Meal type: Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Level: easy
Origin: Germany
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 30 minutes
Servings: 4
Cost: $

Description:
German pancakes (Pfannkuchen), one of our kids' all time favorite, whether it's for breakfast, lunch or dinner.
German pancakes are thinner than American pancakes, but thicker than French crepes. Our kids easily eat 6 pancakes each. Our oldest's record is 11!
In Germany, we eat them with sugar (granulated or powdered sugar) or apple sauce, but they taste good with maple syrup or other syrups, or fruit, too. We often make a bit more so the kids can take a couple pancakes to school for lunch.

Ingredients:
1 cup (250 g) all purpose flour
3 eggs
1.5 cups (400 ml) milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp water
Pinch of salt
Butter

Directions:
Whisk together eggs, milk, and water.
Add vanilla extract.
Slowly spoon in flour and salt.
Mix until smooth and there are no more lumps.
Heat butter in pan on medium heat.
Pour about 1/4 cup of the pancake batter in the middle of the pan. Tip pan from side to side and around to spread batter evenly. If batter's too thick, add some more milk.
Cook on one side until pancake looks dry on top and golden brown on the bottom.
Flip pancake with spatula and cook other side until bottom is golden brown. Pancakes cook quickly, you may want to cook on medium-low or low.
Remove pancake from pan and place on a plate.
Repeat until batter is gone. Using 2 pans speeds up cook time.

Nutrition facts: high in protein