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Easy-Bake Dutch Baby

Easy-Bake Dutch Baby
This is delicious treat, very simple to put together and perfect for breakfast, dessert or anytime you get a craving for something sweet and decadent but don't want something heavy or too rich.

Because it's so easy to make and requires the simplest ingredients, it really saves the day when you have unexpected company drop by! You can really make a beautiful presentation with this. Others will be impressed and delighted, and you won't spend all afternoon in the kitchen!
 
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Step 1Gather your tools and ingredients.

Gather your tools and ingredients.
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You will need:

SOFTWARE:
1 cup milk
1 cup unbleached white flour (all-purpose or baking)
2 jumbo or XL eggs (or 3 large/medium)
2 tbs butter
2 tbs sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 pinch salt

About 2 cups fresh berries or other fruit for topping.

HARDWARE:
10-12" cast iron skillet or other oven-proof skillet (no plastic handles)
(a pie dish works, I am told, but I've never used anything but my trusty skillet)
Measuring Cup
Measuring Spoon
Whisk


FILLING:
You can use any fruit to fill. Traditionally it is berries, but this time I used a delicious organic papaya I picked up at the farmer's market and some leftover fresh pineapple I had in the fridge. You can also blend a couple tablespoons of honey with a few tablespoons of cream cheese and spread that on before sprinkling the berries on for a more crepe-ish experience.
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Aug 22, 2011. 8:09 AMvicki1000 says:
There is a great Pancake house near me that makes these Dutch Baby's. My favorite is called the Garden Baby. It is make with a vegetable medley cooked in with the pancake. Amazing! Anyone know how to adjust the recipe for such a thing? It also had cheese in it.
May 9, 2011. 2:20 PMsuayres says:
Yorkshire pudding is traditionally baked in some of the fat rendered out when you roast beef (especially standing rib-roast) & served alongside. It's delicious with gravy. My mom maintained that it was made to stretch the meal, so you could save $$$. I dunno about that, but I always preferred the pudding to the beef....
Jun 4, 2009. 1:12 PMpatmac says:
I make these and have filled them with sweetened cooked apples and they are delicious. My favorite filling however is just a simple one. I sprinkle powdered sugar over the top and squeeze a 1/4 of a lemon over that. It's fast and easy and tastes great.
Apr 3, 2009. 8:19 AMSooz says:
I'm a Kooiman and asked my granddad. He says he knows this as a German pancake, but since German = Deutsch, when it came to America, people began to call it Deutsch cake. He does not know how it came to be called a baby!
Feb 25, 2009. 4:26 AMNinzerbean says:
Thank you so much for doing this! I used to eat these things at a breakfast place that I think was part of a chain and they called them Dutch Babies too and served them with lemon slices to squeeze and they were dusted with confectioner's sugar. They also came with a side of apple sauce that I never used. I will make them soon.
Jan 2, 2009. 9:23 PMRyuuKasai says:
This looks absolutely delicious... I can't wait to make one and dig in. Maybe someone decided to make this, and "Dutch Baby" was some sort of an in-joke for them, and was thus applied to the recipe. Names are anything but logical. : )
Apr 2, 2008. 11:51 PMAeolus says:
I am Dutch and although it looks delicious I never heard of it. Eet smakelijk (bon apetit)
Jul 20, 2008. 4:36 AMfirefighter1333 says:
me 2
Jan 3, 2010. 12:18 PMhailalli says:
 I always assumed that, whatever country it is from, someone made it and her kid said, "Hey mom! It looks like the dutch oven had a baby!" (Or babies, if it was cut up before the kid saw it.)  Just a guess though.
Apr 3, 2008. 5:10 AMshooby says:
Ook nooit van gehoord. Rupamagic, when you say Dutch, do you mean Pennsylvania Dutch? Your ingredients look American, so I'll assume that's the case. If so, then maybe you should call this German cake, because the Pennsylvania 'Dutch' are actually German.
Apr 3, 2008. 11:22 AMshooby says:
Yeah, definitely will, especially since it has all of the ingredients necessary to make dutch pancakes, which I make quite regularly.
Apr 3, 2008. 12:16 PMshooby says:
Below is a recipe for Dutch pancakes (pannenkoeken), it seems pretty close to how I make them, but I never really measure the ingredients out. Same ingredients as ordinary US pancakes, except they are thinner, and so are allowed to spread out over a large frying pan when you cook them. These are the missing link between France's crepes ad America's hot-cakes.

Traditionally, these are eaten with fruit and powdered sugar, or with something savory like ham, bacon, sometimes sausage, etc. Almost always though, butter is added first.

To eat them, roll them up into a long tube (for a more cultural experience, try to avoid thinking of it as a burrito :). Then cut into bite sized pieces (i usually cut and eat one piece at a time, because otherwise pieces unroll and become a mess).

Enjoy!

http://home-l2.tiscali.nl/~sparhawk/cuisine.htm#parthh
Apr 3, 2008. 3:50 PMkiaulune says:
These are almost identical to German Pfannekuchen I learned to make in Munich. As for the Dutch Baby, it's very slightly similar to yorkshire pudding. I guess it's the same general idea, at least.
Apr 3, 2008. 10:51 AMPatrik says:
Yeah, never heard of this either (flemish here). Looks amazing though...
Apr 5, 2008. 12:47 PMaphrael says:
I'm actually Dutch and I've never heard of this either. But that might just be because I'm not much of a cook :P... This looks delicious though, and not too hard, so I'm definitely gonna give it a try!
May 30, 2008. 2:38 PMMarijtho says:
Whatever you want to call it (I think it's German because the Dutch translation for German = Duits) it taste very good. And in case you like to know the Dutch way of eating and cooking, try http://www.hollandsepot.dordt.nl/dutch/dutch.html

Apr 3, 2008. 8:14 AMreedz says:
Where is the baby?
May 29, 2008. 9:12 AMYoooder says:
Is it wrong to call it a Dutch Infant or Child?
May 29, 2008. 2:19 PMreedz says:
Hmm... it depends on your meaning of the word "wrong" I think there is secretly a baby in there anyway, that's what makes it so tasty.
Apr 4, 2008. 4:13 PMwocket says:
nope, it's called dutch baby by my mum, who's dutch, so you got the name right. :)
May 29, 2008. 3:26 AMMarijtho says:
I'm Dutch (and live in Holland) and I never heard of it too (and I love to cook). I can't imagine a Dutch person to make this for breakfast. Most Dutch people eat a slice of bread or yoghurt with cereals.
Apr 3, 2008. 4:47 AMhedgiehog says:
mine just poof up, no sides :(
Apr 7, 2008. 12:22 PMhedgiehog says:
i dont know whhy, i used your exact recipe, same pan, exact same everything, but still no poof. maybe im not using the right flour
Apr 9, 2008. 4:42 AMhedgiehog says:
i did everything exactly the same, i'll check just to be sure i didn't use bread machine flour.
May 29, 2008. 9:12 AMYoooder says:
I got mine to rise on the sides and not too much in the middle. I've got an el-cheapo electric oven, and I let the pan heat for a while longer after the butter had all melted--it was melted when the handle was still cool enough to grab.
Apr 26, 2008. 7:19 AMR0NN13 says:
I've made this twice, now and both times it was great! The first time, I used King Arthur's white whole wheat flour, the second time I used KA's unbleached whole wheat. Came out well both times, but different, obviously. I haven't been able to get my edges to poof, either, but the center of the baby sure did poof! Tasted great! Super easy! Good intructible! Thank you!
Apr 4, 2008. 2:09 PMnachobobs says:
It's a Yorkshire pudding, not "Dutch Baby"
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