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Mom’s French Crepes

February 14, 2020 /

When I mentioned making crêpes in my last Friday’s post several people mentioned how they enjoyed crêpes so today, I am sharing the recipe my mom gave me. I am not sure whether she found this recipe in France but she probably did since there is where I grew up eating crêpes. Instead of an American breakfast for dinner as I sometimes make me, we would have crêpes for dinner and usually sweet and not savory crêpes. Having crêpes for dinner was a special treat.

I do not make crêpes very often for the simple reason that with a family of 6, we go through a batch pretty quickly. While the recipe is very simple, it does take time to cook them. I think one of the most important tool with crêpes is a good crêpe pan. I ordered this one on Amazon after the one I had from Aldi got too worn to heat them well. You want a thin pan and make sure you heat it well before pouring your batter for the first crêpe. We usually eat crêpes with jam, nutella or fruit and sour cream (would be crème fraiche in France). Of course crêpes are as tasty with just a little sugar sprinkled on top.

Ingredients:

  • 1 and 3/4 cups of flour
  • 2 cups of milk + 4 tbsp
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 pinch of salt
  • 1/4 cup of melted and cooled butter

Mix all ingredients , adding the milk a little at a time to prevent lumps. Pour a thin layer to cover the bottom of your pan. When the edges start to brown, use a thin spatula to flip. Cook 30 seconds or so.Fold in fourths until you are ready to serve.

A bientôt!

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