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German Pancake - puffy and fluffy golden baked German pancake recipe. Serve with powdered sugar, syrup, melted butter and berries for a wholesome breakfast.
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How Do You Make German Pancake?
German Pancake is an oven-baked pancake, usually made on a cast-iron skillet on stovetop and then finish off in the oven.
Contrary to its name, German Pancake is actually an American recipe, and its origin is in the United States and not Germany.
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Is German Pancake the Same As Dutch Baby?
German pancake is basically the same as Dutch Baby or Dutch Baby Pancake.
The reason why it’s called Dutch baby is because German is Deutsch and the sound is similar to Dutch and it was probably misspelled as Dutch.
Either way, German pancake originated from Seattle, Washington in the first half of 1900, according to Wikipedia.
When I was in Netherlands recently, I certainly didn’t see any restaurants selling Dutch Baby!
Fluffy German Pancake in the Skillet and Oven
Homemade German pancake is a two-step process. You start off on the stove top, using a skillet such as a cast-iron skillet.
After that, you bake the pancake in the oven at high heat. The end result is fluffy, airy and puffy German pancake.
Ingredients of German Pancake
It’s amazing what a few ingredients could make magic with intense heat and baking in the oven. The ingredients of the batter are very simple:
Eggs
All-purpose flour
Milk
Additional ingredients can be added to the basic batter, for example: salt, sugar, melted butter and vanilla extract. But at the very core, German pancake calls for only 3 key ingredients above.
It’s quite magical what the batter can do in the oven. You have to make it and see it with your own eyes to believe it!
How Do You Serve German Pancake?
German pancakes are mostly served sweet. There are many ways to serve them; you can serve them with melted butter, powdered sugar, buttermilk syrup or maple syrup.
Toppings such as berries are great addition to the fluffy German pancakes, for examples: strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, or a combination of different berries.
Lower in Carb and Calories
I had previously shared a Dutch Baby recipe, but this German pancake recipe is easier with less ingredients.
Both yields amazing and delicious results. This German pancake recipe is definitely lower in carb and butter, making it healthier and lower in calories.
How Many Calories per Serving?
This recipe is only 229 calories per serving.
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Easy German Pancake Recipe
German Pancake - puffy and fluffy golden baked German pancake recipe. Serve with powdered sugar, maple syrups, melted butter and berries for a wholesome breakfast.
In a blender, combine the flour, eggs, milk, and salt. Blend until smooth with no lumps, 20 seconds.
In a 10-inch (25cm) cast-iron skillet, heat 2 tablespoons melted butter over high heat until foamy. Add the batter and immediately put the skillet in the oven. Bake until the pancake is golden brown in color and puffed up, about 18 minutes.
Remove from the oven, add the strawberries in the center of the German pancake and dust with powdered sugar. Serve with maple syrup or buttermilk syrup, and melted butter (if using).
Course: American Recipes
Cuisine: Pancake
Keywords: German Pancake
Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
Easy German Pancake Recipe
Amount Per Serving (4 people)
Calories 229Calories from Fat 90
% Daily Value*
Fat 10g15%
Saturated Fat 5g31%
Cholesterol 142mg47%
Sodium 213mg9%
Carbohydrates 25g8%
Fiber 1g4%
Sugar 6g7%
Protein 8g16%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Notice: Nutrition is auto-calculated, using Spoonacular, for your convenience. Where relevant, we recommend using your own nutrition calculations.
If the pan isn't hot enough then the liquid does not heat up and create the steam quickly enough and so the flour will cook through and set before the pancake can rise. We suggest that you give the oven and skillet plenty of time to heat up thoroughly before adding the batter.
In particular this butter is super important for cooking the center of the German or Dutch Baby Pancakes. The steam created from the butter and eggs heating up is what gives your pancake everything it needs to rise up and get all puffy.
A Dutch baby pancake, sometimes called a German pancake, a Bismarck, a Dutch puff, Hooligan, or a Hootenanny, is a dish that is similar to a large Yorkshire pudding.
I was still curious about the origins of what I called a “Dutch Baby Pancake.” A bit of sleuthing revealed that the dish is actually of German origin. Sometimes referred to as a Bismark, these pancakes were first served in the States in the early 1900s at Manca's, a diner in Seattle that eventually closed in the 1950s.
The carbonation from seltzer (or soda water) creates air bubbles, ensuring your flapjacks are airier and lighter. If you want to know the secret to fluffy pancakes, simply skip out on the liquid that the pancake recipe calls for and use seltzer water instead.
Milk helps make pancakes fluffier than water. Since milk is thicker than water, it creates a thicker batter. Further, if you use whole milk or low fat milk, the fat content helps yield tender, fluffy results.
Why are my pancakes flat and not fluffy? A flat pancake is usually the result of the batter being too wet. This is because there isn't enough strength from the flour to trap the bubbles produced by the baking soda.
Pancakes and waffles typically both contain baking soda, which causes them to rise. As soon as the baking soda is combined with the wet ingredients (which contain an acidic ingredient, like often buttermilk), it starts producing carbon dioxide gas bubbles that cause the batter to rise.
In addition to bubbles forming in the mixing stage, your pancakes also become airy when they hit the skillet and begin to cook. That's why cooking your pancakes in the microwave or on a baking sheet likely won't give you the same results.
In the UK, the word pancakes refers to the same thing, but the word flapjacks refers to something entirely different: a baked good made from oats, resembling what elsewhere may be called a granola bar or oat bar. The word flapjack is traced back to the late 1500s.
Pancakes are sometimes called hoecakes in the South. Most Southerners are familiar with lacy cornbread, aka hot water cornbread. A hoecake is a rustic fried version of a pancake made with ground cornmeal.
The common word is “crêpe”. But if you refer to American or English ones, people use the English one. Otherwise, if you make pancakes with buckwheat only or a mix of wheat and buckwheat, you'll say “galettes” or “ crêpes salées”.
You can't possibly make a list of the world's best pancakes and not include France. Crêpes are unavoidable throughout the country. There are two main types of French crêpes – sweet ones (crêpes sucrées) and savoury ones (crêpes salées). Savoury crêpes are commonly known as 'galettes'.
Dutch babies, popovers, German pancakes, Yorkshire pudding are all the same thing just different names. Technically these are all baked puddings and delicious. Try serving them with my delicious strawberry syrup.
Over-mixing pancake batter develops the gluten that will make the pancakes rubbery and tough. For light, fluffy pancakes, you want to mix just until the batter comes together—it's okay if there are still some lumps of flour. Fat (melted butter) makes the pancakes rich and moist.
Dense pancakes, this is different than thick and fluffy, happen because the flour was improperly measured and the batter has too much flour. When the pancake batter is too thick without enough baking powder to help it “lift” you will have dense, thick pancakes as the outcome.
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