One of my favorite food storage ingredients is dehydrated apples. They are time-savers because they eliminate the need to wash, peel and cut apples, and they are delicious added to so many recipes. Today I used them in this Apple Puff Pancake recipe. It’s similar to a German Pancake, just a little less egg-y, and spiced up with apples and apple pie spice. Since German Pancakes were the breakfast of choice for my teenage sleepovers, this recipe brought back fun memories. (Tammy, I think you’ll like it!)
APPLE PUFF PANCAKE
1 cup dehydrated apple slices (broken into bite-size pieces and rehydrated in 1/2 cup hot water)
1 Tbsp. butter
1 Tbsp. sugar
1/2 tsp. apple pie spice
3 eggs (or 3 T. dehydrated eggs + 1/3 cup water)
1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup milk
1/2 tsp. salt
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Squeeze any excess water out of apples and saute in a frying pan with butter, sugar and apple pie spice until well coated.
In a blender, whip eggs, flour, milk and salt on high for one minute. Place hot apples in a greased 8 x 8 pan. Pour batter over apples. Bake for 15 minutes. I served mine with some Spiced Apple Syrup that I had on hand , but it’s great with maple syrup as well. YUM-MY!!
I love Apple Pie Spice for storage. I buy it in bulk 1 lb. packages from Alison’s Pantry. If you’ve tried Cinnamon Plus from Pampered Chef, I think Apple Pie Spice is basically the same blend (cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and cloves) for a much better price. I like the depth of flavor and use it in place of cinnamon alone in most recipes.
Mmm! Of course I’ll love it! I can’t wait to try it! We make German pancakes a couple of times a month already, so this will be something fun to try!
Can I make this with just dried apples (the ones that aren’t crsp, but soft and chewy)? If so, do I rehydrate them? And if I don’t have apple pie spice, is it just 1/8 tsp. of each of cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and cloves?
I’m sure you could make it with dried apples. Hmm…not sure if you should rehydrate them…maybe a little bit (then squeeze out as much water as possible). Yes, your spice combo will work fine.
I tried this last night for dinner (yes, I’m the queen of making “breakfast” for dinner) and used real/fresh apples. I think I needed to brown them a little longer to soften them up more – they were a bit on the crunchy side. I think next time I’ll try it w/ dried or dehydrated apples or saute longer. 🙂