It’s the weekend y’all!
And with the weekend comes waking up late, wearing pajamas for half of the day, and BRUNCH!! I have yet to meet someone who can’t appreciate a good weekend breakfast/brunch, but I can tell you now. Making crepes in the early morning is one of the most satisfying things to do. Firstly, it is so easy to make, and secondly, it looks so freaking fancy that people will think you spent the entire morning making these things!
But seriously guys, weekends without crepes or pancakes is like chocolate without peanut butter. It’s fine sometimes, but they are the perfect match! Why deprive yourself of that??
As an added bonus, when you are cooking the apples on the stove, the smell is just heavenly. Apples with all the fall spices: cinnamon, nutmeg and brown sugar mixed in with the smell of crepes cooking on a separate skillet! Just thinking about cooking it again is making me hungry.
The great thing about this crepe recipe is you can use it for just about anything. You can use them for sweet crepes like I did for this apple cinnamon crepe recipe, or you can use them for savory crepes, like this recipe for spinach and feta crepes. Because crepes for dinner is almost as good as crepes in the morning.
And if you don’t finish all of the crepes (which is customary in my two person household), you can cover them and keep them in the fridge for up to 5 days. That is more than enough time to have crepes for breakfast, lunch or dinner! Customize them to your preference. The choice is all yours!
Apple Cinnamon Crepes
Ingredients
Crepes
- 1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour (or all-purpose flour)
- 3 large eggs
- 1 1/2 cups milk of choice
- 2 Tbsp vegetable oil
- 1/2 tsp salt
Filling
- 2 large apples, peeled, cored and diced
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
- 2 Tbsp brown sugar
- 2 tsp water
Instructions
- In a large bowl, mix together all of the crepe ingredients until fully combined.
- Heat a tablespoon of oil on a large skillet. When the oil is hot, scoop 1/3 cup of batter onto the pan, and roll the pan around until the batter has coated the pan. Flip the crepe after 2 minutes and cook until the other side is light brown. Remove and repeat for the other crepes.
- For the filling: On a medium skillet, heat the the butter until melted. Cook the apples for 1 minute, then add in the cinnamon, nutmeg, sugar and water and mix until fully combined. Cook for an additional 3-4 minutes, or until the apples are cooked and fragrant.
- Place around 2 Tablespoons of filling in each crepe, and roll up. Enjoy warm, or place the crepes (without filling) in the fridge for later. They keep for up to 5 days covered in the fridge.
These crepes look lovely. I love apples + cinnamon together, too.
I've always been a little nervous about making crepes. It seems a little intimidating, but these look so lovely! It really makes me want to give it a shot. They look so delicate. And that filling—wowza! Sounds delish!
It's been way too long since we've made crepes around here! These look amazing…I'm loving the apple cinnamon filling. I might just have to make a double-batch of the apples so that there's enough leftover for the crepes. haha!
I have always wanted to make crepes – these look fab!
Mmmm lovely! I made cinnamon apples on the stove the other day for waffles too actually 😀 Deeeelicious!
Andas for the weekend… It was a ridiculously chilled out one. Sometimes bad weather aint so terrible 🙂 x
I absolutely love crepes and this apple cinnamon filling will be on my to-try list! They look so delicious!
I'm a huge fan of apple sweets—so crepes filled with cinnamon spiced apples sound sublime!!!
I had some apples that I wanted to get rid of lately, and I just sauteed and ate them, but I sure wish I had done this!
I adore crepes, I could eat them every day. Yours sound lovely, I love the apple filling.
These crepes are so evenly thin and beautiful. The apple filling sounds really tempting.
Crepes really do look fancy, don't they? And they're so good! Terrific recipe — thanks.
Cepes were always my kids favorite. They make everyone feel so special!
Yum! Who can resist crepes? And I love the filling – apples and cinnamon is without a doubt a perfect combination.
Apple and cinnamon is just so good together, isn't it. These sound so good.
– Hungry Healthy Happy
Hi Cathleen, love crepes and the apple filling looks irresistable. Cinnamon and apples are a match made in heaven.
Cathleen, your crepes look just perfect! And I agree, sweet or savory, breakfast lunch and dinner. Beautiful!
well done with the crepes! they look thin and apple cinnamon sounds superb in it!
Your crepes look so beautiful, Cathleen, and the filling so delicious!