{"id":120,"date":"2011-09-23T15:21:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-23T15:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/frugalchicks.nwlens.com\/?p=120"},"modified":"2011-09-23T15:21:00","modified_gmt":"2011-09-23T15:21:00","slug":"warm-apple-crepes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frugalchicks.nwlens.com\/?p=120","title":{"rendered":"Warm Apple Crepes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Suzanne and I both worked in downtown Tacoma at the same time a long, long time ago.\u00a0 Occasionally, we would manage to meet up for lunch.\u00a0 We loved to go to a crepe restaurant in the Old City Hall building that made divine crepes stuffed with crab, or chicken and spinach with a rich cream sauce and lots of cheese.\u00a0 They had an apple crepe filled with warm vanilla pudding and apple filling that we would sometimes split for dessert.\u00a0 I saw a recipe for crepes the other day and it jogged my memory of how much I loved this apple crepe.\u00a0 That crepe restaurant is no longer there, in fact, the Old City Hall building has been converted into professional offices.\u00a0 So, here’s my take on the apple crepe at Old City Hall (it tastes just like I remembered!)….It seems like there are a lot of steps to this recipe, but each step is super simple. <\/p>\n

Vanilla Pudding<\/u>
2 C. milk
1 tsp. real vanilla extract (or if you’re super cool -1 vanilla bean, split)
2 eggs
1\/2 C. plus 2 T. Sugar
3 T. flour
1\/4 C. (1\/2 stick) butter, softened<\/p>\n

Combine the milk and vanilla in a saucepan and heat on medium-high heat till it almost comes to a boil.\u00a0 In a bowl, whisk the eggs, sugar and flour till well combined.\u00a0 You will need to ‘temper’ the eggs, which means you will need to warm them up gradually by adding 1\/3 C. of the scalded milk to the egg mixture while whisking, so that the eggs don’t scramble.\u00a0 Add the warmed egg mixture to the pan of milk and whisk over medium-high heat till the pudding thickens and begins to bubble. (Remove the vanilla bean, if using).\u00a0 Keep whisking for 4-5 minutes until the pudding becomes very thick.\u00a0 Remove from the heat and stir in the softened butter until it melts.\u00a0 Set aside to cool down.<\/p>\n

Apple Filling<\/u>
2 apples (I used Gala), peeled, cored and cut into small chunks
1-1\/2 C. apple juice
1 tsp. cinnamon
1\/4 tsp. nutmeg
1-1\/2 tsp. cornstarch
1\/2 C. apple juice<\/p>\n

Cook the apples and the 1-1\/2 C. apple juice\u00a0 in a saucepan on medium heat until the apples are tender, about 25 minutes.\u00a0 Stir in the cinnamon and sugar.\u00a0 Increase the heat to medium-high heat.\u00a0 Thoroughly mix the cornstarch with the 1\/2 C. apple juice and stir into apple mixture.\u00a0 Cook for 3-4 minutes until the mixture thickens, stirring occasionally.\u00a0 Set aside to cool down.<\/p>\n

Crepes<\/u>
1\/2 C. flour
1 C. milk
4 eggs
3 T. butter, melted
1\/2 tsp. salt
1 T. sugar<\/p>\n

Combine the flour, salt and milk in a bowl.\u00a0 Add the eggs and mix well. Stir in the melted butter and mix well.\u00a0 Pour 1\/4 C. batter into a shallow, non-stick frying pan lightly greased with butter (or crepe pan, again if you’re super cool) on medium heat.\u00a0 Swirl the batter around until the bottom of the pan is coated.\u00a0 Cook for 2-3 minutes or until the edges are just brown..no need to flip the crepe. Slide the crepe onto a plate.<\/p>\n

Assembly<\/u>
Fill the crepes with 1\/4 C. warm vanilla pudding topped with 1\/4 C. warm apple filling.\u00a0 Roll or fold up the crepe.\u00a0 Top with 1 T. apple filling and a dollop of vanilla ice cream..<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Suzanne and I both worked in downtown Tacoma at the same time a long, long time ago.\u00a0 Occasionally, we would manage to meet up for lunch.\u00a0 We loved to go to a crepe restaurant in the Old City Hall building that made divine crepes stuffed with crab, or chicken and spinach with a rich cream<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recipes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/frugalchicks.nwlens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/frugalchicks.nwlens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/frugalchicks.nwlens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frugalchicks.nwlens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frugalchicks.nwlens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/frugalchicks.nwlens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/frugalchicks.nwlens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frugalchicks.nwlens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frugalchicks.nwlens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}