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- Have you tried making a Dutch baby pancake?
It's not like any other pancake.
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Hey everybody.
It's Natasha from https://www.natashaskitchen.com
and today I'm gonna show you how
to make Dutch baby pancakes.
These are so easy to make, but they are truly special.
You'll love the texture
and wait until you see what happens in the oven.
It's magic.
Let's get started
'cause I want some pancakes or a pancake.
We'll start with an oven-safe skillet
and I'm using cast iron, but stainless steel also works.
You wanna preheat
that in the oven at 425 degrees Fahrenheit,
then you wanna preheat that skillet
for at least eight minutes.
The batter just comes together in a blender.
Start with three large room-temperature eggs
and room temperature ingredients will blend best
so to bring your eggs quickly to room temperature,
fill a bowl with warm water and let those eggs sit
for about five minutes.
Next you'll need half a cup of milk.
And to bring that to room temperature,
it's just 15 seconds in the microwave.
Add your room-temperature milk to the blender jar.
Now we're gonna add the dry ingredients.
You need just half a cup of all-purpose flour,
one tablespoon of granulated sugar, a pinch of salt,
and a pinch of nutmeg.
The nutmeg is optional, but nice.
And last but not least,
we're using our homemade vanilla extract.
You'll need just a teaspoon of that
and it adds great flavor.
Making your own vanilla is so easy
and takes just two ingredients.
I will link to it in the notes.
Put the lid on your blender
and blend for about 30 seconds on high speed.
Now turn off the blender and use a spatula
to scrape down the sides of the blender jar.
You wanna make sure all of the flour is well incorporated.
Continue blending for another 30 seconds or so
until the batter is completely smooth.
This batter is really easy to make,
but you can also make it ahead of time.
Once your batter is ready,
we're gonna remove the hot skillet
from the oven and make sure, make sure you use oven mitts
for safety because that skillet will be hot.
This skillet is inexpensive and it's one of my favorites.
I will link to it in the notes.
Now right away while the skillet is hot,
we're gonna add three tablespoons
of unsalted butter and I'm using a softened butter
because it melts much faster.
You can also add some melted butter.
Brush that around generously on the bottom
and sides of the pan to make sure
that the pancake doesn't stick to the skillet.
Now add all of your batter to that sizzling skillet
and I like to just pour it right into the center.
Now, again, using oven mitts,
because that skillet is still very hot.
we're gonna transfer the hot pan back into the oven
Bake that on the center rack of the oven
at 425 degrees Fahrenheit for about 16 to 18 minutes
or until the pancake is puffed
and golden brown at the edges.
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It is ready!
I told you it was easy.
Seriously, so quick to make.
It just comes together in the blender
and then the oven does the work.
I love it.
It's my kinda breakfast.
All right, and then you wanna serve it right away
otherwise it kinda starts to de-poof
and lose its awesomeness.
So I love to dust it with a little powdered sugar.
'Cause remember there's not a lot of sugar in this recipe.
So be generous and dust away.
You can also serve this with honey or jam or maple syrup,
kind of whatever you would love on a pancake.
Okay, that looks good.
A little more.
Okay, and then also I love to top this with fresh fruit.
So I've got some strawberries here.
Okay, lots of fresh berries
and fresh raspberries, my favorite.
And you can use whatever's in season.
It usually tastes best anyways.
All right, and now you just cut into it
and you can use a pizza cutter,
makes slicing it easy,
or just a regular knife.
Let's pick a big piece.
I love the sides that go up.
Look how awesome this looks.
It's just like stunning.
Okay, here we go.
Okay, yum, yum.
And I love how that border gets crisp on top.
So it's kind of like a custard center and a crisp edge.
It's so good.
I'm telling you guys.
All right.
Look at how impressive that looks.
I love it.
It's such a fun pancake.
It's the craziest pancake you'll ever make
but it is so delicious.
Look at that.
And then of course,
I do like to add a little bit more powdered sugar
to my slice.
Okay and now last but not least, we get to enjoy this.
Yum, yum, yum.
Okay, come to mama.
I love that delicate flavor.
It tastes like French crepes, but it's more satisfying
and way easier 'cause you just have to make one.
Isn't that awesome?
Also, if you wanted to make this with berries inside,
you can scatter about a cup of fresh berries
right over the batter before you pop it into the oven
and then bake for about the same amount of time.
It'll still puff up, be beautiful,
and then you've got berries baked into the center.
It's so delicious.
And if you're looking to make this for a crowd
you can make what's called a double Dutch.
I know, such a fun name.
You basically double the recipe
and you're gonna butter a casserole dish,
preheat that in the oven and bake it as a double portion.
That way you can serve a bigger crowd or a family,
because this will serve about two to four.
I say two, because I love it so much,
I could eat half of it easily.
Seriously.
I hope this becomes a new favorite breakfast for you.
It is a real treat.
It is so impressive.
Make this and you will make it over and over
because it's also easy.
That's it.
I'm gonna go enjoy my pancake.
We'll see you in our next video.
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