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Skillet Fruit Pancake

Skillet Fruit Pancake by Wood and Spoon. Similar to a breakfast cobbler, this morning treat features baked sugared fruit underneath a golden fluffy pancake. The dish serves a few and is best topped with whipped cream or a dusting of powdered sugar. Substitute in your favorite seasonal fresh or frozen fruit to enjoy! Find out more about the recipe on thewoodandspoon.com

It’s here, y’all. IT’S SUMMER. Can’t you just smell the coconut tanning oil and shrimp tacos? We’ve been living in an unprecedented season, but there’s things like juicy watermelon slices and salty baby skin and a grilled filets of freshly caught fish that this virus cannot stop us from enjoying. I don’t know what your summer things are or how they’ll pan out in light of the pandemic, but I’m certain there’s a whole lot of goodness left to tap out. I hope you find yours.

Skillet Fruit Pancake by Wood and Spoon. Similar to a breakfast cobbler, this morning treat features baked sugared fruit underneath a golden fluffy pancake. The dish serves a few and is best topped with whipped cream or a dusting of powdered sugar. Substitute in your favorite seasonal fresh or frozen fruit to enjoy! Find out more about the recipe on thewoodandspoon.com

Our home is currently a mix of new and same old. Newly tanned babies wear the same old pjs. That regular snack time is filled with summer fruits and mini harvests from our backyard. Summers can be unbearably hot here in the South, but I never regret the changing of a season- there’s always an abundance of things to look forward to. Peach season is of special interest here in Sweet Home Alabama, because we have some of THE BEST peaches. I get that Georgia has kinda staked their claim on those fuzzy rounds of summer sweetness, but Alabama knows what’s up too. So cue me putting peaches into just about everything, including this skillet fruit pancake.

Skillet Fruit Pancake by Wood and Spoon. Similar to a breakfast cobbler, this morning treat features baked sugared fruit underneath a golden fluffy pancake. The dish serves a few and is best topped with whipped cream or a dusting of powdered sugar. Substitute in your favorite seasonal fresh or frozen fruit to enjoy! Find out more about the recipe on thewoodandspoon.com

Let me be clear: this is a choose your own adventure sort of dish. I want you to pick your favorites, whether it be berries or plums or apples or cherries, and make this skillet fruit pancake in a way that makes you happiest. Fresh or frozen, round pan or square, the difference here is of little consequence. Just use the fruits and equipment that is convenient for you and get to enjoying this yummy breakfast treat.

Skillet Fruit Pancake by Wood and Spoon. Similar to a breakfast cobbler, this morning treat features baked sugared fruit underneath a golden fluffy pancake. The dish serves a few and is best topped with whipped cream or a dusting of powdered sugar. Substitute in your favorite seasonal fresh or frozen fruit to enjoy! Find out more about the recipe on thewoodandspoon.com

Making the Skillet Pancake

This skillet fruit pancake features bubbly sugared fruit underneath a blanket of fluffy pancake. The whole thing is baked in the oven until the pancake is done and the fruit juices are thickened, and then individual scoops are served with a dollop of cream or a drizzle of pancake syrup (Hint: I always opt for both!) This recipe yields the perfect amount for my family of 5, but if you have hefty eaters feel free to double the recipe and prepare it in a larger skillet or pan. Just be sure to not fill your pan up too much or you may end up with an oven overflow!

Skillet Fruit Pancake by Wood and Spoon. Similar to a breakfast cobbler, this morning treat features baked sugared fruit underneath a golden fluffy pancake. The dish serves a few and is best topped with whipped cream or a dusting of powdered sugar. Substitute in your favorite seasonal fresh or frozen fruit to enjoy! Find out more about the recipe on thewoodandspoon.com

Give this skillet fruit pancake a try in the coming months and let me know what you think! Spoiler alert: I think this would qualify as dessert for a bunch of people here, so don’t shove this into a forgotten folder of breakfast recipes. Get to making it! Next week, I’m sharing TWO recipes that will be fun and playful for the coming summer months, so don’t miss out on those. Happy baking to you all and have a terrific week!

If you like this recipe you should try:

Stone Fruit Cobbler
Cherry Pound Cake
Peaches and Cream Biscuits
Honey Peach Pie
Peach Latice Pie

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Skillet Fruit Pancake

This skillet fruit pancake features a gooey sugared fruit filling under a fluffy pancake topping! Serve with maple syrup or a dollop of fresh whipped cream!

