Sunday Morning Crepes

We love crepes at our house! Especially Pierce. BUT they are labor intensive - not hard, just time consuming so we only make them on weekends when we have extra time in the mornings. This recipe is from the Joy of Cooking (I love that book). Ryan makes them. I have never even looked at the recipe until now as I am typing it in. Isn't he GREAT?

Basic Sweet Crepes

Combine in a blender or food processor until smooth:
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup luke warm water
2 large eggs
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
1 and 1/2 tablespoons sugar
pinch of salt

Pour the batter into a pitcher or other container with a pouring lid. Cover with plastic wrap and let stand for 30 mins or refrigerate for up to 2 days. (This allows the flour to thoroughly absorb the liquid and give the gluten in the four a chance to relax.)

Place a nonstick or seasoned crepe pan over medium heat. (We use a large skillet/fry pan) Coat the pan with a little unsalted butter. (Ryan just unwraps one end of a stick of butter and rubs it all over the warm pan).

Stir the batter and pour about 2 tablespoons into the pan, lifting the pan off the heat and tilting and rotating it so that the batter forms an even, very thin layer. Cook until the top is set and the bottom is golden. Turn the crepe over using a spatula or fingers (Ryan uses a spatula - it's too hot for fingers even though the recipe says fingers work best) and cook until the second side is lightly browned. Remove crepe to a piece of wax paper. Continue cooking the rest of the crepe, buttering the pan and stirring the batter before starting each one. Stack the crepes between sheets of wax paper (Today we used plastic wrap because we were out of wax paper - it works) use immediately or let cool, wrap airtight and freeze up to 1 month.

Today we used Nutella and walnuts as one filling and Marion berry syrup and blueberries as another filling. Use anything that sounds good - applesauce and cinnamon, fresh fruit, jam, powdered sugar, bananas and peanut butter, whatever sounds good! 

Hope you like them as much as we do!! - Gen