Apple Cinnamon French Toast Pancakes
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Recipe type: Breakfast
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Serves: 4
 
You don't have to choose between French toast or pancakes when you can have them both!
Ingredients
For Pancakes:
  • 2 Cups Flour
  • 2 tsp Baking Powder
  • ½ tsp Sea Salt
  • ½ tsp Cinnamon
  • 1 Banana
  • 1¾ Cup Milk
French Toast Mix
  • 3 Eggs
  • 1 Tbsp Milk
  • 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
  • ¼ tsp Nutmeg
Apple Cinnamon Topping
  • 2 Small Fuji Apples (or 1 large) Thinly Sliced
  • ½ tsp Cinnamon
  • 1 Cup Grade B Pure Maple Syrup
  • 8 oz. Container Mascarpone Cheese (for garnish, optional)
Instructions
For Pancakes:
  1. Put milk, banana, and cinnamon in a blender and blend well.
  2. Sift remaining dry ingredients together into a bowl.
  3. Using a measuring cup or a spoon, create a well and slowly pour the contents of the blender into the center. Mix thoroughly but gently with a whisk.The consistency should be only slightly runnier than cake batter. If it is too thick, add more milk, 1 Tbsp at a time.
  4. Spoon or ladle onto the heated surface of a non-stick griddle. Cook on medium-high heat until the top forms bubbles and flip when the underside is toasty brown. Cook for another minute and remove from heat onto a separate plate.
  5. If you want, you can stop here, because these pancakes by themselves are amazing. But I will beg you to go further! I would start the apples now.
For Apples:
  1. In a saucepan, pour maple syrup, apple slices, and cinnamon. Stir with a wooden spoon (you can prepare this first before you start anything, but wait to heat them up until now).
  2. Place the saucepan, covered over medium-high heat.
French Toast Mix:
  1. In a blender or a bowl with a whisk, mix together eggs, vanilla, nutmeg, and milk. Pour into a large plate and set pancakes in the mix one at a time, soaking both sides. Give it at least 30 seconds to soak up the goodness!
  2. Return pancakes to the heated griddle and cook on both sides for 1-2 minutes per side. The way I did it, which helped with the timing, was to do 2 pancakes at a time. While they cooked on the griddle, I put the next 2 pancakes to soak in the mix during the cooking time and so on and so forth.
Now back to the apples
  1. Remove the lid of the saucepan and turn off the heat, but keep the saucepan on the heat. With tongs, remove apples from syrup and put them on the griddle. Toss quickly for about 30 seconds to a minute. Remove from heat and use to garnish prepared French Toast Pancakes. This is a wonderful step because the syrup will caramelize on the apples, making them a little bit crispy. Put a spoonful of Mascarpone Cheese on top.
Apple Cinnamon Infused Maple Syrup:
  1. Pour the remaining syrup from the saucepan through a strainer and into a pouring dish (such as a gravy boat). Serve hot with your pancakes. If you have any left over, you can pour it into a sealed container and keep it in the pantry or the fridge for up to 2 weeks. You won’t believe how well you can taste the apple cinnamon flavor on plain pancakes.
Recipe by The Pescetarian and the Pig at https://www.thepescetarianandthepig.com/2012/03/11/apple-cinnamon-french-toast-pancakes/