I Love a Big Breakfast! - Apple Pancakes / Bran Muffins / German Pancakes

We're in the middle of a very fun family reunion weekend celebrating the 4th of July. I thought this was a great chance to use several recipes, and there were three we tried for breakfast today. I had some great helpers! Camille made the Bran Muffins, Jon made the Cinnamon Syrup for the Apple Pancakes, and he even made an emergency run to the store for evaporated milk - which I was sure I had. Abby helped sift flour, Alyssa helped with the eggs, & Caryn helped with the bacon and eggs. It was a great great breakfast, and everything tasted wonderful!

APPLE PANCAKES
1½ cups sifted flour
1½ tsp. baking powder
3/4 tsp. salt
1 tbsp. sugar
1 egg, beaten
1 cup evaporated milk
1 tbsp. butter, melted
2 medium apples, peeled and finely chopped (approx. 2 cups)
Sift flour, baking powder, salt and sugar together. Combine beaten egg, evaporated milk and melted butter. Add liquid mixture gradually to dry ingredients, stirring only until batter is smooth. Fold in chopped apples. Batter is very thick. Drop by generous tablespoonsful onto hot greased griddle, spreading to make round. Bake slowly until upper surface is covered with bubbles; turn and cook until bottom is browned. Serve immediately with cinnamon syrup. Makes 4. [Made way more than that at this size.]

Top with Cinnamon Syrup Cinnamon Syrup
1 cup light corn syrup
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup water
2 tsp. cinnamon
1 cup evaporated milk
Mix corn syrup, sugar, wager and cinnamon in medium size saucepan. Bring to a full boil over medium heat, stirring constantly. Continue stirring and boiling for 2 minutes longer. Cool 5 minutes. Stir in evaporated milk. Serve warm or cold. Makes 3¼ cups.

BRAN MUFFINS
2 cubes margarine
1 cup sugar
4 cups Kellogg's All Bran
2 cups Nabisco Bran
5 cups flour
1 quart buttermilk
5 tsp. soda
1 tsp. salt
4 eggs
Pour 2 cups boiling water over bran & margarine & let cool. Add all other ingredients. Bake at 400°F [about 15 minutes]. (Batter can be stored in refrigerator for several weeks.)

GERMAN PANCAKES
8 oz. flour
1/2 quart milk
1 tsp. salt
3 separated eggs
4 oz. fat
Sift flour, mix milk, yolks & salt. Then pour flour in and mix. Beat egg whites & carefully mix into rest of mixture. [Bake at 400°F for about 20 minutes.]



This recipe was attributed to my cousin, Doug Bagley, who served a mission in Germany.