2009 is upon us, and it's time to celebrate the New Year!
We're hoping that your NYE was filled with ample celebrating -- and that you're looking forward to all the fantastic possibility that comes with the start of a brand new year.
However, if you're anything like us, you stayed up fairly late last night. And morning is feeling a bit like it came slightly earlier than usual.
Fortunately, I happen to have the perfect recipe for the morning after the eve. It's a baked pancake that's fairly easy to whip together -- and, for those of you still yearning for a bit of that holiday spirit, it brings together just enough sweetness and spice to satisfy.
First, you want to start with a couple of lovely apples. I core and slice mine without bothering with the peels. But, if you'd like to meddle with peeling them, that's your perogative.
I like to melt a bit of butter in the bottom of my cast iron skillet for this recipe. The pan will do double duty as a saute pan for the apples and a nice skillet for the oven-baked pancake.
Saute the apples with a bit of cinnamon, nutmeg, and a few tablespoons of sugar.
Be sure to add a handful of dried cranberries toward the end of the cooking process. These offer some nice color to the final product -- and I really like the tart-sweet combo.
Now, we're getting to the easy part. While those apples were cooking, you whipped up a bit of pancake batter. And now's your chance to pour it all over the top of those warm, caramelized apples.
When the apples are sufficiently covered with batter, toss the whole pan into a preheated oven, grab a cup of coffee, and enjoy the smell that begins to waft over. The final product doesn't look particularly impressive. But, it smells fantastic.
And when you flip it over onto a platter, you'll see what all the fuss is about.
This is positively delicious served with a nice dollop of creme fraiche ... and a bit of powdered sugar doesn't hurt either.Make your own!
Caramelized baked apple pancake
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wow. Im speachless...that looks so good. totally smokes my sweet potatoe-cornmeal pancakes that I whipped up this am. Can I come over...I think I could get there by tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteopps just noticed I spelled "potato" like Dan Quail
ReplyDeleteYum! I can just about smell it baking!
ReplyDeleteThis sounds so wonderful. Happy New Year to you!
ReplyDeleteThis looks good - REAL good. I'm stuffed after dinner and I feel I could still squeeze this in.
ReplyDeleteThis is sort of like a tarte-tatin for breakfast!
ReplyDeleteIf only I didn't have to work today or that would have been a great brunch for Jan 2nd! Yum, looks great!
ReplyDeleteWhat an unusual and delicious way to make pancakes! Like someone said, it's a pancake tarte tatin! I rarely make pancakes, but I could see having this for dessert.
ReplyDeleteHAPPY HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! :)
ReplyDeleteThat looks so yummy! great way to start 2009!
Oh wow...so I can seriously have this for breakfast?? Nice!
ReplyDeleteNow that's my kinda breakfast! I can just imagine how good that tastes!
ReplyDeleteOoooh yeahhhh. Major comfort goodie. Love your cast iron pan ... aren't they terrific. Your caramelized baked apple pancake looks soooo good. Now I'm hungry at 11:00 pm!
ReplyDeleteSo gorgeous! I wish I had this on New Year's morning. I settled for lots of hot coffee and aspirin. :)
ReplyDeleteThat is one incredibly luscious looking panned cake!! I only wish I'd known about such a beast before.
ReplyDeleteDoesn't get much easier or better. I'm not crazy about apples in my desserts but maybe for breakfast?! :-)
ReplyDeleteHappy 2009!
~ingrid
Baked apple anything has my name on it! :) Especially when there's a pancake involved.
ReplyDeleteWe made this on Sunday morning, and it tasted just as good as it looks! The two of us ate the entire thing - and then became useless for hours. Next time, I might try dried sour cherries instead of (or in addition to) the dried cranberries. Delish!!
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