apple pancakes

It's apple season and I love apple baked goods. I was planning to share an apple torte recipe, but since we had apple pancakes yesterday, I'll pass that one along instead.

We are so fortunate to have a brother-in-law who has an apple orchard in the Okanagan and is so generous with his apples. I'm not always sure what variety they are...but these are mostly Gala's. I couldn't resist picking up a few of these massive Honeycrisp apples at the produce market yesterday...they are crisp, juicy, sweet and taste like the old-fashioned apples that grew on our farm when I was a kid.


Here's an apple-iscious recipe for a cool & crisp fall day. It's one of my old favorites and I have no idea where it originated...something I clipped out of the 'Country Life' paper once upon a time, I think.

Apple Pancakes:

• 2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 cup coarsely grated apple
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 2 cups milk
• 1 Tablespoon butter, melted

1. Mix dry ingredients.
2. Stir in apple.
3. Combine eggs, milk and butter;
4. add dry ingredients and stir until combined.
5. Pour small amounts onto lightly greased hot griddle
6. and cook until bubbles form on the surface;
7. turn and brown on the other side.
8. Serve with hot apple cinnamon sauce and whipped cream.

Hot Apple Cinnamon Sauce:

• 1 cup brown sugar
• 3/4 cup apple juice
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 cup grated apple
• 1/4 cup butter

1. Combine sugar, juice, and cinnamon and boil to a heavy syrup over medium heat (about 5 minutes).
2. Stir in butter and apple...cook another minute or so.

Serve with whipped cream..and some sautéed Mennonite farmer sausage, and call it a meal! (I even found a few raspberries out in the garden yet...surprising since it is getting on in October!)
I often do half the recipe if it's just for the two of us. But I got a little carried away here, and did the whole batch. So I ate way too much & I'll have to think of 101 ways to serve day-old apple pancakes.