Best 20 German Pancakes Recipes

GERMAN POTATO PANCAKES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat together eggs, flour, baking powder, salt, and pepper. Mix in potatoes and onion.
• Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. In batches, drop heaping tablespoonfuls of the potato mixture into the skillet. Press to flatten. Cook about 3 minutes on each side, until browned and crisp. Drain on paper towels.

GERMAN OVEN PANCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450°F. If you have a convection oven, set it at 425°F (the pancakes rise even higher on the convection setting).
• In a large bowl, lightly beat the eggs with a whisk or fork. Stir in the milk, melted butter, salt and sugar. Add the flour to the egg mixture, a big spoonful at a time as you continue to whisk. Be careful not to over-mix, to keep the pancake light and fluffy.
• Lightly spray a 9"-11" oven-safe skillet with cooking spray.
• Pour the batter into a heated skillet (this will yield a more golden brown, puffier pancake). Bake 12-18 minutes, just until the edges are golden. Check your pancake at the 12 minute mark. Top with the fresh fruit and whipped cream just before serving.

GERMAN PUFF PANCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Whisk the eggs, flour, milk, salt, vanilla extract, and cinnamon in a bowl; set aside.
• Put the butter in a 9x11-inch baking dish. Melt the butter in the preheated oven, making sure it doesn't burn, about 5 minutes. Pour the batter into the baking dish with the melted butter.
• Return to the oven and bake until the pancake is puffed and no longer moist in the center, 20 to 25 minutes.

MINI GERMAN PANCAKES WITH APPLE-CALVADOS CARAMEL SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Combine the milk, sugar, vanilla, zest and eggs in a blender and blend until smooth. Add the flour, butter and salt and blend until completely smooth, about 1 minute. Spray muffin tins well with nonstick cooking spray and pour 1/4 cup batter into each tin, filling about three-quarters full. Bake until puffy and golden on top, about 15 minutes. Remove and let sit on a baking rack for a few minutes. Remove the individual pancakes to a platter. The pancakes will sink slightly in the center. Fill with some of the Apple-Calvados Caramel Sauce and dust with cinnamon powdered sugar.
• Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the apples and cook, stirring until soft, about 8 minutes. Whisk in the sugar and cook until the sugar melts and thickens slightly. Remove the skillet from the heat, add the calvados, then return to the stove and cook until reduced. Add the heavy cream and cook until warmed through. Finish with the mint.

BARBARELLA'S GERMAN PANCAKES

Steps:

• Place the eggs, sugar, flour and milk into the container of a blender. Process until smooth on low speed.
• Heat a large skillet or griddle over medium heat. Pour batter about 1/4 cup at a time (or more for larger pancakes). Tilt pan to achieve a round shape. Heat until golden, then flip and brown on the other side. Serve immediately with syrup, or fresh berries and whipped cream.

GERMAN APPLE PANCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Butter inside each muffin cup of a 6-cup nonstick jumbo muffin tin; coat with granulated sugar.
• Peel, core, and slice apples into 12 wedges, then cut wedges into 3 pieces. In a medium bowl, toss apples with brown sugar, lemon juice, and cinnamon.
• Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a 10-inch nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add apples and saute, turning occasionally, until caramelized, 10 to 12 minutes. Remove pan from stove; let cool 5 minutes. Divide caramelized apples among prepared muffin cups. Set aside.
• In the bowl of a food processor, combine flour, salt, 5 tablespoons granulated sugar, 2 tablespoons melted butter, eggs, and milk; process for 3 minutes.
• Pour batter over apples. Transfer tin to oven; reduce heat to 400 degrees. Bake until pancakes puff up, about 15 minutes.
• Remove tin from oven; invert onto a flat work surface. Dust with confectioners' sugar; serve immediately.

WORLD'S BEST GERMAN PANCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven at 400°F.
• Put margarine in a 9x13-inch pan and put in oven.
• In a medium bowl mix milk, flour, salt, and eggs.
• When oven is at 400°F take out pan and pour in mixture.
• Cook for 20-25 minutes or until fluffy.

GERMAN PANCAKES (FROM THE MENNONITE TREASURY OF RECIPES)

Steps:

• Mix all together with a mixer or by hand until free of lumps.
• Spray frying pan with "Pam" and heat over high heat until hot.
• Reduce heat and pour approx 1/3 cup of batter in center and tilt to cover entire bottom of pan.
• When small bubbles form and bottom begins to brown, flip and cook other side.
• We like to eat these sprinkled with sugar and rolled up.

