Week 47 - Fluffy Apple Pancake

It's that time of year again, when we go apple picking and have an abundance of apples.  This will be one of many apple recipes I will be making this week.  I found the recipe through Pinterest, one of my new addictions, and is from Love and Lemons.

This recipe resembles the Dutch Baby Pancakes I made earlier in the year, but this doesn't puff up as much, but still delicious. Jó étvágyat!

Fluffy Apple Pancakes
Ingredients:
2 tablespoons butter
3 apples, peeled, cored and sliced
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
3 large eggs
1/2 cup milk
2 tablespoons flour
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
powdered sugar, for dusting (optional)

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 375.
2. Combine brown sugar and cinnamon.
3. Whisk together eggs and milk.
4. Mix together flour and baking powder and stir it into the egg/milk mixture.
5. In a cast iron skillet, heat butter, add the apple slices and 1 tablespoon of the brown sugar mixture and cook, stirring, until soft. About 5 minutes.

6. Pour the batter over the apples and sprinkle the remaining brown sugar on top.  Bake until it puffs up, about 18-20 minutes.

Ready for the oven

The finished product

Week 46 - Honey Glazed Buttermilk Ebelskivers

This week's recipe didn't exactly go as planned.  Simple enough recipe, or so I thought.  It came from my Ebelskiver Cook Book.  It's a simple pancake batter with a honey glaze.  You start by melting butter in the wells of an Ebelskiver pan, then add a bit of honey to each well, then batter.
So here's what happened so you don't make the same mistakes I did.  The first batch I made burned because the heat was too high.  It was set to medium high heat.  The second batch was perfect and delicious.  I ran the pan under cold water to cool down the pan after the first (disaster) batch and lowered the heat of medium low.  The third batch I made was also on medium low heat but burned again. 

Note to self, burnt honey does NOT taste good!

Either the pan got too warm, or there was leftover honey from the previous batch that ended up burning.  Whichever it was, I would suggest cooling the pan and wiping it clean in between batches.  Jó étvágyat!

Honey Glazed Buttermilk Ebelskivers
Ingredients:
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp sugar
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp freshly grated nutmeg
pinch of salt
2 large eggs
1 cup buttermilk
3 Tbsp unsalted butter, melted
1/2 cup honey

Directions:
1. In a large bowl, whisk the flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, nutmeg, and salt.
2. In a small bowl, mix together the egg yolks, buttermilk and 2 Tbsp of the melted butter. 
3. Combine the egg yolk mixture with the flour mixture until combined.  It will be slightly lumpy.
4. In another bowl, whisk the egg whites until nice and frothy, then fold in to the batter until combined.
5. Brush the wells of the Ebelskiver pan with the remaining melted butter and place the pan over medium low heat. 

6. Pour 1 tsp of honey into each well.  When the honey starts to bubble, add about 2 Tbsp of the batter to each well.

Honey bear

Bubbling honey

7. Cook until the bottoms of the pancakes are lightly browned and crisp (about 4-6 minutes).  Then, using wooden sticks, I use chopsticks, turn the pancakes and continue to cook for a few more minutes.  Keep checking to make sure they don't burn!

Week 45 - Strawberry Limeade Pancakes with Coconut Syrup

If you want something sweet, fruity, and tropical, this is the recipe for you!  Pureed strawberries are mixed in to the batter along with some lime.  These tart little pancakes are then topped off with a rich, sweet coconut syrup which is just the perfect compliment. Jó étvágyat!

Strawberry Limeade Pancakes with Coconut Syrup
Ingredients:
1 cup flour
2 Tbsp. sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
pinch of salt
1 egg
1/4 cup pureed strawberries
zest of 1/2 lime
juice of 1 lime (approximately 2 Tbsp)
3/4 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 Tbsp butter melted, plus more to coat the pan/griddle

Directions:
1. Mix the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl.
2. In a separate bowl whisk the egg, purred strawberries, lime zest, lime juice, milk, vanilla, and butter.

3. Combine the wet ingredients with the dry ingredients.

4. Lightly coat a preheated griddle or pan with butter and ladle batter onto griddle/pan.  Let cook for 2-4 minutes or until bubbles form around the edges.
5. Flip pancakes and continue to cook for another 2-4 minutes.

