Recipe: Dutch Pancake [edit]

Other Names: Dutch Baby, German Pancake

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Edited by: Helen Pitlick, Desiree Lowe, Alisa Escanlar, Sheri, Darren Vengroff

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A Dutch baby pancake, sometimes called a German pancake, is a sweet breakfast dish similar to Yorkshire pudding and derived from the German . It is made with eggs, flour and milk, and usually seasoned with vanilla and cinnamon, although occasionally sugar is also added. It is baked in a metal pan and falls soon after being removed from the oven. It is generally served with fresh squeezed lemon, butter, and powdered sugar or fruit toppings or syrup. It is thought by some that the "Dutch" moniker refers to the group of German-American immigrants known as the Pennsylvania Dutch, where "Dutch" is a corruption of the German "deutsch". The Dutch baby is a specialty of some diners and chains that specialize in breakfast dishes, such as the Oregon-founded The Original Pancake House or the New England-based chain Bickford's, which makes both a plain Dutch baby and a similar pancake known as the Baby Apple, which contains apple slices embedded in the pancake.

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[edit] Ingredients

⅓	cup butter
3	eggs or egg substitute equivalent
⅔	cup milk
⅔	cup flour
	Pinch of salt

[edit] Preparation

Step 1	Put the butter in 10-inch skillet. Put the skillet in a 425 degree oven to melt and get the skillet very hot. Put the eggs in a blender or food processor. Blend 1 minute or until they are very light and fluffy. Add milk and blend for 30 seconds.
Step 2	With the motor running, pour in the flour a little at a time, letting it blend until the batter is very smooth. Add the pinch of salt and stop the blender.
Step 3	When the pan and butter are very hot, remove from oven and pour in the batter. Immediately return the pan to the oven and bake 20 minutes. It should puff up, then collapse in the center while it browns appetizingly.

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[edit] About Dutch Pancake

These pancakes are baked instead of fried like American-style pancakes. Serve hot wit a sprinkling of powdered sugar and a squeeze of lemon juice or with strawberries or berries on top.