German Pancakes

I've seen recipes for German Pancakes in a couple of different places (sometimes called Dutch Babies). After a failed bread machine cinnamon roll experiment, I needed a quick easy weekend breakfast with ingredients I had on hand. German pancakes have kind of a crepe taste and a souffle texture... definitely different. These were really quick to put together. Next time I'd spruce them up with some sauteed fruit.

German Pancakes


4 eggs
1 tbsp sugar
1/2 tsp salt
2/3 C flour
2/3 C milk
2 tbsp soft butter


Heat oven to 350. Grease two 9 inch cake pans (or any equivalent size, I used one cake pan and one 8 inch square pan, I'm sure a pie plate would work too...). Put eggs in a blender and select the "stir" option until the eggs are light in color. If you don't have a blender a hand mixer, or just a whisk will work fine.

Switch the mixer to "mix", remove the cover, and add the remaining ingredients. Pour into the two prepared pans. Bake for about 20 minutes, or until they puff and begin to fold, but before they get too brown (mine probably baked a little long). 


I've read many serve with lemon, I served with maple syrup, powdered sugar could work, I'd love to try sauteed cinnamon apples, or even savory toppings!

Breakfast in Pennsylvania

I ran home for a quick trip to visit Ryder and Matty yesterday:

It was so nice to see these little men!

This morning, I stopped in to visit Uncle Rich and my cousin Zach who were in town visiting my dad and checking out Musikfest. We made a big breakfast before I hit the road back home.

I couldn't find my favorite pancake recipe, but this one is pretty good too.

1 1/2 C flour

3 1/2 tsp baking powder

1 tsp salt

1 tbsp sugar

1 1/4 C milk

1 egg

3 tbsp melted butter

(I added a dash of cinnamon and vanilla today for a kick)

Stir together dry ingredients, make a hole in the center and add in wet ingredients. Stir until smooth. Let sit for 10 minutes. Ladle onto skillet heated to 350°, when bubbles start to rise, flip, cook until golden brown.

Also on the plate: blueberry syrup (throw some fresh blueberries and maple syrup in a pot on medium-low heat while you're doing everything else). bacon (because what's breakfast without bacon?). and strawberries and blueberries (just because).

Also, Marley says hi :-)