Sunday, August 17, 2014

Baked Pancakes (German or Dutch Babies)

Ingredients:
3 eggs, room temperature
½ cup milk
½ cup all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons butter, melted
2 tablespoons lemon juice
Confectioners’ sugar

Method:
  1. Preheat oven to 450ºF.
  2. Butter a 12-inch skillet or four small skillets (with ovenproof handles) or pans (you can use small pie pans or cake pans).
  3. Break the eggs into a mixing bowl and beat until thoroughly mixed.
  4. Add the milk into the bowl and mix well.
  5. Sift the flour and salt onto a square of wax paper.
  6. Lift the wax paper up by two corners and let the flour slowly drift into the egg and milk, whisking steadily. (Or slowly sift the flour and salt directly into the egg mixture, while whisking to blend and smooth.)
  7. Add the melted butter and mix briskly so the batter is smooth.
  8. Pour the batter into the pan or pans and bake for 15 minutes for small pancakes but if you are baking just one big pancake, reduce the heat to 350ºF and bake for another 10 minutes. 
  9. Sprinkle lemon juice over the pancake (or pancakes) and dust the top(s) with confectioners’ sugar.
  10. Serve at once while hot and high and mighty.

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