Apple Rum Crepes

These little darlings are a hit in my house. Now I didn't grow up eating crepes but I stumbled across a couple recipes over time and have played with the ingredients to come up with my own perfect mix that helps these to be tasty but also not so fattening.

Now you can use pretty much use any fruit topping or filling that you choose but I personally prefer the apple rum topping. So play around with this recipe and see what works for you. Enjoy!

Crepe Ingredients:
1 cup all purpose flour
1 cup of fat free skim milk
2 eggs
1 tbsp of lemon juice
1 tsp of Sugar
1 tsp of Rum or Vanilla Extract
Dash of salt
2 tbsp of butter, sliced into 8 thin shavings

Apple Topping Ingredients:
2 medium sized apples, peeled, and sliced thin
1 tbsp of butter
3 tbsp of brown sugar
1 tsp of Rum Extract
1/4 cup of apple juice

Directions:
To prepare the crepes, combine all of the crepe ingredients except the butter, into a blender, and blend until smooth. Set this aside for now until the Apple topping is finished.

To prepare the apple topping, first you will want to add the tbsp of butter into a large skillet over medium heat, and let it melt. Next add the sliced apples, toss them around in the butter and spread them out in a single layer and let them cook for about a minute on each side until they are little soft. Once they become a little soft add the brown sugar and Rum extract and toss them around again until all the apples are equally coated with the brown sugar. Finally add the apple juice and let the apples simmer on low heat for about 5-10 minutes until completely soft and most of the liquid has evaporated or become thickened. Remove from heat and set aside.

To finish up the crepes, heat an 8-inch nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Place one the thin slices of butter into the pan and coat the bottom of the pan with it. Pour about 1/4 cup of the batter into the pan and quickly tilt pan in all directions in order to spread out the crepe mixture into a bigger circle. (you will want to do this quickly as the batter will cook rather fast and you want the crepe to be thin almost like a film, not thick) Cook about a minute on that side or until the bottom is slightly browned, and then use a spatula to carefully flip the crepe to the other side, and cook for about 30secs or until that side is slightly browned as well. Carefully remove the crepe and fold over half ways onto a plate and repeat this procedure for the next 7 crepes, for a total of 8.

Now to assemble, give each person 2 crepes and top with some of the apple topping, sprinkle with some powder sugar or top with some whip cream, whatever you prefer and enjoy! Makes 4 servings