Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Oven Pancake "Dutch Baby"



This is the strangest recipe name I've come across. The idea of a Dutch Baby in my oven is not appetizing and rather creepy! Change the name to Oven Pancake and make the recipe dairy free and you have an easy week night winner.
ingredients
1 cup all purpose unbleached flour
1 TBSP sugar
1 1/4 cups plain soy milk
2 eggs
1/4 tsp salt
Preheat oven to 375degrees. Spray a shallow baking dish with canola oil cooking spray. In a large bowl combine dry ingredients. Add soy milk and eggs and mix well. Pour batter into baking dish and bake for 30 minutes.
The picture here doesn't do the recipe justice. When it comes out of the oven you have a puffy golden pancake that quickly deflates. Delicious served with just maple syrup but you can treat an oven pancake like french toast or crepes and top it with fruit, jam, or powdered sugar as you prefer. If I let my kids pick I'm sure they'd try Hershey's syrup...
I double this recipe and bake it in two pans to feed 5 kids and myself.
Enjoy!