Apple & Sour Cream Pancakes

Apple & Sour Cream Pancakes – Slothful Sundays

November 29th, 2009 by Not Quite Nigella
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Weekends. They’re supposed to be wonderful times where you can relax and recharge your weary selves. For me, weekends are slowly being reduced to one single day, Sunday, where I can actually relax. Saturdays are days where I fight against the tide and try and secure groceries while the rest of Sydney seems to do the same. Queues are long – when you buy produce from many different places this happens and along with the shopping there are so many chores to be done. It feels like a second job at times (and after a public holiday I still wonder how we managed to get ourselves into this horrible 5 day work week situation?).

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Slothful is how I usually like my Sundays. My schedule often puts paid to that lovely ritual and I’m finding now more than ever that I have to insist on making my Sunday morning ritual. I think that while fruit and yogurt is all very lovely for a weekday breakfast, pancakes just say “Hello Sunday!” better than any other breakfast food. You know that unless you are Hugh Hefner you have no chance of eating pancakes on weekdays.

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This recipe is one that I tinkered with one day after clocking some small apples in the fruit bowl. I wanted fat, thick pancakes and I recalled making Norwegian pancakes which were gorgeous with little explosions of sour cream in every bite. I decided to make some apple and sour cream pancakes with a hint of cinnamon. The taste? Well it’s a bit donut-ty (yes really, try it!), it’s soft and pillowy and it’s better than any pancake you may have eaten. Mr NQN scoffed these down greedily eating more than his alloted share and looked around for more. These are also great for a dessert if you wanted to serve them with ice cream or flambee them (just be careful of your eyebrows!). After all a Sunday isn’t a Sunday if you have to spend it in the Emergency Ward…

So tell me Dear Reader, do you eat a different breakfast on the weekend than you do on a weekday?

An Original Recipe by Not Quite Nigella

1 cups milk
1/2 cup light sour cream
1.5 cups self raising flour
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
butter and oil for frying
2 smallish apples, peeled and cored and sliced thinly (about 1/2 cm thin)
Maple syrup to serve

apple cutouts

1. In a jug mix milk and eggs until combined. Then add sour cream but do not stir too much keeping the sour cream lumps. In medium bowl add flour, salt and cinnamon and mix well . Pour the milk, egg and sour cream mixture into the flour in 2 or 3 batches until combined and mix with a fork. Pour back into the jug for easy pouring.

pancakes frying

2. Preheat a frypan on medium low-heat and melt equal parts of butter and oil. The butter is for the flavour, the oil is so the butter doesn’t burn but if you keep it at a low medium heat using just butter should be fine. Place a ring of apple on the pan and then pour a circle of batter around it. Somehow, it always becomes a rough circle shape. When bubbles appear on the surface carefully flip them over and serve drizzled with maple syrup.

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53 Comments | Add your own

1. Maria | November 29th, 2009 at 6:18 am | #

Weekends are great because then you have time to eat MORE at breakfast! I might eat the same as during the week (as a Finn I eat porridge in the morning), but on top of that I have fresh fruit, yoghurt, more coffee, and the list goes on Love looong weekend mornings!
2. joey@FoodiePop | November 29th, 2009 at 6:23 am | #

Love slothful Sundays! Hehe. Such a great looking recipe, and I don’t even like pancakes much!
3. Xiaolu @ 6 Bittersweets | November 29th, 2009 at 7:03 am | #

I love the look of these and I bet the taste is just as wonderful. Lovely post!
4. fat mum slim | November 29th, 2009 at 7:28 am | #

Oh delish! I don’t have sour cream, otherwise I’d be giving these a go in about five minutes.

Lacey and I like to have banana pancakes on Sundays. It actually only ends up happening about once a month {if that} but I {we} love it.

It definitely makes it feel like Sunday. xx
5. Su-yin | November 29th, 2009 at 8:28 am | #

I throughly agree that pancakes are the best breakfast to have on weekends, and I love the idea of these! They look absolutely scrumptious, and I shall definitely try them out one Sunday morning!

