Lazy Crepes
On Tuesdays and Thursdays, I post a picture and just a few words.
That was dinner last night...a back-up meal because I didn't end up having time to roast a chicken.
When I was a kid, we called them Swedish pancakes, though I have no idea how authentically Swedish they are.
At any rate, they're like a thick crepe, except you just dump the batter onto a griddle, slice it, flip the pieces, and then you've got rectangular crepe-like pancakes.
Easy and fast!
(The wooden spoon plugs the grease drain hole. The batter tends to drip down there unless you plug it up with something, and the wooden spoon is the perfect size.)
Edit: due to requests, I posted the recipe! You can find it right here.
Uh. I wouldn't have thought to make crepes on my griddle and slice them into squares but that's a great idea and time saver! What do you use to slice them? I suppose some plasticky kind of tool? I'm afraid mine wouldn't get sliced quite so neatly.
I've made scrambled eggs on the griddle before (when I had just made pancakes and didn't want to dirty a frying pan too) and have been frustrated with the grease draining hole, thanks for the wooden spoon plug idea.
Yeah, I just use a plastic spatula...I slice 'em when the batter is slightly solidified.
I hope you have a wooden spoon with the appropriate circumference. 😉
What did you fill them with?
What a great idea! My oldest loves crepes and this is way easier than making them one by one! What did you fill them with?
Anything you want! Whipped cream, fruit, pudding...or you can just sprinkle them with a little bit of sugar and roll them up.
What a great idea! What do you usually serve them with?
Well, if I'm more organized than last night, sausage and fruit. Yesterday was just a crazy, off-schedule eating day (I spent the day at the ER with my best friend) so not everyone was hungry, and those who were hungry weren't starving, so we didn't have much in the way of sides.
I tend to think of Swedish pancakes as just being very thin. And served well with Gjetost cheese! (aka brown cheese, sold as "Ski queen" here in the states). Yum.
Recipe ( unless I'm missing it !) please !!!!
Hey! I'm from Sweden, swedish pancakes are thinner and the batter is made from just flour, eggs, milk and salt. We eat ours with whipped cream and jam or sugar. Sometimes with icecream... 🙂 my kids love both american and swedish pancakes.
Yeah, that sounds like my batter, except this has a little bit of sugar in it too.
I love this idea, but don't have a girddle. Do you think I could use a shallow tray in a hot oven? Otherwise, it's back to the crepe factory line and making one at a time 😉
I'm not sure! I suppose that would work, except you'd have to take it out to flip 'em. Let us know if you try!
Thinking about it some more, perhaps if I pre-heat the tray first then it might just work. If I can get it to work I'll share, for sure. If not I'll pretend we never had this conversation 😉
BTW: I love your follow up post. Again just makes me more hungry.
I can't see the recipe either!
Swedish pancakes...memories of my 1950s childhood made by my mother whose family came from Sweden. Light and delicious with real maple syrup. Thanks for the memory!