Wednesday, June 6, 2012

"Too Chicken Poop to Try" Part 3: Crepes

I had a lot of crepes as a child & as I grew up I would almost always order them at restaurants. When I got married I decided I wanted a crepe pan and there is stayed, unused because I was too chicken poop to try and make them myself. I thought it was too difficult and didn't even attempt it, until one day I gave it a try.
Here is the recipe I use:

2C- Flour
1/4C- Sugar
1/2tea- Salt
2C- Milk
2- Eggs
1-2T- Butter
Vanilla (or other) extract

The key to this recipe is trying to leave the batter alone for a minimum of a half hour- you could make this the night before too!

The hardest part of making a crepe is pouring it in the pan and swirling it around. Use a flat pan (you don't have to necessarily have a crepe pan, but you need one that is flat & a decent size- maybe an 8" nonstick pan), pour your batter in the middle-- off the heat, twirl it around until you've spread it out to the outsides of the pan. I use a rubber spatula to flip it over once (I usually like mine beginning to brown). Serve it hot-- with, gosh the fillings are limitless (fruit, jam, syrup, powdered sugar, butter, etc...).

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