And yup, weekend breakfasts are always much better than weekday breakfasts – I usually gulp down my cereal in the mornings before dashing off to catch the train to work! (I admittedly have quite a large collection of cereals though…)
6. Lauren | November 29th, 2009 at 8:34 am | #

I do eat different on the weekends – its more likely to be cooked (like pancakes)! These are amazing – such a fun idea!
7. ms délicieuse | November 29th, 2009 at 8:56 am | #

Weekends are one of the only times I eat a cooked breakfast, usually in the form of brunch (or lunch). And after seeing these pancakes, it’s lucky I already have a brunch date lined up in about an hour’s time!
8. sandra | November 29th, 2009 at 8:59 am | #

weekend breakfasts are the best!!! yummy pancakes, or eggs and bacon or yummy toasted sourdough with ricotta and honey.
9. Amy@takentopieces | November 29th, 2009 at 9:10 am | #

or the most part I eat the same breakfast on the weekends as I do during the week. The main difference to my mornings is that I sleep past six! Whenever we have people staying, however, we have pancakes or french toast and we all love it. When we all stay at my parents, eggs bendict or florentine is a tradition that cannot be broken.
10. romaverona | November 29th, 2009 at 9:13 am | #

Great recipe! I agree, Saturdays are like an extension of the working week.

I eat differently for weekend breakfasts. It’s cold cereal during the week and thick fruit toast on the weekends before heading out for coffee.

I am so hanging out for the Christmas / New Years break. Day after day of leisurely breakfasting. Already planning what to eat now.
11. Rosa | November 29th, 2009 at 9:40 am | #

Those look extremely delicious!

Cheers,

Rosa
12. Liss | November 29th, 2009 at 9:45 am | #

hehe I just made lemon sour cream pancakes – that’s spooooky.

We do a bulk shop once a month for meat and most veges, that’s a big day event (but fun because we like going to the farm) and the rest of the time, we top up once a week, which is mostly groceries (milk, bread) and bananas, strawberries and grapes etc. So surprisingly with a family of five I’m not at the supermarket as much as you’d think. Meal planning helps cut down on impulse purchases and many trips.

I usually bake Saturday afternoon or Sunday. I have dough proving right now – this afternoon after we’ve spent time in the garden we’ll be enjoying some home-baked yumminess.
13. Melissa | November 29th, 2009 at 9:55 am | #

Le brunch on the weekend is definitely more scrumptious than on the weekday breakfast. There’s more time to hang out and plan what to eat and give in to cravings. Love weekend brunches.
14. Angela | November 29th, 2009 at 10:16 am | #

Great post! The pancake looks fantasic, thanks for the recipe
15. Darlene | November 29th, 2009 at 10:22 am | #

These look delicious. Thank you for the recipe. This morning my husband made pumpkin pancakes from a mix that we bought at a store called Trader Joes, here in California. They were delicious. I had them two mornings in a row. I do not eat like this during the week, so a real treat. Love the weekends.
16. Angela @ A Spoonful of Sugar | November 29th, 2009 at 10:46 am | #

Perfect pancakes, Lorraine! On weekends we tend to cook omelettes and make pancakes once in a blue moon. I did some lovely banana ones a few months ago.
17. Marelle | November 29th, 2009 at 10:46 am | #

My girls Mia(9) and Ella(7)
have just finished cooking pancakes this morning for our breakfast – after one burnt finger, getting bored cooking them, they sat down and devoured the pancakes and left me to clean up and continue cooking the rest of the batter!
This is my Sunday!!
18. Matilda | November 29th, 2009 at 11:30 am | #

I love pillowy pancakes, any pancakes as a matter of fact, with loads of real maple syrup and fresh cream, not for the faint-hearted!! It’s possibly my most favourite breakfast followed closely by Eggs Benedict. With my eldest daughter and two granddaughters staying with us atm, I’ve forgotten what it feels like to have a slothful Sunday. They rise way too early for me .
19. June | November 29th, 2009 at 11:35 am | #

I am not quite sure what my daughter and I will have for our Sunday brekkie- which isn’t for another 12 hours or so…I do love weekend cooking, though. I thought that I was cooked out after cooking all day (literally) for Thanksgiving on Thursday, but on my 2-hour drive home Friday all I could think about was what sort of bread I could make when I got home- LOL! I settled on making lovely crusty-but-soft-inside buns to be used as the holders for leftover turkey or ham. We found that we were both turkey-and-hammed-out so tonight we had them as hamburger buns! Oh they were so good. I will gladly share the recipe if you like. It is so so easy, goof-proof, and makes the best dinner rolls or, as I did yesterday, shape them into kaiser-ish rolls. I was thinking that perhaps our Sunday morning breakfast tomorrow might be a good time to try out a new English muffin recipe from Peter Reinhart. I have homemade blueberry and strawberry jams, and homemade orange marmalade that never did quite set up, but any of them would be ever so nice. BTW, NQN, I made your Meyer lemon tart/pie for Thanksgiving. It was lovely! I was amazed at the floral scent of the zest- amazing stuff! I made an Italian meringue for mine- I overbeat the whites just a tad so it wasn’t quite as silky smooth as I would have hoped but the taste was yum. Everyone loved the homemade marshmallows- I can’t wait for a really cold day and try them in REAL hot chocolate! Girl, you rock!

