Apple pancakes

Immediately prepare all the ingredients for kefir apple pancakes. It is better to choose dense and sweet apples, such as Gala variety, which can be found on the store shelf almost all year round. For this recipe, you can use any sweetener - sugar or syrup, such as topinambur or maple syrup. You can try to make oat flour yourself by grinding rolled oats into fine powder in a coffee grinder on high speed, and then be sure to sift it. Perhaps you will find this process convenient. Such oat flour is not stored for a long time, so it is better to make a fresh batch before starting to cook. Choose low-fat kefir so that the resulting dough is softer. Low-fat kefir can also be used if you want to reduce calories.

Wash and remove the core of the sour-sweet apples. Use a special kitchen tool or a regular knife to make a round incision near the stem. Cut the apples into thick large rings, it is not necessary to remove the skin so that the flesh does not escape during baking. Make sure there are no seeds left in the apples, as they can spoil the taste. We will bake the apple rings whole.

Break an egg into a bowl and add sugar, you can use vanilla if you like its flavor. Whisk the egg with sugar for three minutes until a thick foam forms. A hand mixer or an immersion blender with an attachment is suitable for beating. If you chose syrup as a sweetener, the foam will form worse. With sugar, the foam will be stable for several minutes. Gradually add half a cup of oat flour to the mixture, stirring slowly from bottom to top. Be sure to watch out for the formation of lumps.

Add kefir to the mixture and continue whisking at a slow speed. Then add the remaining flour and mix until there are no lumps. The dough should be dense but elastic, with a consistency similar to heavy cream. Leave the dough to rest for ten minutes.

Place a frying pan on the stove, pour a small amount of vegetable oil or grease the pan with butter. Wait until it heats up. Alternatively, fry on a dry pan if the coating allows. Gradually dip each apple ring into the batter so that the apple is fully covered. Place the apples in the pan and fry on medium heat, flipping them over until fully cooked. The outside of the apples should become slightly soft, while the inside remains firm. If you are using a large amount of oil for making apple pancakes with kefir, the crust will become more golden brown.

Transfer the pancakes to a large plate. You can sprinkle them with cinnamon on top (agree, it's everyone's favorite classic combination?). If you don't like cinnamon, choose a topping to your taste: caramel, sour cream, honey. Apple pancakes with kefir are ready. They are perfect for breakfast, a snack, or a light meal. Enjoy your meal.