Apfelpfannkuchen (german Apple Pancakes)

Apfelpfannkuchen (german Apple Pancakes)



Ingrients & Directions


2 lg Cooking apples (Yellow
-Luscious, 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 dough


Preheat oven to 475. Strip, core and very thinly slice the apples: you
should have roughly 1-1/2 cups. Melting 3 T sp. of the butter over
medium low heat in a small fry pan, and saute the apples until they
are just tenderise. Keep apples warm while preparing the hitter.


Place a 9 or 10 inch cast-iron skillet in the oven to heat for at
least 5 proceedings--the pan has to be very hot for this to ferment. When it
is well het, add the unexpended 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 clobber.


Place the flour, milk, vanilla, salt and nutmeg in a blender and whirl
until tranquil. 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 broil 10 min
thirster. The pancake will puff and climb up the sides of the pan.
Sprinkle with confectioner's dough, then cut in wedges and serve with
maple syrup.


Line: If you do not use apples, append 1/4 cup (1/2 pin) butter to
the hot skillet.


From Cooking From Quilt State



Yields
6 Servings