3/4 cup butter (1 1/2 sticks)

  • melt in an 8x8” baking dish

1 1/2 cups (192g) flour
1 cup (200g) sugar
2 tsp. kosher salt
3/4 tsp. baking powder
1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon

  • whisk dry ingredients together in a mixing bowl

1 1/2 cup (360ml) milk
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract

  • add to dry ingredients and mix to make a batter
  • pour in butter from baking dish and mix well
  • pour batter back into pan

3-4 large apples

  • peel, slice thinly, and arrange atop the batter
  • bake at 375°F for 75 minutes, until batter is set

source: https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1025976-easy-apple-buckle

10/18/2026: i doubled the original recipe and it was too much for an 8x8” pan. it was good, and reminiscent of dutch apple pannenkoeken. so next time i will 1.5x the original batter, with 2x the apples.