This Apple Dutch Baby Pancake is such a fun way to mix up weekend breakfast or brunch! A light and fluffy pancake topped with sweet cinnamon sugar apples.
Making a dutch baby pancake is far easier than you think! Just mix up the batter, pour in a hot skillet, and bake! The results are if you combined a pancake or crepe with a popover.
It's made even better topped with sweet apples! Some other great apple recipes to try is this apple crisp with oats, air fryer apple crisp, cinnamon sugar apple cake, and this apple crisp in a mug.
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⭐Why I Love It:
- Made in a Skillet - I love recipes that are made right in my cast iron skillet. Some other favorites are this Cheesy Baked Broccoli Gnocchi, Greek Yogurt Flatbread, Cheesy Jalapeno Popper Dip, and Leftover Turkey Pot Pie.
- Perfect for Weekend Brunch - The presentation is impressive enough for a special weekend or holiday brunch!
- Simple Ingredients - The entire recipe is made with simple, staple ingredients.
🥘Ingredients:
- Eggs
- All-Purpose Flour
- Kosher Salt
- White Granulated Sugar
- Milk - You can use nonfat, 2%, or whole milk. If you don't have milk try making this recipe for pancakes without milk.
- Apples - I love using Granny Smith, but you can use your favorite!
- Brown Sugar - Light or dark to cook the apples.
- Ground Cinnamon
See the recipe card for full information on ingredients and quantities.
📖Variations:
- Other Fruit - Try cooking up other fruits or even topping with fresh fruit that isn't cooked down first. Some of my favorites are berries like sliced strawberries and raspberries, cooked peaches in the brown sugar syrup, or pears.
- Served Plain with Butter and Maple Syrup - It's also great served simply with a little butter and syrup.
🔪Step by Step Instructions
Making an apple dutch baby pancake is far easier than its beautiful presentation makes you think!
Photo 1 - Blend up the batter in a blender or food processor until there are no lumps. Set batter aside.
Photo 2 - Add the butter to an ovenproof skillet and place in the hot oven to melt the butter then swirl the melted butter around. Immediately pour in the batter and place in the oven.Bake for about 20 minutes then turn off the oven and bake for 5 minutes more. The pancake should be puffy and golden brown.
Photo 3 - Cook up the apples in a skillet until tender with a brown sugar syrup.
Photo 4 - Top the pancake with the apples, drizzle with the brown sugar syrup, and dust with powdered sugar.
💭Recipe Tips
- Blend the Batter - While you can mix up the batter by hand, I really recommend using a blender or food processor. Blending the batter removes any lumps and results in a dutch baby with a better texture.
- Hot Skillet - By melting the butter in the skillet, the skillet gets warm before adding the batter. This combination of a hot skillet and the batter helps give the Dutch baby some crunchy edges.
- Preheated Oven - A hot oven is key to make the dutch baby puff up!
- Rest the Batter - Letting the batter sit while you finish preheating the oven and melting the butter, helps some of the gluten to develop which helps the dutch baby hold its air when it puffs up.
👩🍳Recipe FAQs
A dutch baby does not have yeast. It puffs up and rises due to the combination of the egg and milk that creates steam.
find it easiest (and prettiest) to serve the apple dutch baby right in the skillet! Dust the dutch baby with powdered sugar and top with the cinnamon apples. Then place the whole skillet on the table (on a trivet) so everyone can slice and serve.
If you're serving only the dutch baby, then it serves about two adults for a breakfast. But if you have other breakfast/brunch items, such as eggs, bacon, and breakfast potatoes then you can slice the pancake into wedges.
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Apple Dutch Baby Pancake
This Apple Dutch Baby Pancake is such a fun way to mix up weekend breakfast or brunch! A light and fluffy pancake topped with sweet cinnamon sugar apples.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Total Time: 45 minutes
- Yield: 4 servings
- Category: Breakfast
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Vegetarian
Ingredients
Pancake Batter
- 3 eggs
- ½ cup all-purpose flour
- ⅛ teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 tablespoon white granulated sugar
- ½ cup milk
- 4 tablespoons salted butter
Cinnamon Apples
- 2 tablespoons salted butter
- 1 medium-large apple, peeled and thinly slices
- ⅓ cup brown sugar, light or dark
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- Powdered sugar, optional for serving
Instructions
- Preheat - Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
- Blend Batter - Add the batter ingredients, except for the butter, to a blender or food processor and blend until smooth with no lumps. Set the batter aside for about 10 minutes while you wait for the oven to finish heating.
- Melt Butter - When the oven is preheated, add the 4 tablespoons of butter to a 10-inch oven safe skillet (like a cast iron) and place in the hot oven. Leave the skillet in the oven until the butter is almost entirely melted. Remove the skillet and swirl the melted butter around the pan.
- Add Batter - Pour the batter into the hot skillet.
- Bake Dutch Baby - Immediately place the skillet back in the oven and bake for 20 minutes then turn off the oven and bake for 5 minutes more. Note - if your dutch baby edges are getting too brown you can place of a piece of foil on top.
- Make Apples - While the dutch baby is baking, make the apples. Add the cinnamon apple ingredients, except for the powdered sugar, to a medium skillet. Cook over medium high heat, stirring frequently, until the brown sugar and butter have combined into a syrup and the apples are tender.
- Serve - Top the dutch baby with the apples and drizzle over the brown sugar syrup. I like to dust it with powdered sugar using a fine mesh sieve. Serve warm.
Notes
Instead of the apples, try other fruits like strawberries, raspberries, peaches, and pears. Or served simply with just butter and maple syrup.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: ¼ of recipe
- Calories: 374
- Sugar: 25.8 g
- Sodium: 247.3 mg
- Fat: 21.1 g
- Carbohydrates: 39.8 g
- Fiber: 1.7 g
- Protein: 7.7 g
- Cholesterol: 185.9 mg
Katie says
I was so impressed with the presentation of this! Easy to make but pretty enough for brunch.
Julie says
Seriously awesome. I love Dutch babies, and this one is fantastic
Kathleen says
Thank you so much! They're definitely a fun breakfast/brunch treat 🙂