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These are ultra-thin crepes sprinkled with powdered sugar and covered with fresh fruit. They are great to serve as a dessert but also great for a weekend lunch or breakfast. So are you ready to learn how to make simple crepe recipe? Let’s get started!
What You Need For This Recipe
To make this crepe recipe you will have most likely all the ingredients in your kitchen cabinets. Be sure to have the following basic ingredients ready:
- Flour – use all-purpose flour or wheat flour
- Milk – you can use regular flour or plant-based flour
- Eggs – large eggs
- Butter – unsalted butter either use regular or plant-based butter
- Sugar – granulated sugar
- Salt
Note that the full ingredients list, including measurements, can be found in the recipe card below.
How To Make Simple Crepe Recipe
- To show you how easy it is to make take a look at these easy steps. If you have a blender, put the flour, eggs, milk, melted butter, salt, and sugar in.
- Start the blender and run it on low speed before you increase it to high. Run the blender for half a minute until you have a smooth creamy batter.
- Preheat a cast-iron skillet or nonstick pan over medium heat. Add half a tablespoon of butter and brush the pan with a brush.
- Take a small ladle and pour batter into the pan while swirling to spread the batter in a thin crepe. It takes about half a minute to 1 minute to cook one side of the crepe.
- When the crepe is dry and lightly golden you can flip it with a spatula. Cook the other side for about 20-30 seconds.
- Take the pancake out of the pan and put it on a plate. Repeat for the remaining batter.
- Garnish with powdered sugar, and fruit, and serve immediately.
France Pancake Recipe
The main difference between crepe and pancakes is that pancakes have a leavening agent whereas a crepe doesn’t. To get ultra-thin pancakes you need a very thin batter as well.
Compared to a pancake the batter is way thinner than regular pancakes. As you do not use a leavening agent in the crepe batter it doesn’t need any time to rest or activate the leavening agent.
To get a smooth and creamy batter, use a blender. It will also prevent lumps in your batter. You can whisk the batter by hand.
This will result in a longer preparation time for the batter to combine lump-free.
How To Store Crepes
Preferably you eat crepes warm and straight out of the pan. But you can store these crepes in a couple of ways.
- Refrigerate – store your crepes in the fridge. Cover with cling foil when the crepes have cooled. Store up to 2 to 3 days.
- Freeze – cool your crepes, put them in a ziplock bag, and store them in the freezer for up to 3 months.
Serve Crepes With
You can eat crepes with a lot of different toppings take a look at several favorites that are served regularly with crepes:
- Homemade Nutella
- Powdered sugar
- Strawberries
- Blueberries
- Banana
- Cherries
- Melted chocolate
- Caramel sauce
- Whipped cream
- Jam
More Pancake Recipes
If you like this recipe, you will love these pancake recipes:
- Dutch pancakes
- Fluffy pancakes
- Vegan banana pancakes
- Coconut pancakes
- Dutch baby pancakes
- Sweet pancake muffin bite
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Simple Crepe Recipe
A delicious simple crepe recipe. This recipe is for you. On the table in no time that you can serve for breakfast or dessert
Ingredients
- 1 cup flour
- 1ΒΌ cups milk
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tablespoon melted unsalted butter (more for brushing the pan)
- 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
- Pinch of salt
Instructions
- Add the flour, eggs, milk, melted butter, salt, and sugar to a blender. Start the blender on low speed and then increase
- Run the blender for half a minute until you have a smooth creamy batter
- Preheat a cast-iron skillet or nonstick pan over medium heat. Add half tablespoon of the butter and brush the pan
- Take a small ladle and pour batter into the pan while swirling to spread the batter in a thin crepe
- It takes about half a minute to 1 minute to cook the crepe dry and lightly golden
- Flip the crepe with a spatula and cook the other side for about 20-30 seconds. Take out of the pan and put on a plate
- Repeat for remaining batter
Notes
If you do not have a blender mix all the ingredients by hand using a whisk
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Nutrition facts
Calories: 224; Fat: 7.2g; Carbs: 31g; Protein: 9g;
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