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This delicious Apple Dutch Baby is a delicious flavor twist on the traditional dutch baby pancake. So good you will almost feel guilty eating it for breakfast! Be sure and watch the video below on how to make this apple dutch baby.
One of our family’s favorite things to make for breakfast or for dinner is a Dutch Baby Pancake. In fact, my husband is usually the dutch baby pancake maker at our house. It’s one of the 2 or 3 things on his cooking repertoire!!
There is a restaurant in Portland that makes an Apple Dutch Baby Pancake and it was fabulous. But during the whole meal my accountant husband was thinking about how we could make it at home for so much cheaper than $13.00. So breakfast that next Sunday morning, he made us and apple dutch baby!
We used our cast iron frying pan just like the restaurant (although theirs was an individual serving size.) I love my cast iron pan and cook in it all the time. I actually have three of them. That is what happens when you are married to a former Scoutmaster!
How to Make Apple Dutch Baby Pancake
Melt your butter in your pan. I used a cast iron pan but you could also use a 9 x 13, it just needs to be oven safe. I place the butter in the pan and put it in the oven as it is preheating. Pull the pan out as soon as the butter is melted and before it starts to brown or burn.
I used Gala apples but you could use your favorite, a Granny Smith apple or a Honey Crisp would also work well. I prefer a crisper apple. Slice the apples and lay them in the bottom of the pan. I used two large apples. I left the peel on but you could peel them if you prefer.
Mix up your egg mixture and gently pour over the top. You don’t want to dislodge the pretty arrangement of apples.
Sprinkle the top with cinnamon sugar and place it in a 400 degree F oven for 20-25 minutes..
I love how it puffs up around the edges.
I am proud to say I liked our apple dutch baby recipe better than the one we had at the restaurant! The restaurant served it with a lemon crema which was wonderful. but we found our version was so delicious it didn’t need anything! I just added a sprinkling of powdered sugar.
Can I use other fruit in a Dutch Baby Pancake?
Absolutely, I have used a combination of different berries such as raspberry, blueberry and marionberry and it has been delicious. I think it would also work well with peaches. Let me know what fruit you try!
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Apple Dutch Baby Recipe
Apple Dutch Baby
Ingredients
- 4 Tbsp butter
- 2-3 Gala apples sliced thinly
- 3/4 C flour
- 3/4 C milk
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 1 Tbsp sugar
- 4 eggs
Cinnamon Topping:
- 1/2 C sugar
- 2 tsp cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400.
- Place butter into a 12" cast iron frying pan and place in the oven to melt butter.
- In a bowl combine the flour, baking powder, sugar, salt, milk and eggs.
- Place the sliced apples into the bottom of the pan on top of the melted butter. Pour egg mixture over apples.
- Combine sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle over the top of the egg mixture evenly.
- Bake in oven for 20-25 minutes until golden brown.
Nutrition Facts:
Originally posted Jan. 26, 2011
Tj says
We really thought it was very good. Next time I will not put so much sugar on top. Maybe half but that is personal preference. I served it with thickened lingonberries.
Theresa says
Making this tomorrow morning in my new cast iron skillet, I’m so excited! One question and it may be a dumb one, but just to be sure. Are the nutritional facts per serving? Thanks in advance for your help and for the delicious sounding restaurant. I miss original pancake house and their apple pancake, this will be a great treat.
Theresa says
Ugh, delicious sounding recipe…sorry for my lack of editing before hitting submit, haha.
Leigh Anne says
Yes, the calories are per serving. Enjoy!
Theresa says
Super yummy!
Rosie Moore says
I love all these recipes I am doing a cook book with my own recipe, s this is giving me and idea
Paige Rizzo says
I love this recipe. Have you ever made the egg mixture beforehand and kept it in the fridge for the next day? Do you think it would keep the same consistency?
Leigh Anne says
I think as long as you mix it up really well before pouring it into the pan it should work fine. Enjoy.
KAREN says
Thank you for sharing this apple dutch baby pancake. I dare say I ate quite a big piece and loved every bite. It was easy to prepare, made my kitchen smell wonderful and I have put the recipe in my “keepers” box.
Leigh Anne says
So glad you enjoyed it!
Artie says
First timer under quarantine. Was better than what I get at the original pancake house Apple baby. Added one teaspoon of vanilla and used about half of the cinnamon sugar. Absolutely incredibly delicious. My sister in law made it at home this morning and loved it too. Thanks for the recipe
Leigh Anne says
So glad you loved it too!
Jeanine says
First time making a Dutch Baby and it was delicious. We used peaches and because they were so ripe we only used half of the cinnamon sugar topping. Thank you!
Leigh Anne says
It sounds delicious!
Jeanine says
Have you made a savory version? I’m out of fruit, but have spinach.
Chris Anderson says
My group at work does a weekly breakfast club, and we rotate who is bringing in food. Since it was my week, and it had been years since I’d had an apple pancake, I decided to give this recipe a shot. I tripled it (18 servings–THANK YOU for building in the automatic ingredient adjustment!) and split it between two 9″x13″ pans. I ended up going with four apples a pan, and I put half of the cinnamon/sugar topping on and saved the other half for people to add themselves. My coworkers really enjoyed it! I appreciate that this was both easy to make and worked for a largish group while appealing to everyone. Thank you so much!
Leigh Anne says
I am so glad it worked out for you and that everyone enjoyed it. Thanks for letting me know!