Everyday Pancakes

Ingredients

• 4 eggs
• 1/4 cups flour, sifted 3 times
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons brandy
• 1/2 cup olive oil or melted butter
• 2 tablespoons thick cream
• Powdered sugar

Method

1. 1

   Beat eggs with salt, oil and cream until light and frothy.

2. 2

   Sift flour into mixing bowl, make well in center and put in liquid.

3. 3

   With a wooden spoon work in the flour, a little at a time, until a smooth batter is obtained; then add brandy.

4. 4

   Put 1 tablespoon of butter in hot frying pan and drop in 2 tablespoons of batter.

5. 5

   It should spread to cover bottom of pan, cook a moment, turn and cook another moment and slide onto a hot plate and powder well with sugar.

6. 6

   Pile the crepes, 1 above another, as finished, and serve hot.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from The European cookbook for American homes (from Italy, Spain, Portugal and France) (1936) by Brown, Cora Lovisa Brackett Mrs., page 161. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

EVERYDAY PANCAKES (Crepes de Menage) 4 eggs i/4 cups flour, sifted 3 times !/4 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons brandy % cup olive oil or melted butter Sweet butter for frying 2 tablespoons thick cream Powdered sugar

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