Seasons German Pancake Food

GERMAN PANCAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together the eggs, salt, sugar, milk, vanilla, and butter. Whisk in the flour to make a smooth batter. Set aside.
• Heat a well-seasoned 10-inch cast-iron skillet in the oven for 10 minutes. Remove and brush the inside with the shortening. Pour in the batter and bake for 15 minutes.
• Lower the oven to 350 degrees F. and continue baking until puffed and golden brown, about 13 to 15 minutes more. Run a knife around the edge of the skillet. Sift the confectioners' sugar over the pancake. Serve immediately in the skillet with maple syrup, marinated berries, or glazed apples and pears.
• In a small saucepan, combine the sugar, vanilla bean and seeds, citrus zests, and water. Bring to a boil and then reduce the heat to low. Simmer very gently until syrupy, about 25 minutes. Remove from the heat and add the citrus juices. Combine the berries in a bowl. Strain the warm syrup over the berries and marinate at room temperature for 30 minutes. Serve.
• Peel, core, and cut both the apples and pears into 3/4-inch wedges. In a medium bowl, toss the fruit with the lemon juice.
• Melt the butter in a medium skillet over medium heat. Add the sugar, orange zest, and cinnamon sticks and stir until sugar is dissolved. Add the fruit, increase the heat to medium-high, and cook, shaking the pan frequently, until glazed, about 10 minutes. Raise the heat to high, add the orange juice, and cook until the fruit is easily pierced with a paring knife, about 1 minute more. If desired, add the Calvados. If cooking on a gas burner, carefully tip the pan toward the flame to flambe the alcohol; if cooking over an electric element, hold a long match near the mixture. Swirl the pan over the heat until the flame subsides. Serve warm.

BAKED SIMPLE GERMAN PANCAKE (AUFLAUFEN)

Steps:

• Mix milk and flour; add beaten eggs, a pinch of salt, and vanilla.
• Pour batter into sprayed or well buttered 9"x13" pyrex dish (or something comparable).
• Sprinkle with nutmeg.
• Bake in preheated 425 degree F oven for 15-20 minutes depending on altitude. (I have to bake mine for 20 minutes at 3500 ft.).
• Serve with powdered sugar, lemon wedges, sauted apples, or of course, good ole pure maple syrup. Yum, yum and not too unhealthy.

GERMAN PANCAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Place butter in 9x13 baking dish and place in oven to melt butter,tilt to coat bottom of pan.
• Place remaining ingredients in blender jar,blend until smooth.
• Pour into buttered baking dish.
• Bake for 20 minutes or until golden.
• Sprinkle with powdered sugar,cut into squares,serve warm.
• Serve with favorite syrup.

SUPER PUFFY GERMAN PANCAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425.
• While oven is heating, pour all the milk into blender, and set on the lowest speed. Just let it run, the more bubbles the milk has, the puffier the pancake will be.
• When oven is hot, put butter in large cast iron skillet and set into the oven, until the butter is bubbly in the pan.
• Crack eggs in a separate cup, and pour one at a time into blender (while it's still blending).
• Pour in the flour and the vanilla (if desired) and once it's mixed, pour immediately into hot cast iron skillet.
• Cook for 20 minutes.
• Now we're high altitude at 5000ft -- so if your lower, you may need to cook it longer. Just watch it, and when the edges are browned and it's all puffy, your ready to roll.
• Eat it just like any pancake, or some I know like it with lemon juice and powdered sugar. But either way, you'll love it! =D.
• Note: If you want to show it off, you'll have to make sure you have an audience as soon as it comes out of the oven, because it begins to collapse as it cools. It will keep some of its shape, but the real 'pow' is first thing out of the oven.

GERMAN PANCAKES (FROM THE MENNONITE TREASURY OF RECIPES)

Steps:

• Mix all together with a mixer or by hand until free of lumps.
• Spray frying pan with "Pam" and heat over high heat until hot.
• Reduce heat and pour approx 1/3 cup of batter in center and tilt to cover entire bottom of pan.
• When small bubbles form and bottom begins to brown, flip and cook other side.
• We like to eat these sprinkled with sugar and rolled up.

GERMAN PANCAKES

Steps:

• Apple Filling: Saute sliced applies in butter for several minutes. Add sugar and cook for 8 minutes, turning often. If apples are too firm, cover pan and steam for a few minutes. Apples should be crisply tender - not too soft. Season with nutmeg & cinnamon. Mix well. Let stand until lukewarm before using. Filling may b amde several hours in advance an reheated just before pouring into pancakes.
• Batter for Pancakes:.
• Combine eggs, milk, flour & salt in medium bowl. Beat with electric beater for 2-3 minutes. Melt butter in 10 inch heavy aluminum or cast iron skillet. When very hot, pour batter into skillet and bake at 450 degree oven for 15 minutes. Lower to 350 degrees and bake for 10 more minutes until golden brown and crisp. When pancake puffs up in the center during baking, puncture well with a fork. When done, remove form oven and tun out onto long platter. Drizzle about 2 T melted butter and 2 T sugar over entire surface then spread with sauteed apples. Fold over to enclose apples. Drizzle top with about 2 more T of butter and 2 T sugar. Cut crosswise and serve at once! Yum!