Marionberry Swirl Pancakes

Breakfast has always been my favorite meal. I love how perfectly acceptable it is to eat a cinnamon roll or a plate of heavenly pancakes in the morning. As much as I love extravagant breakfast foods, pancakes are one of my favorite things to eat because they're easy to make, very versatile, and you can prep them ahead of time. 

I do need a good pancake mix because it's already hard enough to get me to do anything but drink coffee before 7 a.m., let alone measure out ingredients. To bring these pancakes to a new level of gourmet, I added delicious marionberry preserves to make Marionberry Swirl Pancakes!

This pancake recipe is easy. You simply make the pancake mix according to the package directions. Then mix some of the pancake batter with some of the marionberry preserves. While the pancakes are cooking, you drizzle the marionberry-flavored pancake mix on top of the cooking pancakes. The result? Pretty swirled pancakes with a delicious marionberry flavor. Genius!

And if that wasn't enough, Harry & David has a maple syrup that goes perfectly with these pancakes, especially when you mix the syrup with even more preserves. I simply warmed the syrup and preserves together until they mixed well. Pour the warm syrup over the swirled pancakes for even more delicious flavor.

If you're a morning person (unlike me) feel free to make these fresh. Or, do what I do and make them the day before and reheat them in the microwave. They taste just as good when they've been stored overnight, and you can simply reheat them while you're enjoying a cup of joe. That’s what I call a relaxing morning!