake or you just happen to like unicorns, you should definitely give this pancake recipe a go! While you are at it and awaiting the pancakes to cook on the griddle, do a happy dance in your kitchen in preparation for an epic tastebud adventure!