​Apple Pancakes

Apple season is fast approaching and this is one of our favorite (if slightly decadent) ways to enjoy the harvest.

​Mary Helen Bondy
(Red Star Inn via Ruth Hirsch via Shirley Newman via)

Serves… well that all depends…. 2, 3, 4???
 
Preheat oven to 450°
 
Make batter of ½ cup milk,  ½ cup flour, 3 eggs,  1 tsp sugar,  Dash of salt                               
Peel and slice 2 or 3 large tart apples (Jonathans preferably). Lightly cook in 4 Tablespoons butter in heavy oven-proof skillet.   Swirl butter up sides of pan before pouring batter over apples.  Bake in oven until raised and nearly done (8 minutes).  Dot with butter and sprinkle with a mixture of cinnamon and sugar.  (Maybe 1/3 cup sugar, ½ tsp cinnamon)  Bake until brown.  (5 minutes)  Remove from oven and sprinkle on lemon juice. 
 
2 dinner portions.