Caramelized Apple Crepes

12 ingredients
23 steps

Ingredients

  • 1 cup whole wheat flour or half whole wheat and half al-purpose flour
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • 18 teaspoon salt
  • 2 large eggs
  • 123 cups milk or a bit more to reach the consistency of cream
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 tablespoon butter, unsalted
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil or canola oil
  • 3 each apples tart apples, peeled if needed, halved, cored, and thinly sliced
  • 3 tablespoons brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/4 cup apple juice or orange juice

Directions

  1. 1
    Make crepe batter:
  2. 2
    In a blender, pulse flour, 1 tablespoon sugar and salt.
  3. 3
    Add eggs, milk and vanilla extract; blend until mixture is thick and no lumps remain.
  4. 4
    Pour into a bowl and let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes.
  5. 5
    Make filling:
  6. 6
    Heat butter and oil in a skillet over medium heat until butter melts.
  7. 7
    Add apples.
  8. 8
    Saute, stirring occasionally, until apples begin to soften, about 3 minutes.
  9. 9
    Sprinkle with remaining 3 tablespoon sugar and cinnamon and saute until apples begin to brown, about 5 minutes longer.
  10. 10
    Pour in juice; cook 2 minutes longer, stirring.
  11. 11
    Keep warm on the low-heat.
  12. 12
    Whisk batter.
  13. 13
    If necessary, thin with an additional tablespoon of milk (batter should have consistency of thin cream).
  14. 14
    Mist a 10-inch nonstick skillet with cooking spray and warm over medium heat.
  15. 15
    When pan is hot, ladle in 1/4 cup of batter.
  16. 16
    Quickly tilt skillet so batter coats surface in a thin layer.
  17. 17
    Cook until edges begin to brown, about 2 minutes.
  18. 18
    Lift edge of crepe and, using your fingers, carefully flip.
  19. 19
    Cook for 30 seconds; transfer to a plate.
  20. 20
    Cover with a clean kitchen towel.
  21. 21
    Repeat with remaining batter, misting skillet with cooking spray between crepes as necessary.
  22. 22
    Fold each crepe into quarters.
  23. 23
    Arrange 2 on each plate and top with a portion of apple mixture and a dollop of yogurt, if desired.

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