Cherry Pancakes (Germany)

This recipe comes from the 1955 cookbook, Germany Cookery & is included here to plump up my Deutsch recipes cookbook for the Zaar World Tour 6.

• Ready In: 15 mins
• Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 4  rolls
• 4  tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 2  large eggs
• 1  cup milk
• 2  teaspoons granulated sugar
• 1  lb cherries
• 1  tablespoon unsalted butter
• 2  tablespoons granulated sugar (again)
• 1  teaspoon cinnamon

Directions

1. Soak rolls in cold water, then squeeze them as dry as you can before breaking them up.
2. Thoroughly mix rolls with flour, eggs, milk & the 2 teaspoons of sugar.
3. Pit the cherries, then cut each in half & fold them into the batter.
4. In a large skillet melt the butter over medium-high heat then drop spoonfuls of batter onto the butter, browning the pancakes for several minutes on first one side & then the other.
5. Mix together the 2 tablespoons of sugar & the cinnamon, & serve the pancakes topped with a sprinkling of this cinnamon sugar.