Saturday, December 11, 2010

German Apple Pancakes(Great allergy free breakfast!)

I saw this recipe while looking up mini spelt donuts and spelt cranberry/apple muffins to make for Christmas breakfast.
This recipe for German Apple Pancakes originates from a website called "Foodvergnügen". I tweaked a few things to make it a nice allergy free breakfast this morning. My husband went wild for these pancakes, so I'm going to make them for New Years Brunch.

This recipe uses spelt flour but you can substitute for gluten free flour such as sorghum or brown rice.
Ingredients
1/3 cup whole spelt flour
1/3 cup white spelt flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 large crisp apples
3 eggs (or use an egg substitute)
3 tablespoons + 2 teaspoons brown sugar, divided
1 tablespoon earth balance buttery spread
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 cup plain coconut yogurt and a dash of vanilla almond milk
confectioners’ sugar for dusting
Method
This recipe makes 6 pancakes.
Preheat oven to 450 degrees (225 C). Brush each muffin cup with canola oil; coat with extra brown sugar. Peel, core and slice each apple into twelve wedges, then cut each wedge into three pieces. Toss with 2 teaspoons brown sugar, cinnamon, and lemon juice. Melt 1 tablespoon earth balance in a non-stick skillet over medium heat. Add the apples and saute, turning occasionally, for 10 to 12 minutes, until caramelized. Remove pan from stove; let cool 5 minutes. Divide the caramelized apples among the muffin cups.
Put flour, baking soda, salt, 3 tablespoons brown sugar, canola oil(3 tsp), eggs, and coconut yogurt/almond milk in the bowl. Whisk until batter becomes smooth and runny(if it's not smooth/runny enough then add more almond milk). Pour batter over apples. Place tin in oven and lower heat to 400 degrees (200 C). Bake 15-17 minutes. Pancakes will puff up during last 5 minutes of baking.
Take tin from oven and remove pancakes with a fork. Dust with confectioners’ sugar and serve immediately.

I added berries and maple syrup to this instead of confectioner's sugar. Also to make this healthier add some ground flax seeds to the mixture about 1/4 cup.

These Pancakes are truly light and fluffy. Here are some pictures.


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