Apfelpfannkuchen (german Apple Pancakes)

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Title: APFELPFANNKUCHEN (GERMAN APPLE PANCAKES)
Categories: Fruits, Penndutch, Breakfast
Yield: 6 servings

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
<HOBBIT@MAIL.UTEXAS.EDU> On TUE, 19 DEC 1995 093841
GMT

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