The Perfect Sunday Morning Brunch Recipe

Baked Apple Pancake ala ~DKBB~

(from a recipe by Jill St. John in a 1980s or 1990s Parade Magazine)

1 cup flour 

1/3 cup + ½ tsp. sugar

1 cup beer, room temperature

2 egg yolks

4 egg whites

¼ cup light brown sugar

1½ tsp. cinnamon

2 green apples, peeled and sliced

3 Tbsp. sweet butter
1 Tbsp. oil
½ small lemon

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Sift together flour, 1½ tsp. of the sugar, and salt.
• Add beer and stir until smooth.
• Beat in 1 egg yolk, then the other.
• In a separate bowl, beat egg whites and 1 Tbsp. of the sugar; beat until peaks form.
• Carefully fold the beaten egg whites into the batter.
• Mix together the remaining sugars and cinnamon; reserve 2 Tbsp. of the mixture.
• Squeeze the ½ lemon over apple slices and toss well, then toss that with the sugar/cinnamon mixture until the slices are thoroughly coated. 
• Heat butter and oil in iron skillet.
• Pour ½ of the batter into the skillet, add in the coated apples (lay them in carefully), then pour the rest of the batter over the apple layer.
• Sprinkle the reserved sugar/cinnamon mixture over the top.
• Bake for 60 minutes.

Serve with whipped cream for a real treat.