Apple Cider Pancakes Recipe

Last week I shared this beautiful view we had while picking apples at -Carter Mountiain in Charlottesville, VA.  We stopped to pick up some apples and some cider while traveling back from our good friends’ wedding in Smith Mountain Lake, VA.

This weekend, I was enjoying my lazy Sunday routine of doing nothing and catching up on looking at some of the blogs that I love so much, when I stumbled upon this apple cider pancake recipe from Use Real Butter.  I knew immediately this was going to be our breakfast.  I adapted it a bit because we didn’t have all the ingredients and I was only making it for 2,  but they turned out perfectly.

If I am going to make pancakes from scratch, this is definitely going to be my go to recipe.  It was apple-y and sweet, but not in an overwhelming way.  The reduced apple cider was the perfect syrup.

Please note: This is Tom as my hand model.  He wanted a shout-out.

Also, I have always wanted to take a picture of a stack of pancakes with a wedge cut out of them.  Came out pretty good didn’t it? (Don’t mind if I toot my own horn for a second!)

Looking at these pictures makes me want to have these for dinner too!

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Apple Cider Pancakes Recipe

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Prep Time10 mins

Cook Time15 mins

Total Time25 mins

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: international

Servings: 2 servings

Calories: 450kcal

Ingredients

• 1 quart apple cider
• 2 small apples, diced
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• pinch of cloves
• 1 cup flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup milk
• 2 tablespoons melted butter
• cinnamon sugar for serving

This is enough for 2 large servings..If you need more, you can easily double it

Instructions

• Begin by reducing the cider. Boil the cider in a saucepan until reduced to 1/4 of the original amount. Allow to cool completely. This can be made ahead.
  
• While the cider is reducing, cook the apples. Mix apples, cinnamon, and cloves. Place in a sauce pan and cover just the bottom of the pan with water.
• Heat over medium low heat until the apples become soft.
• Prepare the pancakes by mixing the dry ingredients together.
• In a small bowl beat the egg, then add the milk.
• Add the milk mixture to the flour and mix until combined.
• Add 1/3 cup of the reduced apple cider to the mixture and stir just until combined. Do not overmix.
• Stir in melted butter.

  Stir in half of the cooked apples.
• Heat a frying pan over medium heat. Add oil or butter to prevent sticking.
• Drop 1/4 cup of batter into the hot pan. Turn the pancakes after the pancake begins to bubble.
• Repeat with remaining batter.
• Reheat remaining apple cider reduction if it has become cold.
• Stack pancakes and top with remaining cooked apples, cinnamon sugar, and remaining reduced apple cider.