Whiskey Apple Cakes

Buckwheat, Rye, Blue Corn and Hazelnut Meal, beautifully capturing tart fresh apples. The beauty of this recipe is not just how pretty the apples are in the 'cakes, but how the apples caramelize, deepening and sweetening on the griddle.

Ingredients

2/3 cup (or 90g) Blue Corn Pancake Mix

1/2 cup (or 120g) Whole Milk

2 tablespoons (or 25g) Butter

2 teaspoons Whiskey or Bourbon

1 Egg

1 Semi-Tart Apple (such as Braeburn, Jonagold, or Sweet Sixteen)

Instructions

1. Melt butter (go ahead and brown it if you feel extra lumberjack today).
2. Beat with egg, milk & whiskey.
3. Add Blue Corn Pancake Mix.
4. Stir.
5. Slice the apple thinly - crosswise, to preserve the round shape and star pattern. (Remove any seeds as you go).
6. Pour batter onto a hot (375-400) ungreased cast iron or non-stick surface.
7. Lay one apple slice in the center of each circle of batter.
8. Flip when the edges set.