German Pancakes

Cathy is mom to two strapping teenagers. On the night she was making this, she reported she was making her son Pete very happy. I often enjoy making dinner for breakfast and think this would make an awesome Christmas Eve eve dinner.

This is a yummy dish. I serve with lemon wedges and powdered sugar. Serving this with bacon, sausage or ham is a wonderful addition to this meal.

German Pancakes
6 eggs
1 cup milk
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp salt
2 Tbsp butter or margarine, melted
Buttermilk

Syrup:
1-1/2 cups sugar
3/4 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup butter or margarine
2 Tbsp corn syrup
1 tsp baking soda
2 tsp vanilla extract

Confectioners' sugar

Place eggs, milk, flour, and salt in a blender; cover and process until smooth.

Pour the butter into an ungreased 9 x 13 baking dish; add the batter.

Bake, uncovered, at 400 degrees for 20 minutes. Meanwhile, in a saucepan, combine the first 5 syrup ingredients; bring to a boil. Boil for 7 minutes. Remove from the heat; stir in vanilla. BE CAREFUL. If you don't watch your syrup, it will boil over causing a mess on your stove. (I speak from experience)

Dust pancake with confectioners' sugar; serve immediately with the syrup.

Yield: 8 servings.

NOTE: A little syrup goes a long way on your German pancake. :-)

*For OUR family (with 2 teenagers), however, I make 1-1/2 times the German pancake portion of the recipe.