6. Serve with warm coconut syrup (recipe below)!


Coconut Syrup
Ingredients:
2/3 cup sweetened condensed milk
1 cup cream of coconut
1 cup coconut flakes

Directions:
1. Heat a pan over medium heat.  Do not add any butter, oil, or cooking spray.
2. Add the coconut flakes to the pan and toast, stirring often until a nice golden brown.

Before cooking

 You Nice and toasty

3. In a small sauce pot combine the sweetened condensed milk and cream of coconut.

4. Stir in the toasted coconut flakes and cook on medium heat, stirring often for about 15 minutes.  Transfer to a blender or food processor and blend well.  You could strain through a sifter to remove any bits of coconut that did not get blended very well, however I chose to skip this step and it still turned out to be a great recipe.  

Week 44 - Caramelized Banana pancakes

This week it's something simple and sweet.  Take the perfectly simple recipe, coat the griddle/pan with a good amount of butter, add banana slices to pancakes and voila!  You have a yummy breakfast treat.
Jó étvágyat!

Caramelized Banana Pancakes

Ingredients

• 2 eggs, separated
• 2 cups buttermilk
• 4 tablespoons melted butter
• 2 cups "Simply Perfect" Pancake Mix (See week 5)
• 1-2 bananas, sliced
• 1 stick butter, for greasing the pan
  

Directions

1. Heat an electric griddle or frying pan to 350 degrees F.

2. Whisk together the egg whites and the buttermilk in a small bowl. In another bowl, whisk the egg yolks with the melted butter.
3. Combine the buttermilk mixture with the egg yolk mixture in a large mixing bowl and whisk together until thoroughly combined. Pour the liquid ingredients on top of the pancake mix. Using a whisk, mix the batter just enough to bring it together. Don't try to work all the lumps out.

4. Check to see that the griddle is hot by placing a few drops of water onto to the griddle. The griddle is ready if the water dances across the surface.

5. Butter the griddle, then gently ladle the pancake batter onto the griddle.  Add banana slices to each pancake.  

6. When bubbles begin to set around the edges of the pancake and the griddle-side of the cake is golden, gently flip the pancakes. Continue to cook 2 to 3 minutes or until the pancake is set.  Serve with maple syrup.    

 

Week 43 - Peach Spice Pancakes

My latest farmers market find were these juicy, delicious peaches.  They were perfect as is, but having purchased so many, some of them started to get a little too ripe.  So, what's the best way to use them?  In pancakes of course! 
I used my usual Perfect Pancake mix, added a few extra spices, and then place sliced peaches on the pancakes as they were cooking.  To top it off, I made caramelized peaches.  They were delicious and nicely represented summer.  Hope you enjoy.

Peach Spice Pancakes
Ingredients

• 2 eggs, separated
• 2 cups buttermilk
• 4 tablespoons melted butter
• 2 cups "Simply Perfect" Pancake Mix (See week 5)
• 1/4 tsp cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp freshly grated nutmeg
• 1/4 tsp ground cloves 
• 1-2 peaches, sliced
• butter, for greasing the pan

Directions

1. Heat an electric griddle or frying pan to 350 degrees F.

2. Whisk the egg whites until white and frothy.  
3. In another bowl, whisk the egg yolks, buttermilk, melted butter, pancake mix, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves together.  

 4. Add in the egg white.
5. Lightly butter the griddle.
6. Gently ladle the pancake batter onto the griddle.  Top each pancake with freshly sliced peaches.  

 7. When bubbles begin to set around the edges of the pancake and the griddle-side of the cake is golden, gently flip the pancakes. Continue to cook 2 to 3 minutes or until the pancake is set.

 8. Serve with caramelized peaches and maple syrup. 

Caramelized Peaches
Ingredients
1-2 peaches, roughly chopped
1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon brown sugar

Directions
1. Combine all ingredients in a saucepan and bring to a simmer.  Simmer for 10-20 minutes or until peaches start to break down and sauce thickens.

Before...

After!