Week 39 - Apple Pancakes

 Apple Pancakes

Week #39 of 52

Bread #6

    This recipe is from the Physical Culture Cook Book by Bernarr Macfadden and Milo Hastings and published in 1933. Interestingly enough, in between two pages of this book are a pencil drawing of an airplane and the cut-out shape of a plane in the same style of the drawing, on dark blue construction paper.  There's no name or date on this art, so I have no idea how long it has been in this book. The book does not appear to have been used much over the years, so I've no idea how long the art has been in the book. I just think it is pretty cool, so I'm going to add pics. On to the important business.  These pancakes use whole wheat flour instead of regular white flour. The original recipe calls for finely grated apple. I forgot and used finely minced, which I thought was just fine.  I really enjoyed these pancakes and plan to make them again. My changes/tips in italics.

Ingredients:

1 1/3 cups whole wheat flour (Full disclosure: I may have accidentally used 1/4 cup instead of 1/3 cup and they were fine)

1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 tablespoon sugar

1 tablespoon melted butter (cooled)

1 cup milk

2 eggs

3 sour apples (I had a container of mixed, sliced apples and used about 3 apples worth)

Directions:

Sift flour with baking powder, sugar and salt. Beat eggs thoroughly and add milk and the cooled, melted butter. Quickly combine the dry and wet ingredients. Add apples and spoon batter onto a hot griddle. Cook on one side until the pancake is full of "holes" and flip.  Cook until the bottom is lightly browned.  Serve with honey or maple syrup. 

 

Apple Pancakes

The 1930's era construction paper plane and drawing of a plane, which were in between pages                 of the cookbook.