Puffy Maine Pancakes Recipes

SKINNY LIGHT AND AIRY PUFF PANCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F. Lightly coat two 4 1/2 inch individual pie plates, 10-ounce custard cups, or 10-ounce au gratin dishes with nonstick cooking spray; set aside.
• In a small bowl, combine egg, flour, milk, and salt. Beat with a wire whisk or rotary beater until smooth. Immediately pour batter into prepared baking dishes. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until pancakes are puffed and well browned.
• Meanwhile, place orange marmalade in a small microwave-safe dish. Microwave, uncovered, on 100 percent power (high) about 30 seconds or until melted.
• To serve, top puffed pancakes with fruit; spoon melted marmalade over fruit. Serve warm.

BANANA PANCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 175 degrees. Whisk flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl. Add egg, milk, and butter; whisk until combined but still slightly lumpy.
• Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Place 5 banana rounds in pan, about 3 inches apart. Spoon 1 tablespoon batter over each; cook until large bubbles cover surface, 1 to 2 minutes. Flip, and cook until bottom is golden, about 1 minute more. Transfer to a baking sheet, and keep warm in the oven.
• Repeat with remaining banana rounds and batter. Saute extra banana slices in butter until golden; serve with pancakes.

PUFFY OVEN PANCAKE OR "HOOTIN' ANNIES"

Steps:

• Heat oven to 450 degrees F.
• In blender or bowl, blend together eggs, milk, flour, and salt.
• Melt butter in 9x13 pan in oven.
• Remove pan from oven.
• Pour in batter.
• Return to oven and bake (without peeking) for 18 minutes.
• Pancake should be very high and puffy.
• Remove from oven and cut into 6 large squares.
• Serve immediately.

VANILLA DUTCH BABY (PUFFED PANCAKE)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Put the butter in a large, ovenproof, nonstick saute pan and place in the oven.
• Meanwhile, in a blender, combine the eggs, flour, warm milk, sugar, vanilla extract and pinch of salt, and blend on medium-high speed until uniform. (If mixing by hand, combine the eggs with the milk until the mixture is light yellow and no longer stringy, about 1 minute. Add the flour, sugar, vanilla, and pinch of salt, and whisk vigorously to remove the lumps, about 30 seconds.)
• Carefully remove the hot pan from the oven. The butter should be melted. Swirl the butter around the pan to coat completely, and then pour the remaining butter into the batter and pulse to blend. Pour the batter into the hot pan and return the pan to the oven. Cook until the pancake is puffed in the center and golden brown along the edges, 20 to 25 minutes.
• Using a spatula, remove the entire Dutch baby from the pan and place on a cooling rack for a few minutes to allow the steam to escape without condensing along the bottom and rendering the pancake soggy. Dust with confectioners' sugar when cooled slightly. Slice the pancake into 8 wedges on a serving platter or cutting board.