  • Author: Kate Wood
  • Prep Time: 10
  • Cook Time: 30
  • Total Time: 40 minutes
  • Yield: 4 servings
  • Category: Breakfast

Ingredients

For the fruit:

6 tablespoons unsalted butter

6 tablespoons  brown sugar

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

Pinch of salt

12 ounces fresh or frozen fruit (peeled peaches, apples, plums, or berries), strained of any juices

For the pancake batter:

  • 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, melted and cooled
  • 1 large egg
  • 1/2 cup buttermilk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 11/2 tablespoons sugar
  • 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • Additional sugar for sprinkling
  • Maple Syrup

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350. Prepare the fruit filling by melting the butter and sugar over medium-low heat on the stove. Stir together until the butter has melted. Add the cinnamon, salt, and fruit, tossing to combine. Pour into the deep 8” skillet or baking dish that you plan to bake your pancake in. Note: You’ll need about 1” depth to pour your  pancake batter into. If you happen to be working with an extremely shallow skillet, feel free to remove a little bit of the sauce/fruit to make room for the pancake. Otherwise you may have an overflow in the oven.
  2. To prep the pancake, whisk together the butter, egg, buttermilk, vanilla, and sugar. Add the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt and stir just until combined. Some small lumps may remain. Immediately pour and spread on top of the fruit mixture. Sprinkle with the sugar if desired.  Place the dish on a sheet pan (if it is close to overflowing) and bake in the preheated oven for about 30 minutes or until the pancake is puffed, golden, and the fruit is bubbling under the pancake. Allow to cool about 10 minutes prior to enjoying with a small drizzle of pancake syrup or fresh whipped cream.

Notes

  • Baking time will differ depending on your pan. Be sure the fruit is bubbling below the surface before you remove from oven or your fruit filling may be soupy. Also, be sure to not overflow your pan. If your skillet isn’t deep enough, reserve some filling or pancake topping, or at least bake with a rimmed baking sheet beneath it to avoid a mess in the oven.

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Pecan Apple Dutch Baby

Pecan Apple Dutch Baby by Wood and Spoon. This is a cinnamon flavored skillet pancake topped with cinnamon spiced apples and maple glazed pecans. This one bowl recipe can be make in a pinch and is a fun breakfast to make with kids. Watch this simple treat rise In the oven and top it with fall-flavored fruit and crunchy, sweet and salty nuts. Find the recipe and how-to on thewoodandspoon.com

One of my favorite things about Southern food is how deeply intertwined it is with tradition. Of course I love a fresh twist on a recipe of old, a modernized nod to something from years ago, but there’s something really special about doing things the same way the generations before you did. Souteherners have mastered the art of honoring food traditions, and I’m so grateful that this way of living is slowly rubbing off on me.

Pecan Apple Dutch Baby by Wood and Spoon. This is a cinnamon flavored skillet pancake topped with cinnamon spiced apples and maple glazed pecans. This one bowl recipe can be make in a pinch and is a fun breakfast to make with kids. Watch this simple treat rise In the oven and top it with fall-flavored fruit and crunchy, sweet and salty nuts. Find the recipe and how-to on thewoodandspoon.com

Kinda like Saturday morning breakfasts. Growing up, I don’t remember my Mom spending a whole lot of time in the kitchen. She’d whip out costumes for school recitals or little crafty projects for she and I to complete on the weekend, but cooking was not her forte. Despite this, I have distinct memories of a dish she would occasionally make on Saturday mornings for the family. Equal parts food and science experiment, Mom’s “Pancake Surprise” was a meal and a show all in one. She’d fill her casserole dish with a loose batter, and I’d sit by the oven watching the confection rise and bubble and crater all over. In the end, we’d cut big squares to douse with syrup, and I just knew it was the coolest breakfast on the planet.

Dutch, Dutch Baby

Years later, I watched someone make a Dutch baby pancake in a cast-iron skillet, and I realized that was Mom’s pancake surprise in action. I hadn’t eaten it in years, but the sight of those edges rising dramatically over the edge of the pan was enough to make my mouth water. I couldn’t wait to try it for myself.

Pecan Apple Dutch Baby by Wood and Spoon. This is a cinnamon flavored skillet pancake topped with cinnamon spiced apples and maple glazed pecans. This one bowl recipe can be make in a pinch and is a fun breakfast to make with kids. Watch this simple treat rise In the oven and top it with fall-flavored fruit and crunchy, sweet and salty nuts. Find the recipe and how-to on thewoodandspoon.com

Pecan Apple Dutch Baby

So this pecan apple Dutch baby is a nod to those Saturday traditions. Of course it’s delicious, as anything given enough butter and sugar should be, but what I love about it more than anything is watching my kids peering into the oven like I used to. Begging for more syrup like I used to. Licking their sticky fingers like I used to. Breathing new life into those things that were apart off my childhood makes me feel like we’re creating something bigger than breakfast here… we’re feeding on something that will nourish us for years to come.

