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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!
Dutch Baby Pancake
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 one!
I’ve also got a delicious recipe for lemon blueberry dutch baby so check that one out too!
Ingredients Needed
- Eggs
- Apples. Our favorite is a Gala, Honey Crisp or a Granny Smith. it’s fun to use a combination of different color apples too.
- Flour. All purpose flour but gluten free flour also works.
- Milk. We use 2 percent but you can also use almond milk if you prefer.
- Salt
- Sugar
- Baking Powder
- Cinnamon. Use a cinnamon sugar mixture to sprinkle on top
How to Make Apple Dutch Baby Pancake
- Melt your butter in your pan. Place the butter in the pan and then put it in the oven as the oven preheats. Pull the pan out as soon as butter is melted and before it starts to brown or burn.
- Slice the apples and lay them in the bottom of the pan. I used two medium size apples. I left the peel on but you could peel them if you prefer.
- Mix up your egg mixture. You whisk the ingredients together or use a blender. Pour gently over the top as you don’t want to dislodge the pretty arrangement of apples.
- Sprinkle the top with cinnamon sugar.
- Bake 400 degree F oven for 20-25 minutes. If you prefer it less sweet, use less cinnamon sugar on top.
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! Just add a sprinkling of powdered sugar to make it a little prettier and a little more sweet.
Other Fruit Variations
- Raspberries
- Blueberries
- Marionberries
- Peaches
- Or use a combination of fruit.
Frequently Asked Questions
Instead of a cast iron pan you can also use a 9 x 13 glass baking dish, your pancake will just be a bit thinner but it works great.
I think it is best served, warm and fresh out of the oven but leftovers do reheat well.
Try some more of our favorite breakfast recipes:
Apple Dutch Baby
Ingredients
- 4 Tbsp butter
- 2-3 Gala apples sliced thinly
- 3/4 cup flour
- 3/4 cup milk
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 1 Tbsp sugar
- 4 eggs
Cinnamon Topping:
- 1/3 cup 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.
Tips & Notes:
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Apple pastry lover says
I have made this twice already and I love it. The only thing I did differently was the amount of sugar on top which to me doesn’t change the heart of this recipe. My toddler and my husband (who doesn’t love sweets) really enjoy this. It’s easy and yummy. With all the in season apples, I will make this a lot and maybe change up the apples for pears or other fruits for fun. Oh, also, we don’t make it to six servings… haha, too yummy.
Angela says
First time ever making a Dutch baby and I LOVE this!!! I did cut the recipe in half because I only had a small cast iron skillet and I did add a splash of vanilla extract but it was soooo good!!
Piper says
The best thing I’ve had super duper easy will make again
Elaina says
Absolutely delicious! Will definitely make this one again