Dutch Puffed Apple Pancake

This is easy and decadent.  It makes a good dish for brunch.
– Terry

Ingredients

• ¼ cup unsalted butter
• 1 large Granny Smith apple, peeled, seeded, and thinly sliced
• ½ cup coarsely chopped walnuts
• 4 large eggs
• 1 cup whole milk
• ⅔ cup all purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
• ⅛ teaspoon salt
• ½ cup dried cranberries
• Vegetable oil spray
• 3 tablespoons (packed) golden brown sugar
• Warm maple syrup

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 425° F. 
2. Melt butter in 9-inch glass pie dish in oven. 
3. Remove pie dish from oven and arrange apple slices, then walnuts over melted butter.  Bake until apples begin to soften, and walnuts are lightly toasted, about 5 minutes.
4. Meanwhile, using electric mixer, beat eggs, milk, flour, sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, and salt in large bowl to blend.  Stir in cranberries. 
5. Remove pie dish from oven.  Lightly spray inside edges of dish with nonstick spray.  Pour batter into dish. Sprinkle brown sugar over batter. 
6. Return the pie dish to the oven and bake until center is set and edges are puffed and slightly browned, about 25 minutes. 
7. Serve immediately with warm maple syrup.

Source: Bon Appetit magazine, Favorite Restaurant Recipes – from the Rockwell House Inn in Bristol, Rhode Island