Apfelpfannkuchen (German Apple Pancakes)

Title:
Apfelpfannkuchen (German Apple Pancakes)

Yield:
6 Servings

Categories:
Fruits,
Penndutch,
Breakfast




Ingredients:





     2 lg Cooking apples (Yellow


          -Delicious, or Granny Smith)


   1/4 c  Butter


     1 c  Flour


     1 c  Milk


     1 ts Vanilla extract


   1/2 ts Salt


   1/4 ts Nutmeg, grated


          Confectioners sugar






 Preheat oven to 475.  Peel, core and very thinly slice the apples: you


 should have approximately 1-1/2 cups. Melt 3 T sp. of the butter over


 medium low heat in a small fry pan, and saute the apples until they are


 just tender.  Keep apples warm while preparing the batter.


 


 Place a 9 or 10 inch cast-iron skillet in the oven to heat for at least 5


 minutes--the pan has to be very hot for this to work. When it is well


 heated, add the remaining 2 T sp. of butter to melt and put the skillet


 back in the oven;  the butter should be very hot buy not brown when you add


 the apples and the batter.


 


 Place the flour, milk, vanilla, salt and nutmeg in a blender and whirl


 until smooth.  Remove the skillet from the oven, quickly arrange the warm


 apple slices over the melted butter, and pour the batter evenly over all.


 Bake for 15 min., reduce heat to 375 and bake 10 min longer. The pancake


 will puff and climb up the sides of the pan. Sprinkle with confectioner's


 sugar, then cut in wedges and serve with maple syrup.


 


 Note:  If you do not use apples, add 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter to the hot


 skillet.


 


                                 From  Cooking From Quilt Country Submitted


 By LISE WARING 
On TUE, 19 DEC 1995 093841 GMT


 


 From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini