AMISH APPLE PANCAKES

2 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored,and sliced

1 c. flour

1 c. milk

6 eggs

1 tsp. vanilla

1/4 tsp. salt

1/4 tsp. nutmeg

2 tbsp. butter

In mixer or blender, beat flour, milk, eggs, vanilla, salt, and nutmeg; set aside. Heat oven to 475 degrees. In cast iron skillet for 5 minutes, add 2 tablespoons butter; melt. Add sliced apples and fry 2 to 3 minutes. Pour mixture over apples. Bake at 475 degrees for 15 minutes. Reduce heat to 425 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes. Sprinkle with powdered sugar. Cut in wedges. Serve with syrup or jam and bacon.

Strength is the capacity to break a chocolate bar into four pieces with your bare hands - and then eat just one of the pieces.

~Judith Viorst

The banana was officially introduced in 1876 in the U.S. at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition. The bananas were wrapped in tinfoil and were sold for 10 cents each.