We had an excellent breakfast this morning. Apple Oven Pancakes from the Williams-Sonoma Essential Baking cookbook. My Mom gave me this book a few years back it has great basic recipes and I have officially put this one and the Ginger Scones on my top 10 favorite baked goodies list. I think I was actually the most animated over breakfast this morning. I got so excited seeing those puffy golden cakes. Gary isn’t much of a breakfast kind of guy, but me, ohh I love breakfast. It’s the little things that bring me pleasure like some good coffee in a beat up old red mug that I’ve had for years. I don’t know what it is about that mug but if it isn’t available to me in the morning the whole rest of the day can be thrown off. One time I caught a friend using it for her tea when I wanted it for my coffee oh the dilemma.  I couldn’t believe how it threw off my whole morning. What’s up with that? Do I have tale tale signs of OCD? Anyway, this was about those Apple Oven Pancakes…

Here is the recipe

4 Tbsp unsalted butter

4 cups diced peeled apples

2 Tbsp brown sugar

juice of 1/2 a lemon

1/2 tsp grd cinnamon

4 eggs lightly beaten

1 cup whole milk

1 cup flour

1 tsp vanilla

1/8 tsp salt

Heat oven to 425. Saute apples in frying pan with 2tbsp butter just until tender

remove apples from heat sprinkle with brown sugar, lemon juice, cinnamon

Place baking dish in oven heat for 5 min

Remove from oven and add remaining 2 tbsp butter to it coat with melted butter

Spoon apples over bottom of the dish

Whisk together eggs, milk, flour, vanilla, and salt

Pour over the apples

Bake until puffed and golden brown 20-25 minutes