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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 <[email protected]>
 On TUE, 19 DEC 1995 093841 GMT

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