Cherry Oven Pancake

This has been a good year for cherries.  I bought too many because they were cheap and looked good, and I'm still resisting the urge to make jams until I finish last year's.  So, pancakes.

I could have made a clafoutis, but this has fewer steps.  It's just the Oven Apple Pancake with cherries instead, and scaled down to two servings.  I had it for breakfast, but it would be great with a scoop of vanilla ice cream for dessert.  In that case, you would serve four.

*1 C pitted cherries
1 Tb butter
1 Tb brown sugar
2 eggs
1/4 tsp vanilla
1/3 C milk
dash salt
dash nutmeg
2 tsp sugar
1/3 C flour

1.  Melt the butter in a 6" oven-proof skillet and start preheating the oven to 400º.  Cook the cherries in the butter over medium heat until they soften, about 5 minutes.  Stir in brown sugar and reduce heat to a simmer while you make the pancake batter

2.  Beat together eggs, vanilla, and milk until combined.  In a separate bowl, stir together flour, salt, nutmeg, and granulated sugar.  Pour the wet mixture into the dry and stir until no large lumps remain. Let it sit five minutes, then get out the rest of the lumps.

3.  Pour the batter over the cherries and put the pan in the oven.  Bake for 20 minutes, until the edges are crispy and the center is set.  Serve hot, dusted with powdered sugar or a scoop of ice cream.

Serves 2 as breakfast, 4 as dessert

Difficulty rating  :)