Pecan Apple Dutch Baby by Wood and Spoon. This is a cinnamon flavored skillet pancake topped with cinnamon spiced apples and maple glazed pecans. This one bowl recipe can be make in a pinch and is a fun breakfast to make with kids. Watch this simple treat rise In the oven and top it with fall-flavored fruit and crunchy, sweet and salty nuts. Find the recipe and how-to on thewoodandspoon.com

Making the Dutch Baby

To make this pecan apple Dutch baby, we start with the batter. Eggs and milk are whisked with flour, sugar, and a smattering of spices. In the meantime, we melt some butter in a skillet in our piping hot oven. Carefully swirl the melted butter around the pan and pour the simple batter straight in. Allow the baby to bake and rise until brown and seriously puffed.

While the baby is baking, we can prepare the apples. More melted butter is combined with sliced apples, cinnamon, sugar, and salt. Stir until the apples have just barely softened but not lost their shape. Remove from the heat while you wait for your pecan apple Dutch baby to finish baking.

Pecan Apple Dutch Baby by Wood and Spoon. This is a cinnamon flavored skillet pancake topped with cinnamon spiced apples and maple glazed pecans. This one bowl recipe can be make in a pinch and is a fun breakfast to make with kids. Watch this simple treat rise In the oven and top it with fall-flavored fruit and crunchy, sweet and salty nuts. Find the recipe and how-to on thewoodandspoon.com

When the pancake is complete, I like to top it with the cinnamon apples and glazed pecans. For this, I’m so thankful to have partnered with Diamond of California Nuts. Their glazed nut toppings triumph beyond salads and are a perfect crunchy addition of sweet and salty to a number of dishes including this pecan apple Dutch baby. Here, I opted for the Maple Glazed Pecans, but any number of their options would have been terrific. I caught myself nibbling on the pecans while I waited for the pancake to finish up, so beware… they’re addicting.

Pecan Apple Dutch Baby by Wood and Spoon. This is a cinnamon flavored skillet pancake topped with cinnamon spiced apples and maple glazed pecans. This one bowl recipe can be make in a pinch and is a fun breakfast to make with kids. Watch this simple treat rise In the oven and top it with fall-flavored fruit and crunchy, sweet and salty nuts. Find the recipe and how-to on thewoodandspoon.com

Although it may look a finicky breakfast to prepare, this little skillet pancake is actually quite simple and is the perfect dose of comfort and tradition to add to your Saturday mornings. I hope you’ll give it a try this weekend and share it with some people you love. Happy Friday, y’all!

If you like this pecan apple Dutch baby you should try:

Maple Oatmeal Biscuits

Honey Nut Biscuits

Buttermilk Pancakes

Breakfast Danish

Brown Sugar Danishes 

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Pecan Apple Dutch Baby

This pecan apple dutch baby is a giant puffy pancake topped with cinnamon-spiced apples and glazed nuts. A fun breakfast for fall, this dutch baby is a delicious treat to share! Read more about the recipe here!

  • Author: Kate Wood
  • Prep Time: 10
  • Cook Time: 30
  • Total Time: 40 minutes
  • Yield: 4
  • Category: Breakfast

Ingredients

For the pancake:

  • 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 3 large eggs
  • 2/3 cup (160 gm) milk
  • 2/3 cup (95 gm) all-purpose flour
  • 1 tablespoon brown sugar
  • ½ t cinnamon
  • ½ t apple pie spice

For the apples:

  • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 2 apples (I use Granny Smith or Jonathon) peeled and sliced into ¼” slices
  • 1/3 cup (70 gm) brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon apple pie spice
  • Pinch of salt
  • Glazed Pecans, if desired
  • Vanilla Yogurt, if desired

Instructions

To prepare the pancake:

  1. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Once preheated, add butter to a 10” skillet and place in the oven until just barely meted. Remove from oven and carefully swirl the butter around the perimeter and edges and bottom of pan. Meanwhile, prepare your batter.
  2. Whisk together the eggs and milk. Add the flour, brown sugar, cinnamon and apple pie spice and whisk to combine. Pour the batter into the butter-coated pan and bake for 20 minutes. Lower the heat to 300 and bake for an additional 5-8 minutes or so, until the pancake is puffed and bronzed all over. Remove from oven and top with the apples and glazed pecans. You can serve with yogurt, if desired.

To prepare the apples:

  1. Melt the butter in a small pan over medium heat. Add the apples, brown sugar, cinnamon apple pie spice, and salt. Stir to combine and allow to cook, stirring occasionally, until the apples have barely softened but not lost their shape. Serve on top of the pancake.

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