GERMAN MINI APPLE PANCAKES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 450'F.
• Grease the insides of 6 large muffin tins with a little butter & sprinkle in a little sugar and tip to coat.
• Toss the apple pieces with the cinnamon, brown sugar and lemon juice.
• Over a medium heat melt a little butter and add the apple pieces.
• Cook gently for 10-12 minutes until lightly caramelised.
• Leave to cool for about 5 minutes.
• Divide evenly into the 6 muffin pans.
• Melt the 2Tbsp of butter and add with the flour, sugar, milk, eggs & pinch salt to a food processor and mix together for 3 minutes.
• Pour batter evenly over the apples and bake for 15 minutes. (if making as one large, cook for 20minutes).
• Tip out from tins so that apples are on top.
• Dust with a little icing sugar.
• Serve with whipped cream.

APPLE PIE GERMAN PANCAKES WITH LUCKY LEAF PIE FILLING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425. Spray a 9 x 9 inch pan with non stick spray. Spread the Lucky Leaf Pie Filling, butter, and cinnamon in 9 x 9 inch baking dish and set in oven while it heats up.
• Blend eggs with a whisk, mix in milk. Whisk in flour and salt. When oven is ready, pour mixture over Apple Pie Filling and bake for 15 min.
• Reduce heat to 350 and bake 15 min more.
• Let cool slightly before serving with powdered sugar and syrup.

GERMAN POTATO PANCAKES - KARTOFFELPUFFER

Steps:

• Peel and grate potatoes (or use frozen or refrigerated hashbrowns). Place the grated potatoes in a clean dishcloth or cheesecloth and squeeze the liquid out of them into a bowl. Let the liquid stand a few minutes, then drain the liquid, leaving potato starch at the bottom of the bowl. Add the potatoes.
• Grate the onion over the potatoes. Add dried onion flakes for part or all of the onion, if you like. Add salt, pepper, nutmeg and egg. Mix thoroughly.
• Heat oil in a frying pan. You can use a non-stick pan and just a few drops of oil, if you wish, but for best results use 1/8 to 1/4 inch of oil.
• Using about 1/2 cup, drop the potato mixture into hot oil and flatten with the back of a spoon. Fry 4-5 minutes on each side, or until golden brown. Drain on paper towels and serve hot with applesauce and maybe a sprinkle of cinnamon.

GERMAN APPLE PANCAKES

Steps:

• In a blender, combine the eggs, vanilla, and sugar and blend for about 15 seconds, until combined. Add the flour and the baking powder and mix for 60 seconds more, until very smooth. Preheat the broiler to medium-high heat. Heat a 12-inch non-stick skillet over medium heat and add the butter. Saute the apples for 4 to 5 minutes, or until softened. Add the cinnamon and the sugar, sprinkling them evenly over the apples, and stir together for 2 minutes more, until the apples are glazed and slightly translucent at the edges. Distribute the apples evenly in the skillet and pour the batter over them. Cook until the bottom seems quite firm, about 8 minutes. Transfer the pan to the broiler and, watching carefully, cook until the pancake is firm throughout and golden on top. Cut the pancake into 4 wedges and transfer them upside down to breakfast plates. Sprinkle with a little confectioners' sugar, place a dollop of creme fraiche on the top, and fan out some sliced strawberries on the plate, if desired.

MINI GERMAN PANCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Blend first five ingredients in a blender. Be sure to smooth out any flour lumps.
• Blend in butter a little at a time.
• Grease muffin tins well and fill slightly less than half-full.
• Bake for 15 minutes, or until puffy and golden on top. The crater will form on its own.
• Add your favorite toppings and a sprinkling of powdered sugar.

GERMAN APPLE PANCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 200°F.
• Stir together 1/4 cup sugar and cinnamon and set aside.
• Whisk together flour, salt, and remaining 2 teaspoons sugar in a large bowl. Add milk in a slow stream, whisking, then add eggs, 1 at a time, whisking well after each addition.
• Peel apples, then cut into 1/8-inch thick slices with slicer, rotating around core (discard core). Cut apple slices into 1/8-inch-thick matchsticks and toss with lemon juice in a bowl. Fold apples and juice into batter.
• Heat 1 piece butter (1/2 tablespoon) in a 6-inch nonstick skillet over moderate heat until foam subsides, then add 1/3 cup batter, spreading evenly to cover bottom. Cook, reducing heat if browning too quickly and turning pancake over once with a thin flexible heatproof spatula, until golden on both sides, about 4 minutes total. Slide pancake onto a platter and keep warm in oven. Make more pancakes with remaining butter and batter in same manner. Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar and serve immediately.

IHOP GERMAN PANCAKES RECIPE - (3.6/5)

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 475. 2. In a medium bowl, beat eggs with an electric mixer. Mix in milk, cream, sugar, vanilla and salt. Mix until sugar is dissolved. Sift in flour and mix until smooth. Let batter rest for about 10 minutes. 3. Coat the bottom of a 9- or 10-inch oven safe skillet (cast Iron is best) with the melted butter. Pour batter into pan and bake for 14-16 minutes or until golden brown on top and dark brown around the edges. Pancake will rise substantially while cooking. Remove the pancake form the oven and let it sit for a minute. Loosen the pancake around the edges with a spatula, then slide it out of the pan onto a plate. Dust with powdered sugar and serve with butter and syrup on the side.

