Back for another installment of The Secret Recipe Club, the brainchild of Amanda Formaro of AmandasCookin.com and caring den mother to those of us lucky enough to be a part of this fantastic recipe-sharing blog hop. Approximately 200 of us post over 4 different reveal Mondays every month, making for a lot of action!
This month, I was matched to A Little Nosh. Amy writes about her life as a wife, mom and a lover of tasty, wholesome food that is easy to fix for her busy family. One of her most popular recipes is also the one that got my attention right away…I love breakfast, don’t you?
I’ve never had a Dutch Baby, aka Oven Pancake. My family’s weekend breakfasts were either eggs or potato pancakes. Waffles were an option in my early life, but once my mother’s pre-war waffle iron packed it in, we never had another one. So I am very happy to report that I’ve replaced the third option (a mere 34 years later) with Amy’s Mother-in-Law’s recipe. It’s so easy to put together, you don’t even have to wait for the weekend — get it mixed and in the oven, and you’ve got 20 minutes for a shower before it’s time to eat!
Amy serves her Dutch Baby sprinkled with icing sugar or with maple syrup, but I have bags and bags of frozen blueberries from a bumper BC crop this year, so I decided to make a simple blueberry compote to go with ours.
Once I had the pancake in the oven, I put about a cup of frozen blueberries into a small saucepan over med. low heat. On top of the berries I sprinkled a spoonful of sugar, the juice of half a lemon and a pinch of salt, and then let it slowly bubble away, occasionally crushing a few berries with my fork to release their juice. Once it was a nice, syrupy consistency, I left it to keep warm on the back burner.
The pancake is wonderfully eggy like a popover, and the sweetness of the blueberries and tartness of the lemon juice make for a perfectly balanced bite (and the berries count for a serving of fruit, right?)
: Dutch Baby (Oven Pancake)
- Eggs – 3 large
- All-Purpose Flour – 1/2 cup (125 ml)
- Salt – ½ tsp
- Butter – 3 Tble
- Milk – 1 Cup (240 ml)
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
- Place a 10-inch cast iron skillet in the preheated oven to warm for 10 minutes. While the pan is heating, melt the butter on the stove or in a microwave — melt it all the way — you want it hot.
- When the 10 minutes are almost up, whisk the eggs, flour and salt together in a medium bowl. Whisk the hot melted butter in well, and then add the milk LAST and whisk until blended.
- Remove the hot pan from the oven, pour in the batter and return to the over for 15-20 minutes, or until puffy and golden.
- The pancake will fall almost immediately out of the oven — that is normal.
- Slice into wedges and serve with powdered sugar, maple syrup or a quick fruit compote, like the blueberry one described in here.
Preparation time: 10 minute(s)
Cooking time: 20 minute(s)
Number of servings (yield): 6
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Yum. That looks gorgeous, and delish!
Wow, this looks really interesting! Your photos are gorgeous, by the way. Love the smiley face mug!
Oooh, I love oven pancakes! This looks fantastic with the blueberries on top!
I love the blueberry compote idea! And what great photos. Thanks so much!
I love a good Dutch Baby. In fact, I think I will cook one for breakfast. I am stopping by from Permanent Posies.
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Yum! Looks great — so fun to be in SRC with you!
Ohhh baby, baby! I’m pinning this one right away – can’t wait to try it. I hope you’ll stop by and visit my SRC post for Honey Vinaigrette Marinated Grilled Chicken.
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ButterYum
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I have never made a dutch baby before either. Yours looks delicious, great photos too! Happy to be a part of SRC with you!
We just love a great Dutch Baby and this recipe looks awesome! This is a great pick for the SRC! Thanks for sharing and have a wonderful week.
Miz Helen
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Oh my oh my how I love Dutch baby pancakes! A perfect breakfast.
Wow, that looks just so delicious! I’ve never made oven pancakes, but that looks beyond tatsy…
We adore these oven pancakes and often eat them for dinner when I can’t think of anything to make.
If you haven’t already, I’d love for you to check out my group ‘A’ SRC recipe this month: Pork Belly Soup with Collard Greens.
Lisa~~
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Love that pancake and love that smiley-face mug. What a way to start the day! Great SRC post.
Oh my – this looks like an enchanted pancake tart. Love it. And love breakfast…. at 11 a.m.. This is wonderfully new to me.
What a lovely way to start off the day. I think I’d be able to devour this any time during the day though. It looks absolutely divine.
My husband’s family is part Dutch and I’d never heard of this recipe before. Gotta try it out sometime.
I’ve made something like this before! I like your version better as it a little less than 1/2 the butter my recipe calls for. The cooking time is longer. I’ve also found that my cast iron skillet is very happy after this recipe—the butter treats it very well. :-)
Thanks!
Nothing like cooking breakfast and seasoning your cast iron, all at the same time! Theresa
This looks so delicious, i love the blueberry compote! Sorta wish I was in your group for the SRC, so I could get your blog sometime!
The feeling is entirely mutual, Carolyn! Theresa
I don’t know if my comment went through or not. Just in case it didn’t…love the sauce. We are big Dutch baby fans.
I have never even heard of a Dutch baby – I am thinking that it would work with savory toppings as well? It looks yummy, I love anything egg bakey
This is totally up your alley, Trix. It’s eggy tasting, indeed — how about a little bacon and carmelized onion confit for yours? :)
Wow, I am SO making this tomorrow. Thank goodness I saw this on a Friday, otherwise I’d have had to wait all week! :-)
Gorgeous Theresa ! We just had it for a late lunch, yes with blueberries from the farm next door :) AND I resisted dipping into my small stash of emergency white flour and ground the wheat. Used it without sifting the bran and germ out, so the Baby ended up with a beautiful slightly layered look.
ALSO my square cast iron skillet looked a bit dangerously small, so held back a little of the batter and cooked it on top of the stove in a good non stick pan with a lid – that worked really nicely too – not as fluffy as the oven part – but beautiful.
thanks Theresa
This looks delicious! Too bad I don’t have a cast iron skillet. :) If I ever do get one, though, I have a question about the milk. Since everything seems to need to be hot, should I let the milk come to room temp before using it, or is it ok if it is straight from the fridge?