Recipe: Perfect German pancakes

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German pancakes. Piping hot and puffy from the oven, this golden pancake made a pretty presentation for a skier's theme breakfast I hosted. Served with homemade buttermilk syrup, it's an eye-opening treat. Make several German pancakes if you're feeding a crowd, and keep in mind that my easy syrup tastes great on waffles and French toast, too. —Renae Moncur, Burley, Idaho German Pancakes II.

German pancakes

In a small saucepan, combine the sugar, vanilla bean and seeds, citrus zests, and water. Bring to a boil and then reduce the heat to low. German pancakes, often called Dutch Baby pancakes are baked pancakes made from eggs, milk, flour and vanilla. You can cook German pancakes using 7 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of German pancakes

  1. Prepare 1/2 cup of flour.
  2. It's 1/2 cup of milk.
  3. You need 3 of eggs.
  4. You need 2 tbsp of melted butter.
  5. Prepare 2 tsp of sugar.
  6. It's pinch of salt.
  7. It's of fresh or jellied berries.

The pancakes are baked in a metal or cast iron pan, puff up in the oven and then fall as they cool. Lightly beat eggs with a wire whisk. On Sunday mornings, making German Oven Pancakes is our family tradition that the kids love to help with. They'll get busy sifting the flour and whisking the eggs while I cut the fresh fruit.

German pancakes instructions

  1. In a mixing bowl wisk eggs, milk, sugar, melted butter and salt..
  2. Slowly stir in flour until mixef well.
  3. Place oven safe fry pan in oven at 425°F and let it heat up..
  4. Take pan out of oven spray with butter flavored pam add mixture while pan is hot and place back on oven to cook about 12-18 minutes..
  5. When done there should be a crispy raised wall all the way around and firm in the middle..
  6. Plate and add toppings of your choice..

It's always fun to cook together as a family every weekend!" -Crack eggs in a separate bowl to make sure egg is okay, and you do not get any shell into. I love German pancakes and have looked for a recipe for them for ages. This is so easy that it is hard to believe how good they are. Remember though, the first pancake to be cooked has to be thrown away. (Really, it does!) When the pancake is cooked and put on the place, spread a little butter over it and then fold it over itself twice. German Pancakes or Dutch Baby Pancakes are made with eggs, milk, flour, and butter.