Sunday, August 15, 2010

Baked German Pancake

3 eggs
1/2 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup milk
2 tablespoons butter, melted
2 tablespoons butter, softened

4 Servings

Using a wire whisk or fork, beat eggs until blended. Sift flour, measure, and sift again with salt. Add flour mixture to beaten eggs in 4 additions, beating after each addition just until mixture is smooth. Add milk in 2 additions, beating slightly after each. Lightly beat in butter. Using 2 tablespoons butter, butter bottom and sides of a 9 or 10 inch heavy skillet. Pour batter into skillet and bake at 450 degrees for 20 minutes. Slip onto a heated platter and serve immediately. It is traditionally served with melted butter, and a squeeze of lemon and a dusting of powdered sugar, or serve with the following fillings.

Almond filling:
1/4 - 1/2 cup sliced almonds
2 tablespoons butter, melted
1/4 cup sugar

When pancake has baked 15 minutes, quickly sprinkle center with almonds, drizzle with melted butter and sprinkle generously with sugar. Return to oven and bake remaining 5 minutes.

Swiss Honey Butter:
1/2 cup soft butter
1/2 cup honey
1/2 cup whipping cream
1 teaspoon vanilla

Cream butter with honey. Slowly add whipping cream, beating constantly until mixture is fluffy. Add vanilla. Spoon over hot pancakes.


Pan-Glazed Cinnamon Apple Slices:
2 tablespoons butter
2 apples, peeled and sliced
2 tablespoons sugar
1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

Filling for 1 pancake
Melt butter in small frying pan. Add apples. Sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon. Slowly cook over low heat, stirring occasionally until slices are glazed and tender. Spoon into center of baked pancake.

From: Colorado Cache