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Apple Week – Dutch Babies with warm apples

October 7, 2011 By Alex aka Ma, What's For Dinner 5 Comments

So you all know how much we looooove our pancakes around here.

We have them pretty much…

Every.

Single.

Weekend.

But sometimes you want to switch up your pancake just a bit.

Enter the Dutch Babies!

baking with kids Apple Week Dutch Babies with warm apples

Want to know the boys favorite part?

They each get their own little ramekin made special just for them!

WHAT YOU NEED:

4 T butter

4 eggs

1 c. milk

1 c. flour

¼ sugar

1 t. vanilla

for the apple topping:

2 granny smith apple, peeled, cored, and sliced

1 t butter

1/4 t salt

1/4 t cinammon

1 T sugar

WHAT TO DO:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

Combine eggs, milk, flour, sugar and vanilla in a large bowl and whisk well.

Melt butter in a skillet over medium heat.

When butter has melted pour equally into small ramekins and swish butter around in the bottom of each to coat.  (If you don’t have ramekins just batter into skillet then transfer into oven.)  Place ramekins on a baking sheet and put into the oven.

Bake for 25 minutes.  Sides will be golden brown and puffy.

baking with kids Apple Week Dutch Babies with warm apples

Meanwhile melt remaining butter over medium high heat.  Toss in apples, sugar, salt and cinammon.  Allow to cook until apples are nice and soft and caramelized.

baking with kids Apple Week Dutch Babies with warm apples

Remove dutch babies from oven and serve immediately.  Top with powdered sugar and apples.

 

 

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Passover Week – Charoset

April 15, 2011 By Alex aka Ma, What's For Dinner 8 Comments

One of my favorite things about Passover is Charoset!

Charoset, if you’re not familiar with it, is sort of like a fruit salad.

It’s made from yummy apples and nuts sweetened with cinnamon and a little sweet wine.

So yummy on a big ol’ piece of matzoh.

Give it a try…the kids’ll beg for more!

featured Passover Week Charoset

WHAT YOU NEED:

3 apples, peeled, cored and chopped

1/2 cup chopped nuts, I like pecans

1/2 t ground cinnamon

1/4 cup honey

1/2 T lemon juice

1/3 cup sweet kosher for Passover wine, I like Manischewitz

WHAT TO DO:

In a medium bowl combine apples and pecans.  Stir to combine.  Sprinkle on cinnamon, honey, and lemon juice.  Stir well.  Add in your wine and stir again.  Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.

Serve on your seder plate or as a snack with matzoh.

Try and double or triple this recipe then keep it in the fridge.  You can put it on top of cottage cheese or yogurt for a yummy breakfast or lunch treat!

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Apple of my eye

October 15, 2010 By Alex aka Ma, What's For Dinner 26 Comments

Ok, it’s the last day of my apple week here.

I picked out a yummy dessert recipe for ya.

No it’s not apple pie

or apple crisp

or caramel apples

It’s simple delicious and healthy enough to have as an after school snack.

How do you like these apples???

fruits Apple of my eye

Ok, first let me apologize for the terrible picture…

See my camera seems to (have been stolen by a little Fitzpatrick boy who won’t cough up it’s whereabouts) walked off on its own so I had to use my iPhone to take this sucker.  It may not be the prettiest shot but it sure was delish!!

1 apple, sliced

2 ounces crumbled good quality blue cheese

1 T honey

Lay your apples on a plate.  Crumble blue cheese over the apples.  Drizzle with honey.  Devour.

You could also do this with pears.  I love it with fresh summer berries.  Give it a try.  Trust me.  You may give up chocolate cake!

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Red White and Blueberry Breakfast

July 6, 2010 By Alex aka Ma, What's For Dinner 22 Comments

In honor of America’s birthday we decided to get a little  cheeky with breakfast this weekend.  Yes of course we made chocolate chip pancakes, it would hardly be a Fitzpatrick weekend without them…but we also whipped up some dutch babies dressed up 4th of July style with a our red white and blue topping.
breakfasts Red White and Blueberry Breakfast

Serves: 6  Prep Time: 10 minutes  Cook Time: 30 minutes

4 T butterbreakfasts Red White and Blueberry Breakfast

4 eggs

1 c. milk

1 c. flour

¼ sugar

1 t. vanilla

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.  Combine eggs, milk, flour, sugar and vanilla in a large bowl and whisk well.breakfasts Red White and Blueberry Breakfast

Melt butter in a skillet over medium heat.  When butter has melted pour batter into skillet and transfer into oven.

Bake for 25-30 minutes.  Sides will be golden brown and puffy.  Remove from oven and serve immediately.  Top with our red white and blue topping…

Red White and Blueberry Topping

1 T butter

1 fuji apple cored and sliced

1/2 t salt

1 T sugar

1/2 t cinnamon

1 handful blueberries

1 T powdered sugar

breakfasts Red White and Blueberry BreakfastWhile your dutch baby is cooking in the oven heat a small skillet over medium high heat.  Add the butter and allow it to melt.  Toss in your apples, regular sugar, salt and cinnamon and toss to coat.  Turn heat down to medium and allow to simmer and get all soft and yummy.  After about 10-15 minutes add in your blueberries and turn down to low.  Let it continue to cook while you wait for your dutch babies to finish.

breakfasts Red White and Blueberry BreakfastPour into the center of your dutch babies just before serving and sprinkle with powdered sugar.

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Dutch Babies

November 25, 2009 By Alex aka Ma, What's For Dinner 3 Comments

breakfasts Dutch Babies

Serves: 8  Prep Time: 10 minutes  Cook Time: 30 minutes

4 T butterbreakfasts Dutch Babies

4 eggs

1 c. milk

1 c. flour

¼ sugar

1 t. vanilla

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.  Combine eggs, milk, flour, sugar and vanilla in a large bowl and whisk well.breakfasts Dutch Babies

Melt butter in a skillet over medium heat.  When butter has melted pour batter into skillet and transfer into oven.

Bake for 25-30 minutes.  Sides will be golden brown and puffy.  Remove from oven and serve immediately.  Top with powdered sugar, syrup, or warm fruit.

I made some in little ramekins for the kids to have their own.  So cute!  Also, I sautéed up some apples with butter and sugar to top mine.  Delicious!breakfasts Dutch Babies

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