Apple Cider Pancakes

Ingredients

• 2 cups fresh apple cider
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 3/4 teaspoon fine salt
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 2 large eggs
• 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted, plus more for the griddle
• 1 tart apple, peeled and grated

Before you cook

• Boil the cider in a wide saucepan over medium-high heat until it reduces to 1/2 cup, about 15 minutes, then cool it completely.
• Whisk the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt together in a large bowl.
• Beat the cooled cider reduction, buttermilk, eggs and melted butter together in a second bowl.
• Squeeze the grated apple in a towel to wring out its juice.
• Stir the wet ingredients and the grated apple into the dry ingredients until just combined.

Steps

1. Heat a griddle over medium heat and butter it.
2. Ladle 1/3 cup of batter per pancake onto the griddle.
3. Cook until the underside is a rich mahogany from the cider sugars, about two minutes.
4. Flip the pancakes and lower the heat slightly to keep them from scorching.
5. Cook for another two minutes, until cooked through in the center.
6. Serve the pancakes hot with butter and a dusting of cinnamon sugar.