Saturday, July 25, 2009

Crepes, aka K**** Pancakes

Mix in blender:
2 C milk*
1 C water
4 eggs
2 T oil
1 T sugar
1 t salt
2 C flour
**

Grease a nonstick griddle--we use spray. Heat it til it's ready? Water spits on it or it's medium or something. I don't know. Pour pancake size portions of batter onto the griddle/frying pan (if you use a frying pan, you can swirl the batter to make thinner pancakes). When the air bubbles start popping, turn pancake over. The first pancake never turns out for some reason. But the second and each following one is great.

*My mom likes them really thin and so adds a little more milk or water. I just swirl the batter around in the pan to achieve the same effect.
**Sometimes I add a little vanilla. Sometimes I don't.

We ate these for breakfast almost every Saturday morning when I was growing up. Mom cooked them on our electric griddle, which leaned on mugs and glasses for support because it’s legs were broken. My mom always served these with homemade “Mapeleine” syrup, which is still the only syrup I like. I make it just for me ‘cause my kids and husband don’t like it.

Syrup
Bring to boil, stirring occasionally:
2 parts sugar
1 part water

Add
A t or so Mapeleine maple syrup flavoring stuff. (I’ve only ever found it at Walmart.)
Turn off heat immediately or the syrup will get way too thick. The syrup is usually really thin. You can cook it longer (but not too long) or add corn syrup to thicken it a bit.

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