Apple Pancake

Name: Apple Pancake
Ingredients: ½ cup all-purpose flour; ½ teaspoon baking powder; Pinch of salt; 4 eggs; 1 cup milk; 2 teaspoons grated orange zest; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 4 tablespoons (½ stick) unsalted butter; ½ cup granulated sugar; ½ teaspoon cinnamon; ⅛ teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg; 2 large tart apples (such as Greening), peeled, halved, cored and thinly sliced; 2 large tart apples (such as Greening), peeled, halved, cored and thinly sliced; Confectioners’ sugar for dusting (optional)

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Apples (A Country Garden Cookbook)

By Christopher Idone

Published 1998

About

This pancake harks back to days at my grandmother’s when she would whip up a couple, all golden and fluffy, and serve them after a pot roast dinner. Serve as a late breakfast or with afternoon tea.

Ingredients

Batter

½ cup all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon granulated sugar
½

Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

In a large bowl, sift the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. In a medium bowl, whisk the eggs and add the milk, beating until smooth. Fold the flour into the egg mixture and add the melted butter, zest, vanilla and nutmeg. Beat until smooth. Set aside for 30 minutes.

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F