German Apple Pancakes

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup sugar, plus
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups whole milk
• 4 large eggs
• 1 1/2 lbs gala apples (3 or 4)
• 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• 3/8 cup unsalted butter, cut into 12 pieces

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 200°f.
• 2 stir together 1/4 cup sugar and cinnamon and set aside.
• 3 whisk together flour, salt, and remaining 2 teaspoons sugar in a large bowl. add milk in a slow stream, whisking, then add eggs, 1 at a time, whisking well after each addition.
• 4 peel apples, then cut into 1/8-inch thick slices with slicer, rotating around core (discard core). cut apple slices into 1/8-inch-thick matchsticks and toss with lemon juice in a bowl. fold apples and juice into batter.
• 5 heat 1 piece butter (1/2 tablespoon) in a 6-inch nonstick skillet over moderate heat until foam subsides, then add 1/3 cup batter, spreading evenly to cover bottom. cook, reducing heat if browning too quickly and turning pancake over once with a thin flexible heatproof spatula, until golden on both sides, about 4 minutes total. slide pancake onto a platter and keep warm in oven. make more pancakes with remaining butter and batter in same manner. sprinkle with cinnamon sugar and serve immediately.
• 6 cooks' note:.
• 7 batter, with apples, can be made 3 hours ahead and kept chilled, covered. stir before using.