If you want to get into the Christmas spirit, this recipe will fill your kitchen with all the best Christmas smells.
A reader sent me a cool idea: make Dutch babies (also known as German pancakes) to use up fruit that’s still edible, but not fresh enough to eat plain. When she first mentioned this, I thought she meant to use the overripe fruit as a topping. I make strawberry toppings for waffles and pancakes frequently; just slice the strawberries, stir in sugar, and wait for the sugar to suck out all the juices, making syrup. Peaches are also delicious this way. I also use blueberries as a topping by cooking them in sugar over the stove, with a little cinnamon and lemon juice. Most fruit can make a good topping, even past the peak of freshness, but my reader didn’t mean for me to put the fruit on top of the dutch babies; her suggestion was to put the fruit inside. She sent me this link forCherry Almond Dutch Babies as an example. My mind immediately went to Apple Dutch Babies because my mom used to make them all the time. There were six people in my family, which meant there were a lot of apples to peel and core. My mom had an apple peeler that made the job a synch; she just turned the handle and thin strips of peel like spaghetti easily slid off. We used to love draping the peels around our arms and feeding them into our mouths like tickets at an arcade while we waited for dinner to be done. My mind also went to Apple Dutch Babies because at the time, I happened to have four shriveling Honey Crisp Apples on my window sill. I know what you’re thinking; what kind of a monster allows Honey Crisp Apples, aka nectar from the gods, to shrivel on a window sill. Well, they were on sale and honey crisp is basically my favorite fruit ever, so I stocked up. Shopping sales is not always the best idea when reducing food waste. You can use pretty much any apple for this recipe except Red Delicious, which would more appropriately be called Red Disgusting. Tart apples like granny smith are usually favored for recipes, especially pies, but for this, I prefer sweet apples like fuji or gala. The honey crisps were amazing, if you feel like splurging. I made this recipe the other day, and the smells were intoxicating. Baked apple. Melted butter. Cinnamon. Nutmeg. Cloves. I want to make this recipe again for the smell alone. This recipe is best when made in a cast iron skillet, both for texture and for lessening the amount of dirty dishes. If you want to double the recipe, though, you can transfer the ingredients to a casserole dish and increase the cooking time. Apple Dutch Babies 3 Tb butter 3 apples ¼ cup brown sugar ½ tsp cinnamon ½ tsp nutmeg 1/8 tsp cloves ½ cup milk 3 eggs ¼ cup flour ¼ tsp baking powder
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