Amaz
20. felicia | November 29th, 2009 at 12:28 pm | #

i like the sound of slothful sundays! heh.
just woke up.. and to your blog entry!
gonna make some pancakes now
21. Christie @ Fig&Cherry | November 29th, 2009 at 1:05 pm | #

Yummy Lorraine! I can’t stomach sweet things in the morning… but I’d love these for afternoon tea with lots of whipped cream!
22. Sarah | November 29th, 2009 at 2:57 pm | #

What a great idea! Maybe one day in about 5 years time, I will try these (although not because I don’t want to…). Better yet, I’ll get my husband to make it. He’s the pancake man here (and the bathroom cleaner, but I digress). My favourite pancake recipe so far is a buckwheat blueberry one. I’ll bet this one is better though.
23. Anita | November 29th, 2009 at 3:26 pm | #

Pancakes are so perfect for Sundays – these look great, and I love your description of them too
24. Holly Cossa | November 29th, 2009 at 3:45 pm | #

Every Sunday I make pancakes for the cherub and The Man. It’s become a ritual we all look forward to. I usually make the batter on Saturday night so all I have to do in the morning is sling it in the frypan. Will give this one a go though, looks gorgeous, and the apple makes it ‘healthy’!
25. sophia | November 29th, 2009 at 4:43 pm | #

This will be GREAT for a midnight snack. I just need someone to cook these up for me!
26. Maryanne | November 29th, 2009 at 4:57 pm | #

Thanks for sharing your fun food experiences. I love that it is never pretentious and feels very honest. Those pancakes look delicious, Also I found your blog about the fish markets a real insight. Thanks and keep up the good work!
27. katt | November 29th, 2009 at 6:54 pm | #

I know what I am cooking next Sunday for our breakfast. These look amazing.
28. Ladybird | November 29th, 2009 at 7:58 pm | #

No doubt – breakfasts should definitely be different on the weekend!!! Life’s too short to eat muesli 7 days a week! And I love having breakfast out – you can sleep in, and then go exploring new food haunts and try new dishes

Alternatively you can stay in your PJs and cook in which case pancakes or hotcakes are my weekend breakfast of choice! Especially ricotta hotcakes with strawberries and maple syrup…. mmmm so yummy!
29. pigpigscorner | November 29th, 2009 at 9:15 pm | #

I usually avoid grocery shopping during weekends. ahh..I meant to make some pancakes for like forever..just too lazy.
30. Jeanie | November 29th, 2009 at 10:31 pm | #

Looks like the ones they sell at Myer. YUM!
31. Barbara | November 30th, 2009 at 12:41 am | #

I LOVE Slothful Sundays! We are having one today.
The pancakes look divine- your description made me drool.
32. YW@brunchlunchmunch | November 30th, 2009 at 1:12 am | #

great way to start your Sunday! pancake looks yuuummmmm…
33. Heavenly Housewife | November 30th, 2009 at 1:30 am | #

Sinful is the right word. My goodness, these are just gorgeous.
34. Moya | November 30th, 2009 at 1:45 am | #

I love this recipe! Donutty in flavour with maple syrup and fruit for good health, what’s not to like? I think brunch has to be my favourite meal of the day, long and leisurely over the morning paper (or website as we get with the times, hehe)and someone else cleans up, yes!
35. The Little Teochew | November 30th, 2009 at 2:35 am | #

Slothful Sundays sound super! I love those pancakes! Worth waking up for.

Ju
36. Barbara | November 30th, 2009 at 4:00 am | #

A pancake that tastes like a donut sounds fabulous! My kids would love these! We do eat differently on the weekends. The kids would rather sleep a little longer and have a quick bowl of cereal before school on weekdays.

