Puffed Oven Baked Pancakes With Fruit Food

FRUIT-FILLED PUFF PANCAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°. In a large bowl, whisk eggs, milk, flour, salt and 1 tablespoon sugar until smooth. Place butter in a 9-in. pie plate. Place in oven 2-3 minutes or until melted., Tilt pie plate to coat evenly with butter. Pour batter into hot plate. Bake 10-12 minutes or until sides are puffed and golden brown., Meanwhile, in a bowl, combine blueberries and banana. Remove pancake from oven. Top with fruit. Mix cinnamon and remaining sugar; sprinkle over top. Cut into wedges; serve immediately.

PUFFED OVEN PANCAKE WITH SUMMER FRUIT

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
• In a bowl, beat together the flour, granulated sugar, milk, and eggs until thoroughly blended. Set aside.
• In a 10 to 12-inch (25 to 30-cm) heatproof frying pan over medium-high heat, melt the butter. Add the peaches or nectarines and cook, stirring often, until the fruit is hot and slightly softened, 3 to 5 minutes, depending on ripeness. Remove from the heat and scatter with the berries.
• Pour the egg mixture over the fruit in the pan and immediately put in the oven. Bake until puffed and golden, about 18 minutes.
• Remove the pancake from the oven and sift confectioners' sugar over the top. Cut into wedges to serve. If desired, offer lemon wedges on the side.

TRI-BERRY OVEN PANCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.
• Gently combine the berries and sugar in a small bowl and set aside while you make the pancakes. Place 4 (6- to 7-inch) individual gratin dishes on two sheet pans. Place 1 teaspoon of butter in each gratin dish and set aside.
• Place the eggs in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a whisk attachment and beat on medium speed until mixed. Add the milk and combine. Slowly add the flour, vanilla, orange zest, 2 tablespoons melted butter, and the salt and mix just until smooth. Whisk by hand if the mixture is lumpy.
• Place the gratin dishes in the oven for 3 minutes, until the butter is hot and bubbly. Make sure the butter covers the bottom of each dish. Immediately divide the batter equally among the gratin dishes and bake for 12 to 14 minutes, until puffed and lightly browned. Divide the berries among the dishes, drizzle with maple syrup, dust with confectioners' sugar, and serve hot.

VANILLA DUTCH BABY (PUFFED PANCAKE)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Put the butter in a large, ovenproof, nonstick saute pan and place in the oven.
• Meanwhile, in a blender, combine the eggs, flour, warm milk, sugar, vanilla extract and pinch of salt, and blend on medium-high speed until uniform. (If mixing by hand, combine the eggs with the milk until the mixture is light yellow and no longer stringy, about 1 minute. Add the flour, sugar, vanilla, and pinch of salt, and whisk vigorously to remove the lumps, about 30 seconds.)
• Carefully remove the hot pan from the oven. The butter should be melted. Swirl the butter around the pan to coat completely, and then pour the remaining butter into the batter and pulse to blend. Pour the batter into the hot pan and return the pan to the oven. Cook until the pancake is puffed in the center and golden brown along the edges, 20 to 25 minutes.
• Using a spatula, remove the entire Dutch baby from the pan and place on a cooling rack for a few minutes to allow the steam to escape without condensing along the bottom and rendering the pancake soggy. Dust with confectioners' sugar when cooled slightly. Slice the pancake into 8 wedges on a serving platter or cutting board.

PUFFED OVEN PANCAKE WITH FRESH FRUIT

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
• In a bowl, beat together the flour, granulated sugar, milk, and eggs, until throughly blended.
• Set aside.
• In a 10 to 12 inch heatproof (Oven Proof) frying pan over medium-high heat, melt the butter.
• Add the peaches or nectarines and cook, stirring often, until the fruit is hot and slightly softened,3 to 5 minutes.
• Remove from heat and scatter the berries over cooked fruit.
• Pour the egg mixture over the fruit in the pan and immediately put in the oven.
• Bake until puffed and golden, about 18 minutes.
• Remove the pancake from the oven and sift confectioners sugar over the top.
• Cut into wedges to serve.
• If desired, offer lemon wedges on the side.

PUFF PANCAKE (FOR FRUIT)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°F.
• Lightly oil a 9-inch casserole and place in the oven.
• Whisk together eggs, egg whites, milk, and vanilla.
• Add a dash of salt.
• Sprinkle flour over the mixture, and whisk to combine.
• Pour the batter into the hot casserole.
• Bake 15-20 minutes, until the top and edges are browned and beginning to crisp.
• While the puff is baking, clean fruit and slice or shred to a consistent size, convenient for eating.
• Remove from the oven, sprinkle with lemon juice and sugar, and fill with fruit.
• Serve immediately. (The center will collapse soon after the puff comes out of the oven. That's fine, but the dish is not nearly as tasty if it sits and cool to room temperature.).

GERMAN PUFF PANCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Whisk the eggs, flour, milk, salt, vanilla extract, and cinnamon in a bowl; set aside.
• Put the butter in a 9x11-inch baking dish. Melt the butter in the preheated oven, making sure it doesn't burn, about 5 minutes. Pour the batter into the baking dish with the melted butter.
• Return to the oven and bake until the pancake is puffed and no longer moist in the center, 20 to 25 minutes.

OLD-WORLD PUFF PANCAKE

Steps:

• Place butter in a 10-in. ovenproof skillet; place in a 425° oven until melted, 2-3 minutes. In a blender, process the eggs, milk, flour, sugar and nutmeg until smooth. Pour into prepared skillet. , Bake at 425° until puffed and browned, 16-18 minutes. Dust with confectioners' sugar. Serve with lemon wedges and, if desired, syrup and raspberries.

OVEN PUFFED PANCAKE WITH FRUIT TOPPING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
• Combine all ingredients except butter, fruit, and cool whip.
• Beat until smooth.
• Place butter in several slices in a 9" pie plate, melt in the oven until the butter sizzles for 2-4 minutes.
• Remove from oven and tilt pan to coat bottom evenly with butter.
• Immediately pour batter into hot pan.
• Bake 14-18 minutes or until puffed and golden brown.
• Remove from oven and place berries and cool whip on top of pancake.
• Cut into 4 slices.

PUFF PANCAKE WITH CARAMELIZED FRUIT

Steps:

• Heat oven to 425°F
• Lightly spoon flour into measuring cup; level off.
• In medium bowl, combine flour, salt, milk and egg whites; beat with wire whisk until smooth.
• Place 1 tablespoon margarine in 9-inch glass pie pan. Heat in oven for 2 to 4 minutes or just until margarine sizzles.
• Remove pan from oven; tilt pan to coat bottom with melted margarine.
• Immediately pour batter into hot pan.
• Bake at 425°F for 14 to 18 minutes or until puffed and golden brown.
• Meanwhile, melt 1 tablespoon margarine in 12-inch nonstick skillet over medium heat.
• Add apples and pears; cook 2 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Add brown sugar, cranberries and lemon juice; mix well.
• Cook 8 to 10 minutes or until fruit is tender.
• To serve, pour fruit mixture into pancake.
• Serve immediately.