Dutch Babies

Ingredients:

6 eggs (room temp.)
1 cup milk (room temp)

1 cup flour (I used half white, half wheat)

1 t. vanilla

1/4 t. cinnamon

5 T. butter

Topping:

lemon juice

powdered sugar

strawberry jam (or whatever you like)

Preheat oven to 450. Place over rack in middle of oven. Place a large, heavy oven proof frying pan, preferably a cast iron skillet in the oven while its heating, prepare your batter.

In a large bowl, beat eggs until light and frothy; add milk, flour, vanilla extract, and cinnamon; beat for 5 minutes more. The batter will be thin, but very smooth and creamy.

Using a pot holder, remove the hot skillet from the oven; add the butter; tilting the pan to melt the butter and coat the skillet. Pour the prepared batter into the hot skillet, all at once and immediately return the skillet to the oven. Bake approximately 20-25 minutes or until puffed and golden brown.

remove from oven and serve immediately. Once out of the oven the pancake will begin to deflate. Top with your favorite topping, and gobble it down!

Maybe its because my grandma was Dutch that I'm sticking to the name Dutch Baby. Another name for these are German pancakes...but really they are very un-pancake like. They are however a delicious breakfast! This one turned out very even...but sometimes they puff up all cool, making it very fun for children to watch cook in the oven! They are very simple and easy to make, and you normally have all this stuff on hand. Hope you like 'em as much as we do! Love, Amy.