Glad you’re having fun in Austria! xoxo Mum
37. grace | November 30th, 2009 at 4:46 am | #

i think slothful is a fine adjective to describe my demeanor in general.
i think scrumptious is a fine adjective to describe your lovely sunday pancakes. very appetizing indeed!
38. 5 Star Foodie | November 30th, 2009 at 5:06 am | #

Yum! I love those apple rings in a center of each pancake, excellent!
39. Julie @ Willow Bird | November 30th, 2009 at 8:24 am | #

These look like a gorgeous weekend breakfast! To be honest, I usually eat the same old thing — a couple of turkey sausages (and coke zero!)

Shame on me
40. Cakelaw | November 30th, 2009 at 9:02 am | #

Oooh yes, these really do say “Hello Sunday”.

I am a creature of habit, and living alone, couldn’t be bothered having anything but cereal every day. I have to be feeling especially enthusiastic to make a special weekend breakfast.
41. Miz | November 30th, 2009 at 9:26 am | #

These look delish, will definately try them this Sunday
42. Betty | November 30th, 2009 at 9:34 am | #

mmm pancakes! i had some on the weekend (bought from the shops) slathered with butter, peanut butter, and drenched in maple syrup mmmmmmmmmmmmmm (im usually too lazy to cook breakkie on weekends hehehe)
43. FFichiban | November 30th, 2009 at 10:09 am | #

Haha I think my everyday is a slothful day and mmmmmmmm pancakesss!
44. Faith | November 30th, 2009 at 1:29 pm | #

These are really the perfect Sunday treat! On Sundays Mike and I have brunch (the only meal he makes us all week, lol!)…usually eggs or pancakes or French toast. I’ll have to slip him this recipe for next Sunday!
45. orla | November 30th, 2009 at 11:05 pm | #

Like you, I seem to have a one day weekend. breakfast is a celebration of having lots of time on a sunday and usually follows a walk on the beach.It consists of fresh baked bread, scrambled eggs, bacon jam (thanks for the recipe) the sunday papers, sunday morning tv cookery shows all followed by a large super hot soya latte.
Actually, on second reading it is just as well I don’t have that for breakfast every day. I would need a whole new wardrobe! I will be trying these pancakes this weekend though!
46. Sylvia | December 1st, 2009 at 12:53 pm | #

Yum, another great recipe to try. I love Sunday breakfasts and like to try new things often. I love the Marie Clair breakfast book it’s packed with great recipes. I especially love the twice baked cheese souffles and the ginger and ricotta hotcakes and the rocket, mushroom and bloue cheese omlette. Oh dear I’m making myself hungry. When we were in the USA a number of years ago I had potato pancakes with sour cream at IHOP and have been refining my recipe for these ever since.
I know that this is a long message but I’ll say everything at the same time…..
thanks for your Restaurant critiques Lorraine, we regularly check out your recommendations when we are going out. I took my DH and daughter to Delicado recently after reading your review – I knew DH would love the coffee. They both loved it and my daughter went again last weekend and took friends and is going next weekend with her fiancee.
Re. recipes – have you looked into a way to have a printer friendly copy of the recipes you post – I love to try so many of your recipes that an easy way to print them out would be really helpful.
Re. Christmas – are you going to delight us with some new Christmas recipes this year – 1st December today! Last year I made your turkish delight rocky road and that was a big hit. I have been searching for the perfect Christmas morning muffin – I am thinking spicy with cranberries but can’t find just the right one yet. Maybe an adaption of the apple strusel muffin – what do you think?
47. Tess | December 1st, 2009 at 4:49 pm | #

Fantastic recipe, thankyou Cannot wait to make this!
48. Beau | December 3rd, 2009 at 1:15 pm | #

Yummy! love the combination ! total pnacake addict for that matter. love the colors also,, looks like perfect Autumn dessert! gonna save it
49. Not Quite Nigella | December 4th, 2009 at 5:57 pm | #

Hi Maria-That is true! So much more time to eat! Ahh yes we ate porridge every morning when we were there!

Hi joey-Thankyou so much!

Hi Xiaolu-Thanks so much! Aww thanks!

Hi fat mum slim-Hehe maybe next week? Ooooh yum! I love banana pancakes and I agree! xxx

Hi Su-yin-Wonderful! I’d love to know what you think of them! haha how many cereals do you have?

Hi Lauren-Yes I love a nice hot breakfast. It’s what gets me up in the morning!