POTATO PANCAKES W/KATENSPECK AND CHEESE (GERMAN)

Steps:

• Coarsely grate potatoes & squeeze dry w/your hands or a colander, pressing down w/the back of a ladle.
• Place in a bowl w/the grated onion & mix in the flour. Add salt, some freshly ground black pepper + herbs & set aside.
• In a lrg non-stick fry pan, fry chopped ham till crisp. Remove ham from pan, but leave rendered fat in pan. Stir crisped ham + cheese into the potato mixture.
• Heat 1 tbsp canola oil w/the rendered fat. When hot, drop in a rounded tbsp of potato mixture & flatten w/the back of a spoon to a round shape or as neatly as you can.
• Fry for 2-3 min over med-heat till golden brown & flip to cook the other side. Repeat w/the mixture in batches. Top up the oil as needed & make sure it is hot b4 frying ea batch. Drain on paper towels, keep uncovered in a warm oven till all batches are cooked & then have a feast.
• NOTE RE CHEESE: Suggested ideal subs for Emmenthal are: American Swiss cheese, Raclette, Gruyère, Jarlsberg & Alpine Lace from Wisconsin.
• NOTE RE YIELD & TIMES: # of servings was shown, but not the yield. Since the pancakes are cooked in batches & w/o the yield, the cooking time was entirely guesstimated.

REIBEKUCHEN (GERMAN POTATO PANCAKES)

Steps:

• Peel potatoes and finely grate. Set grated potatoes onto a clean kitchen towel, twist to close, and press most of the liquid out of the potatoes, leaving only a little moisture.
• Mix pressed potatoes, onion, egg, and oats in a large bowl and season with salt and pepper.
• Heat oil in a large skillet. Shape small potato pancakes with 2 spoons out of the potato mixture and set into the hot oil. Bake in batches until browned, 3 to 5 minutes per side, adding more oil as necessary. Drain on paper towels before serving.

GERMAN APPLE PANCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 200°F.
• Stir together 1/4 cup sugar and cinnamon and set aside.
• Whisk together flour, salt, and remaining 2 teaspoons sugar in a large bowl. Add milk in a slow stream, whisking, then add eggs, 1 at a time, whisking well after each addition.
• Peel apples, then cut into 1/8-inch thick slices with slicer, rotating around core (discard core). Cut apple slices into 1/8-inch-thick matchsticks and toss with lemon juice in a bowl. Fold apples and juice into batter.
• Heat 1 piece butter (1/2 tablespoon) in a 6-inch nonstick skillet over moderate heat until foam subsides, then add 1/3 cup batter, spreading evenly to cover bottom. Cook, reducing heat if browning too quickly and turning pancake over once with a thin flexible heatproof spatula, until golden on both sides, about 4 minutes total. Slide pancake onto a platter and keep warm in oven. Make more pancakes with remaining butter and batter in same manner. Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar and serve immediately.
• Cooks' note:.
• Batter, with apples, can be made 3 hours ahead and kept chilled, covered. Stir before using.

MINI GERMAN PANCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Blend first six ingredients (milk through orange zest) in a blender. Be careful to see that any flour clumps get well-blended.
• Blend in butter a little at a time in order to temper the eggs.
• Grease muffin tins well and distribute batter evenly between 18-24 tins. Bake for 15 minutes, or until puffy and golden on top.
• Served with your favorite toppings.
• Strawberry Sauce:.
• In a large sauce pan, combine the strawberries, sugar, and extract. Bring to a simmer over medium heat. Simmer for 1 minute and remove from heat.
• Allow the mixture to cool for a few minutes so it is just warm. Place 1 1/2 cups of the mixture from the sauce pan in a blender. This is where you need to be careful. Don't put the lid on the top all the way. Leave it cracked or the steam from the strawberries could cause an explosion. If you have an immersion blender, feel free to use that and no chance of an explosion. Blend until smooth and stir back into the remaining strawberry mixture in the pan.
• Serve over the mini pancakes and enjoy!

KARTOFFELPUFFER (GERMAN POTATO PANCAKES) #SP5

Steps:

• Grate the onion on the large section of a box grater into a bowl to retain the onion juice.
• Add the Simply Potato hash browns, Mix in the eggs, sprinkle 1 Tablespoon Flour and 1/2 Teaspoon Garlic Powder.
• Drop 1 Heaping tablespoon Hash browns into medium hot skillet with 8 tablespoons of oil. Spread outward to create a cake about only 1/16" thickness-do not crowd skillet. Crisp the bottom about 3 minutes, flip and cook about 2 minutes.
• Drain on paper towel; keep warm on wire rack in warm oven as you cook additional batches.