We ate a Dutch Baby for breakfast. It was delicious! And no, this isn't some kind of cannabalistic ritual. A Dutch Baby is an egg-based oven pancake that you top with powdered sugar and a good squirt of fresh lemon juice.
I used this recipe from the folks over at Cooks Country. The basic concept is you mix together eggs, milk, and flour. Pour this very loose batter into a pre-heated skilled (I used my cast iron skillet) and bake. While baking, it puffs up and starts to climb out of the pan, which makes it kind on fun to watch.
After you take it out, and begin its sugar and lemon juice treatment, the baby shrinks a bit. The texture and taste is somewhat like a thick crepe. We ate ours with fresh sliced strawberries!
In related news, we are cooking up another kind of baby here, too. Not a Dutch baby, but an American baby with a pinch of Irish, Welch, English and a sprinkle of Italian and French. And no, we won't eat this baby. He or she is expected to arrive in mid September. The girls are hoping for a little brother (and so is Tim, secretly, though he claims he has no preference). Me, I'm partial to girls.
Thanks for the post. I made one on Sunday morning. It was the highlight of my day! Lauren helped by eating almost all of the strawberries before it came out of the oven.
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