German Pancakes

Today I made German Pancakes. The story goes, that my mother had made my father an enormous meal, then not too long afterwards he told my mother he was starving. She told him that wasn't even possible, however he sucked in his stomach and managed to look like skin and bones. My mom promptly jumped up and made my dad these German Pancakes. That is apparently when my father knew he was going to marry my mom.
This recipe seems much more intricate than it is. While it looks pretty fancy, there honestly isn't much to it! It won't take you more than half an hour tops to make. As my friend Mary said when she commented on the sneak peek photo of the pancake I posted on Facebook, this would indeed make a great brunch additive. I made two of these today, one for my husband and one for me. However I was unable to finish mine. This might be a good item to share.

You will need:

½ c flour

½ c milk

2 eggs

Nutmeg

Butter

Lemon (or lemon juice)

Powdered Sugar
-Also make sure you have a bowl, whisk, and cast iron frying pan handy

It's a good idea to preheat your oven to 480 degrees Fahrenheit before you make your batter, as it can take quite a while to get that hot.

As you know you should always crack your eggs individually, so if there is a bad egg in the batch you don't spoil all your other ingredients.

Take your 2 eggs...

...and beat them until they're frothy.

Add half a cup of milk.

Beat it again.

Sprinkle in some nutmeg.

Measure out your half cup of flour.

Add it to your egg and milk mixture.

And that's it! Your batter is ready.

Make sure you have 3 table spoons of butter ready.

Heat your cast iron frying pan on the stove on medium temperature and add your butter.

Once your butter has melted...

...add your batter to the frying pan.

Put the whole thing in the oven and bake it for around 12 minutes.

Don't they look beautiful?

Sprinkle liberally with lemon juice, either fresh or bottled. My mother would be aghast at my use of bottled juice in favor of fresh lemons, but sometimes you just have to be practical.

Now throw a bunch of powdered sugar on it.

And boom! You're done! It really is pretty simple! I hope you enjoy it! I would love to hear back from anyone how you liked the recipe, was it easy to follow, and/or do you have a similar recipe?


As always I'm giving you the quickie summary right here:

Ingredients needed:

½ c Flour

½ c Milk

2 Eggs

Nutmeg

Butter

Lemon
Powdered Sugar

Preparation:

Mix flour, milk, nutmeg and eggs together, and whisk until frothy

Preheat oven to 480

Heat cast iron skillet and melt 3 T butter in the pan.

Pour batter into the pan and bake in oven, on the lowest rung/rack for 12 minutes +-.

Remove from oven, transfer to plate, sprinkle with powdered sugar and the juice of half a lemon.