Puffed Pancakes

This is such a fun recipe. We eat German pancakes all the time, well at least our version of German pancakes so I took the same idea and down sized a bit.

I make this with my mini muffin tin but any muffin tin would work just adjust the cooking time.

First things first put your muffin tin in the oven and preheat to 400 degrees so your muffin tin is getting hot while your mixing the batter.

The batter is so simple, flour,eggs and milk. You can mix it by hand and be sure to get it very smooth or I just throw it in my blender, which works great.

 Pull your muffin tin out of the oven and spray with non stick spray. Fill them 2/3 to 3/4 full.
Bake for about 15-20 minutes.

 Our favorite way to eat these is to dip then in our strawberry sauce or syrup. Which is just strawberries (fresh or frozen), sugar and vanilla or almond extract. Simmer for 5 minutes stirring constantly. Take it off the heat and let cool for a bit then you can use your blender to make it as smooth as you like. I just use my immersion blender right in the pot.

This is also a great on ice cream. Be sure to refrigerate unused sauce.

Sprinkle with some powdered sugar and that's all there is to it.

There is so much you can do with this recipe. When they are done baking the center is pretty hollow. Before putting them in the oven you could put berries or chocolate chips or caramel in them and cook. Give them a try and be sure to let me know what you think.

Puffed Pancakes

1/2 cup flour

3/4 cup milk

2 eggs 

pinch of salt.

Put you muffin tin in the oven and heat to 400 degrees. Mix ingredients in a blender until smooth. Remove your pan from the oven and spray with non stick spray. Fill each well  2/3 to 3/4 full. Bake 15-20 minutes or until golden brown.

Strawberry Sauce

2 cups strawberries, fresh or frozen

1/2 cup sugar

1 tsp vanilla or almond extract.

On medium heat simmer for 5 minutes stirring constantly. Remove from heat let cool and blend to desired consistency. Refrigerate left over up to a week and freeze up to 3 months.

*You can also take about a cup of chopped strawberries and mix with about a tablespoon of sugar cover and refrigerate, the sugar will render down the berries and give you a sauce. It's similar to the frozen strawberry topping you can find in grocery stores*

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