How to Make Yummy Afrikaans Cinnamon Sugar Pancakes

Afrikaans Cinnamon Sugar Pancakes. Afrikaans Cinnamon Sugar Pancakes This is a very old family recipe. Because of direct translation it is more of a crepe than a pancake but nevertheless. Great to bake on rainy days.

Ingredients of Afrikaans Cinnamon Sugar Pancakes

1. It's of Dough.
2. Prepare 4 of eggs.
3. Prepare 1 dash of salt.
4. Prepare 2 cup of self raising flour.
5. It's 1 cup of canola oil.
6. Prepare 3 cup of water.
7. You need of topping.
8. You need 2 cup of sugar.
9. Prepare 1/3 cup of ground cinnamon.
10. You need of Baking.
11. You need 1/4 cup of canola oil.
12. Prepare 1/2 cup of unsalted butter.
13. It's 1 of big pot.
14. Prepare 1 of crepes pan.
15. It's 1 cup of water.
16. Prepare 1 of plate.
17. You need 2 of mixing bowls.

Sprinkle cinnamon over the center of a pannekoek, then roll into a narrow roll. Place on a serving dish, lining up the pancakes as you go. Sprinkle more cinnamon sugar over the rolled pannekoek. If you like the flavours of South Africa, try these: Vetkoek.

Afrikaans Cinnamon Sugar Pancakes instructions

1. Mix water, oil and eggs in a bowl.
2. Add flour and salt to egg mixture and use elecrtic wisk to mix everything together..
3. Batter should be nice and runny. (No lumps) if the batter is too thick add extra water..
4. Mix all the sugar with all the cinnamon in the second bowl (topping).
5. Put 1 cup of water in pot and place on stovetop on lowest heat setting - put a plate on top of pot.
6. Preheat crepes pan on stovetop at highest heat setting - pan needs to be oiled with canola oil (if the pan is not hot enough, the pancakes will be very oily).
7. put about half a cup of pancake batter in crepes pan and spread over the whole pan (the thinner the batter, the better).
8. You will know when to flip the pancake when little holes start appearing in the batter, the edges of the pancake start lifting from the pan and little water droplets start forming on the surface of the batter - flip pancake and count to 10.
9. Remove pancake from pan and place in plate (the one on the pot).
10. Put a tablespoon of butter in the middle of the finished pancake (only on every second pancake) and sprinkle a layer of cinnamon sugar over the whole pancake (all the pancakes).
11. Stack all the finished pancakes on top of each other.
12. Take a fork and gently roll up each pancake, placing them in serving plates. And voilá!.
13. Can also serve with whipped cream or ice cream with a dash of lemon juice.

Tamatie Bredie Isn't Afrikaans just such a fun language? Pannekoek (afrikaans for pancakes) is a bit different from the US pancake versions. South African Pannekoek is a thinner batter, poured and spread out in a hot pan and cooked on both sides into a thin crepe. Land O Lakes® Cinnamon Sugar Butter Spread. Flip over and cook for a further minute.