APPLE PANCAKE TIER

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When our two college-age sons come home, they request their favorite apple pancake recipe. I especially like to make it in the fall...after my husband and I have purchased our usual 4 bushels of apples! -Ellen Govertsen, Wheaton, Illinois

Provided by Taste of Home

Time 30m

Yield 6 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 10

Ingredients

6 large eggs
1 cup milk
1 cup all-purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
5 tablespoons butter, melted
6 to 7 cups sliced peeled tart apples (about 2-1/2 pounds)
1/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
Confectioners' sugar and ground cinnamon

Steps:

In a bowl, beat eggs until fluffy. Add milk. Combine flour, salt and cinnamon; add to egg mixture and mix well. Brush 3 tablespoons butter on sides and bottom of three 9-in. pie pans (using 1 tablespoon in each pan). Divide batter evenly between the pans. Bake at 400° for 20-25 minutes or until golden and puffy. , Heat remaining butter in a skillet. Saute apples for 10 minutes or until crisp-tender. Stir in sugar and continue cooking for 5 minutes or until apples are tender. Drain, reserving juice. Sprinkle apples with lemon zest., When pancakes are done, layer on a serving plate, beginning with 1 pancake and a third of the apples. Repeat layers twice. Dust with confectioners' sugar and cinnamon. Serve with reserved apple juice, if desired.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 355 calories, Fat 16g fat (8g saturated fat), Cholesterol 244mg cholesterol, Sodium 475mg sodium, Carbohydrate 43g carbohydrate (24g sugars, Fiber 3g fiber), Protein 10g protein.