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Apple Skillet Cake
 
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Prep Time: 15 Minutes
Cook Time: 25 Minutes
Ready In: 40 Minutes
Servings: 6
It's from Jacques Pepin's Fast Food My Way cookbook, and was featured on his TV show. This is more like an apple pancake than a dessert cake.
Ingredients:
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
2 medium apples, peeled, cored and cut in 8 wedges (soft fleshed, preferably empire or mcintosh)
1 tablespoon sugar
1 cup cottage cheese
3/4 cup sour cream
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoons sugar
3/4 cup flour
3 large eggs
1 tablespoon confectioners' sugar (for dusting)
1 cup maple syrup (optional for serving)
Directions:
1. Melt butter in 10 - 12 ovenproof non-stick skillet. Arrange apple wedges in a layer in skillet and sprinkle with sugar.
2. Cook apples on medium to low heat about 5 minutes, then turn the apple wedges over and cook 5 minutes more.
3. Set skillet with apples aside.
4. Make batter:.
5. Place all batter ingredients in a food processor and process a few seconds to combine them.
6. Heat the broiler.
7. Pour the batter over the apples in the skillet; cover and cook over low heat on the stove for 6 - 8 minutes.
8. Uncover the skillet and broil 6 from the heat source for 6 - 8 minutes, until browned on top.
9. Invert onto a serving plate, and sprinkle with confectioner's sugar. Cut into wedges and serve with maple syrup (optional).
By RecipeOfHealth.com