Hi ms délicieuse-Haha I hope you had lots of fun!

Hi sandra-yum! That sounds absolutely delicious!

Hi Amy-Oh yumm those breakfasts are fantastic-breakfasts of champions! :O

Hi romaverona-yes isn’t it sad! Yum I love thick fruit toast (with lots of fruit ). Oh fabulous! Spoken like a true foodie!

Hi Rosa-Thankyou so much!

Hi Liss-Hehe how spooky-great minds? Yes you could spend a lot more time there with a family of 5! Fantastic

Hi Melissa-Absolutely! No better way to celebrate having a day off!

Hi Angela-Thanks so much!

Hi Darlene-You’re more than welcom! Pumpkin pancakes sound amazing! :O hehe yes sadly I can’t eat like the weekends on weekdays

Hi Angela-Thankyou! Oooh omelettes, gotta love them!

Hi Marelle-Aww how cute! You’ve got some mini iron chefs there!

Hi Matilda-Thanks, me too! hehe we have the same tastes in breakfasts! Aww no!

Hi June-Oh that sounds amazingly good! Wow you have some great ideas! I can’t wait to see what you make! Oh wonderful I’m so glad! That makes me really pleased!

Hi felicia-Hehe I do too! Wonderful and enjoy!

Hi Christie-Sure why not!

Hi Sarah-Thankyou so much! Haha sure! it’s very good

Hi Anita-They are aren’t they! Thankyou so much

Hi Holly-Oh very clever! You are a total pro!

Hi sophia-hehe too true! It’s good any time of the day

Hi Maryanne-You’re more than welcome! That’s so wonderful thankyou!

Hi katt-Fabulous! I’d love to know what you think of them!

Hi Ladybird-Absolutely! Ahhh a girl after my own heart! Yum! you’re making me hungry and I’m on a plane and it’s nighttime

Hi pigpigscorner-yes I’d love to! hehe I do get lazy some Sundays too

Hi Jeanie-Oh cool!

Hi Barbara-OH fabulous! Hope you had a great time! Thankyou

HI YW-Thanks, they were fantastic!

Hi Heavenly Housewife-thankyou so much!

Hi Moya-I know! Isn’t that the best? I would love someone else to clean up!

Hi The Little Teochew-Thankyou so much!

Hi Barbara-Oh cool! I hope you like them mum! I am it’s fabulous I have to say! xxx

Hi grace-Slothful is my theme of life Thankyou so much!

Hi 5 Star Foodie-Thanks so much!

Hi Julie-Hehe you’re so funny!

Hi Cakelaw-Thankyou! Fair enough, it is a bit of effort and best shared with someone else

Hi Miz-fantastic! I’d love to know what you think of them

Hi Betty-hehe that’s cool! Peanut butter and maple syrup? That sounds amazing!

Hi FFichiban-Haha for you huh?

Hi Faith-Thankyou! Can he talk to Mr NQN who doesn’t cook at all? Cool! I hope you like them!

Hi orla-Wow you really have sunday sussed out perfectly don’t you! Haha indeed!

Hi Sylvia-Thankyou! Oh there’s a whole cookbook for breakfasts? Oh fabulous, I love potato pancakes and good to hear that you’ve been working on your recipe for it

Oh you’re welcome thanks for being so sweet! that’s absolutely wonderful! Actually there is a printer friendly button on all of the recipes, I’ve had lots of people ask me for one And re Christmas absolutely I will! I’m already thinking of cool Christmas items! Ahh interesting idea! I like it!

Hi Tess-You’re welcome, I hope you like i!

Hi beau-Thankyou so much!
50. JEN | December 4th, 2009 at 10:23 pm | #

Hi

After seeing these on sunday, i knew i had to make them. Its 11 pm pm on a friday night and here i am making these. They are perfect…i love how they do have this fluffly doughnut texture! thanks for a great recipe!
51. leekfixer | December 5th, 2009 at 2:13 pm | #

I really like pancakes for dinner. These sound especially good for dinner. Will have some bacon on the side. Or maybe on top.
52. Sylvia | December 5th, 2009 at 10:23 pm | #

Thanks for the tip, I’ve never seen the ‘print page’ before!! I must just rush straight past it to read the comments.
53. Bless My Kitchen | May 13th, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

This looks so delicious, I have to try it today. Thanks for sharing.