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Preheat an oven to 400F Grease a 9-inch glass pie dish with butter.
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Prepare the apple.
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Peel the apple, then cut it into quarters and core.
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Using a small knife, cut the apple quarters into small chunks.
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Make the apple filling.
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In a small bowl, using a fork, stir together 2 tablespoons of the sugar and 1/4 teaspoon of the cinnamon.
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Add the apple chunks and toss with the fork until the pieces are evenly coated with the cinnamon-sugar.
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Pour the apple chunks into the prepared dish, spreading them out evenly with the fork.
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Set aside.
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Make the batter
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In a blender, combine the remaining 2 tablespoons sugar, the remaining 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon, the eggs, milk, flour and vanilla.
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Put the blender lid on securely and, holding the lid down tightly, blend on medium speed until all the ingredients are well mixed and frothy, about 1 minute.
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Bake the apples.
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Put the dish in the oven and bake the apple chunks for 5 minutes.
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Using an oven mitt, carefully pull out the oven rack until the dish is visible.
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Do not remove the dish.
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Pour the batter evenly over the apples.
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Slide the rack back into the oven and close the oven door.
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Bake the pancake.
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Bake the pancake until puffed and brown, about 25 minutes.
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Using oven mitts, carefully remove the dish from the oven and set it on a wire cooling rack.
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Dust the pancake with confectioners sugar using a fine-mesh sieve.
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Cut into wedges and serve immediately.