Wholefood pancakes with vanilla and cinnamon poached apples

Vanilla and cinnamon poached apples

• 1000 g water
• 3 cinnamon quills
• 2 vanilla bean pods split lengthways, (seeds and pods)
• 250 g coconut sugar
• 400 g green apples peeled, cores removed and cut into eighths

Wholefood pancakes

• 100 g brown rice
• 100 g buckwheat groats
• 2 bananas peeled and chopped (approx. 190 g)
• 1 egg
• 300 g milk of choice (e.g. cow's milk, rice milk)
• 1 tsp baking powder
• butter or oil, for frying