Tuesday, October 28, 2008

German Pancakes

All the recipes I post on here are either our family's tried-and-true favorites, or they are recipes from my Taste of Home magazines that I've actually tried at least once. I'll never put any recipe on here that hasn't been tested and approved by us first!

This recipe is our Christmas morning tradition.

GERMAN PANCAKES WITH BUTTERMILK SYRUP

Pancake:
6 eggs
1 c. milk
1 c. flour
1/2 t. salt
2 T. butter, melted

Place the butter in a 13 x 9 glass dish and put in the oven at 400 degrees until melted. In the meantime, place eggs, milk, flour, and salt in a blender; cover and process until smooth. Pour batter into the baking dish and bake uncovered for 20 minutes. Dust with powdered sugar and serve immediately.

Syrup:
1.5 c. sugar
3/4 c. buttermilk (if you don't have buttermilk, pour approx. 1 T. white vinegar in a measuring
cup and fill the rest--up to the 3/4 c. line--with milk)
1/2 c. butter
2 T. corn syrup
1 t. baking soda
2 t. vanilla

In a saucepan, combine the first five ingredients; bring to a boil (be careful not to let boil over, as the baking soda makes the mixture really foamy). Continue a soft boil for two minutes. Remove from the heat and add vanilla.

This is super rich syrup, but you've got to try it at least once. It's the best! You can refrigerate it and use later, but it does tend to separate. After reheating, just blend well with a fork.

3 comments:

Lori said...

We use a similar recipe but with a different topping. The pancake difference, is mine calls for 4 eggs (instead of 6) and 2 1/2 Tbsp. sugar...along with all of your other ingredients.

I cook it in a 9 inch round pan. Then when it's done, we put fruit on top of it. Usually fresh strawberries mixed with 1-2 cups of frozed "mixed" berries. (I usually shake sugar all over the berries first to make them more sweet before using them.)
Then top it off with powdered sugar sprinkled on top.

Everyone likes it. Yummy!

Kim said...

We're going to try that! So everything is the same in the pancake recipe except for 4 eggs and 2.5 T. sugar?

Your version sounds MUCH healthier and lighter!

Lori said...

Yep, everything else was the same.