The Original Pancake House Apple Pancake

xpnsve's Note:

Found this online while searching for TOPH recipes. Fabulous recipe from The Original Pancake House! The Apple Pancake contains eggs, flour, milk, sugar, cinnamon, vanilla, butter and lots of apples. It takes about 30 minutes to bake in an iron skillet and is served all puffed up and steaming hot. The Apple Pancake really isn’t much like a pancake at all. It’s more a like a soufflé or really, really moist bread pudding. The only way to truly appreciate it is to try one yourself.

• Total Time: 1 hrs 10 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 5 tablespoons butter
• 2 granny smith apples (peeled, cored, and sliced thin)
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon
• 1 cup flour
• 1 cup milk
• 1/4 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 4 eggs
• 1/2 cup dark brown sugar
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar

Directions:

1. In a mixing bowl, add flour, milk, vanilla and eggs. Mix well.
2. In another bowl, mix the brown sugar, granulated sugar, and remaining cinnamon.
3. Add butter to a 10 inch Pyrex pie deep dish and put in the oven (deep dish Pyrex is great) At 400 degrees.
4. When the butter is completely melted remove from oven.
5. Pour the batter into the Pyrex dish and put back in the oven for 20-25 minutes. The edges will begin to puff.
6. Remove the half-way cooked batter from the oven and now add the apple mixture to it.
7. Just simply place the apples all over the top of the batter.
8. Next, cover the entire service with the brown sugar/sugar/cinnamon blend and put it back in the oven for another 20-25 minutes.

Reviews

[kep54]

I have been enjoying the Original Pancake House and this pancake since the 80's. I have temporarily moved far away from any of the franchises,so I was limited to the couple of times a year that I go home. (Actually when meeting a friend half way between our two locations, I insisted on a town that had an OPH). So i started seeking recipes for the baked apple.Of all the recipes I found, I decided to try this one first from the description of the crust (even though the photo doesn't seem right). THIS IS THE REAL DEAL! It was so exactly correct that I took photos and posted them with comments on Facebook. This despite the fact that I used an ancient convection oven. Now-I did use a cast iron pan not Pyrex...and I played all the temperature settings and times more loosely and just used my eyes and nose for judgement. But if you want the look and taste of the OPH recipe this is it.

[goodcigar]

It's very good. I think the Original House puts some of the apples in the pan with the batter, at the beginning, so they're on the bottom.

[Phunny Pharmer]

Made this last fall with my granddaughter. We made it in a cast iron skillet which was perfect for this dish. Delicious and so beautiful to see it puff around the edges. I've never had the original, so nothing to gauge it by other than itself. Loved it. Came looking for the recipe to make this morning as I have so many lovely apples and I remember how much we enjoyed this one.