Recipe: OKTOBERFEST WEEK: GERMAN APPLE PANCAKES

So technically Oktoberfest is celebrated mostly in September. But October is the month when fall ales and German-style foods start sounding good. This week, we'll share some Oktoberfest-friendly recipes. This one comes from epicurious.com and was originally published back in 1952. These crepe-like pancakes can be served for dessert or breakfast.

INGREDIENTS

1/4 cup 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 lb Gala apples (3 or 4)

2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice

3/4 stick (6 tablespoons) unsalted butter, cut into 12 pieces

DIRECTIONS

Preheat oven to 200 degrees. Stir together 1/4 cup sugar and cinnamon and set aside. 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.

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.

Heat 1 piece butter (1/2 tablespoon) in a 6-inch nonstick skillet over moderate heat until foam subsides, then add 1/3cup 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.

Makes about 12 pancakes.

This story was originally published October 6, 2010 at 11:00 PM with the headline "Recipe: OKTOBERFEST WEEK: GERMAN APPLE PANCAKES."