Yield: 4 servings

Apple Dutch Baby: German Pancakes

Apple Dutch Baby Oven Pancake in a Cast Iron Skillet

This Apple Dutch Baby, or German pancakes, is an oven-baked puffed pancake, deliciously perfect in the fall apple season, and always a popular breakfast treat.

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 1 apple, thinly sliced
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 3 large eggs
  • 2 tablespoons maple syrup
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • confectioners’ sugar

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Place a 10-inch cast-iron skillet in the oven as its preheating. In the last couple of seconds, add the butter and let it melt. Remove the skillet from the oven.
  2. Meanwhile, make the batter and thinly slice the apples. In a bowl whisk together the milk, eggs, maple syrup, and vanilla. Add the flour, cinnamon, sugar, and salt; whisk until very smooth with no dry flour remaining.
  3. Remove the skillet from the oven and brush the melted butter to grease the sides of the skillet. Very carefully lay thin slices of apple in a pretty pattern.
  4. Quickly but carefully pour the batter over the apples in the hot skillet.
  5. Return the skillet to the oven and bake until browned and nicely puffed; 20 to 25 minutes.
  6. Remove from the oven and dust with confectioners’ sugar.

Notes

  • Make ahead: Make the batter the night before and refrigerate until ready to bake. Let the batter come to room temperature before pouring into the hot skillet.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

4

Serving Size:

1

Amount Per Serving: Calories: 334Total Fat: 10gSaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 157mgSodium: 263mgCarbohydrates: 53gFiber: 1gSugar: 38gProtein: 8g

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