Puffed Apple Pancake

This was my Mother's Day breakfast.

Made by Josh and Knox.

(Mostly Josh) 

Just for me!

(Although I did share some with the two of them.)

And it was soooo good.  

My favorite thing to order at The Original Pancake House is always their baked apple pancake but I think I will never need to go there again now that Josh found this recipe. :)  This is a less sickly sweet version and I actually like it better.

Drizzle a tiny bit of maple syrup over it if you wish, but you don't even need any with an extra shake of  powdered sugar.

I am a BIG FAN of Mother's Day!  :)

 Puffed Apple Pancake

• 1 cup whole milk
• 4 large eggs
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 2/3 cup all purpose flour
• 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) unsalted butter
• 12 ounces Golden Delicious apples (about 2), peeled, cored, thinly sliced

• 3 tablespoons (packed) golden brown sugar
• Powdered sugar (optional)

Preheat oven to 425°F. Whisk milk, eggs, sugar, vanilla, salt, and cinnamon in large bowl until well blended. Add flour and whisk until batter is smooth. Place butter in 13x9-inch glass baking dish. Place dish in oven until butter melts, about 5 minutes. Remove dish from oven. Place apple slices in overlapping rows atop melted butter in baking dish. Return to oven and bake until apples begin to soften slightly and butter is bubbling and beginning to brown around edges of dish, about 10 minutes. 

Pour batter over apples in dish and sprinkle with brown sugar. Bake pancake until puffed and brown, about 20 minutes. Sprinkle generously with powdered sugar.  Serve warm.