german apple pancake

We were supposed to have this bean-y, rice-y, cheesy casserole but my son turned off the beans mid-afternoon and didn't tell me. Come dinner time, I had a pot of hard little pintos. My alternative: German apple pancake! It was the recipe from ATK's Family Cookbook and it was perfect. You saute the apples with brown sugar and butter then throw it in the oven with the batter poured on top. Oh my gosh, it was so good. Our one complaint was that it was entirely too small. Considering the butter and sugar content, though, that may not have been all bad. When it was all said and done, I thanked my son. Dinner was so much better than what I had planned.