Sharon's Dutch Babies Puffed Pancakes

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So, Dutch Babies are like the ultimate breakfast/brunch comfort food. Trust me, there’s nobody what don’t like ‘em. I learned to make them 100 years ago, from my one-of-a-kind friend, Sally Post, who did everything, and I mean everything, with style. “When you have to make breakfast for a crowd,” she said, “make these.” So I did. For 7-year-olds and their birthday sleepover buddies. For teenagers who ended up sleeping at our house for a night, or a few years. For grownups of a certain age, who knew good food when they tasted it. Any crowd, any time. Everybody loves Dutch Babies. You can double or triple or quadruple the recipe as needed. But promise me, please, that you will serve them with peaches. Here’s how. Take a big can of peaches, juice and all. Stir in three tablespoons of cornstarch until it’s smooth in a microwave safe dish. Add half a stick of butter, cut up in several pieces. Microwave for two minutes or so until the whole thing bubbles. Then take it out and stir it up and spoon it over the Dutch Babies. Welcome to Heaven. You can thank me later.
— Nana Sharon
 
 

Ingredients

5 eggs 

1 cup milk

1 cup flour

1 stick (1/2 cup) butter

 

Directions

Preheat oven to 425.

Melt the butter in a large cast iron skillet or a 9x13 pan in the oven.

Mix eggs, milk and flour in a blender until smooth.

Pour batter over melted butter into pan.

Bake until puffed and golden, about 20 minutes.

Serve immediately (it will fall flat, but still tastes great.)

Top with fruit, fresh or canned, or just a squeeze of lemon, and dust with powered sugar.

Serves 4.

 

 
 

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