Facebook | Pinterest | Instagram But our kids? They want oatmeal. They want scrambled eggs. They are carb-haters, I guess?? Or maybe aliens. We’ve tried everything. Sugary cereal, bland old-people cereal, taking them to the doctor, nothing works. But we still keep trying. The other day Eric came home with a box of Pokemon cereal, which is basically Cap’n Crunch with Pokemon themed puffs and a really cool box to read while you’re eating it. (Truman is very into Pokemon.) We thought, surely if they’re so entranced doing the maze and reading the knock knock jokes on the back of the box, they will eat at least SOME of it?? Welp. I guess there’s just no hope for them. I’ll shake my fist at the cereal gods one last time for not blessing me with children who will eat the fastest, easiest-to-prepare (albeit nutritionally worthless) breakfast there is. Enter these German Pancakes! Have you tried them? This is one of those recipes with a hundred names. German Pancakes. Puffy Pancakes. Dutch Babies. Hootenanny. Hootin’ Annie. Dutch Puff. Bismarck. What do you call them? Is this a regional thing? My mom never made these growing up but we are obsessed with them now. They are so so easy to make, and a quick way to feed the whole family without flipping pancakes for an eternity. This recipe is like a fun science experiment. Turn on the oven light and let your kids watch them puff up in the oven. Free entertainment right there! There are only 7 ingredients in this recipe. So easy. First you start off by melting some butter in a casserole dish. I like to do this right in the oven as it preheats. Now add some flour, salt, and sugar to a large bowl. Whisk it together, then add in some milk, vanilla, and eggs. Beat it for a while. I like to use an electric beater for this step. In fact, I like to add the eggs one at a time and beat for at least 30 seconds before adding the next egg. This is how you get ultra fluffy German pancakes! It’s kind of annoying cracking an egg, washing your hands, beating for a while, and then repeating the process, so I decided to just crack all the eggs into one bowl and add them one at a time. You can also make this recipe in the blender! Dump all the ingredients in except the eggs and blend to combine. Then, add the eggs one at a time and blend for a while before adding in the next one. This makes for the fluffiest pancakes! Then pour the batter into the hot hot butter from the oven. Swirl it around a bit so the batter gets lots of contact with the butter! And that’s it! So so easy! My favorite waffle recipe includes a separate-the-egg-whites-step. Beating the egg whites is the only way to get magically fluffy waffles that are still crisp on the edges. Can you see where this is going? I just had to find out what happens to German pancakes if I separated the egg whites and beat them. Can you see how puffy the center is? Normal German pancakes are flat in the center and puffy on the edges of the pan. This version is puffy all the way through. The finished pan looks more like a cake than a traditional German pancakes. All the ingredients are exactly the same; I just beat the egg whites before adding them in. Isn’t it crazy what a difference it makes? Even if you forget to do it on Christmas Eve, these are so easy to whip up it would still be a cinch to do on Christmas morning! Or heck, any random Tuesday. Who can say no to Dutch Babies??
Spread Nutella on individual slices Try sliced bananas, peanut butter, and crisp bacon Make some Coconut Syrup and add fresh pineapple Top with ice cream and sundae toppings for dessert!
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