Apple Dutch Baby

By Lisa VanWilliams

This is a great breakfast, brunch or dessert treat called a Dutch baby or also known as a German pancake. It is warming for a cold day but the light mixture fills you up and it's not overly sweet. The basic ingredients are eggs, milk, flour, and butter and it can be flavored with any mixture of fruits and spices. It's usually started on the stove in a cast iron pan and then finished by baking it in the oven. It is believed a family owned restaurant out of Seattle, Washington began making these in the 1900's and it's said that one of his daughters came up with the name "Dutch Baby" and they actually owned the trademark for the name (the place ended up closing in the 1950's).

Ingredients:
1 stick butter
6 eggs (room temp)
1 1/2 cups milk
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon brown sugar
pinch salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1-2 apples peeled & sliced
confection sugar

Directions:
Preheat oven to 425. Melt the stick of butter on medium low heat on stove in cast iron pan. Rub the butter all around the sides of pan. Add all the sliced apples to bottom of pan.

Top the slices with sugar, brown sugar, nutmeg, and cinnamon. Mix them up and coat all the pieces.

In a bowl mix together eggs, milk, flour, baking powder, salt, & vanilla until the lumps disappear. Do not over mix. Pour over the apples and put it in the oven for 20-30 minutes, and after 10 minutes turn down the heat to 375 until it turns a golden brown.

Sprinkle with confection sugar. Enjoy!