Name: Cinnamon Apple Crêpes
Yield: Makes 6 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: ½ vanilla bean, split lengthwise; ½ cup water; ½ cup sugar; 5 apples (about 2 pounds), such as Jonagold, Fuji, or Braeburn; ¾ cup apple juice; Grated peel of 1 orange; 1 tablespoon apple brandy; Pinch of salt; 12 crêpes; ¼ cup sugar; 6 ounces (12 tablespoons) unsalted butter, softened; ¼ tsp cinnamon; 2 ounces (4 tablespoons) unsalted butter; 1 ounce (¼ cup) pecan pieces, toasted; 1½ teaspoons lemon juice

Preparation info

Makes
6
servings

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

A Passion for Desserts

By Emily Luchetti

Published 2003

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You can create a party or an entire menu around the arrival of a season’s fruits or a specific dessert. When I create a dessert, I don’t just put it on the table without some sort of story about the dessert’s evolution or some historical tidbits on the showcased fruit—it would seem anticlimactic. For the arrival of apple season, I created this nontraditional way to enjoy the season’s bounty. Decorate the table with different varieties of apples. You can serve hard apple cider (or sparkling