Scrambled Pancakes (Germany)

Submitted by Sydney Mike

"This recipe comes from the 1955 cookbook, German Cookery & I'm posting it to add to the Deutsch recipes for the ZWT6."

 

• Ready In: 25mins
• Ingredients: 10

ingredients

• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
• 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
• 4 eggs, separated
• 1 pinch salt
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup milk
• 1 tablespoon unsalted butter (again)
• 1 tablespoon granulated sugar (again)
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 2 cups fruit (cut into bite-size pieces)

directions

1. Cream the 1st 2 tablespoons of butter until frothy, then add, one after another, the sugar, egg yolks, salt, flour & milk.
2. Beat egg whites until stiff, then carefull fold them into the batter.
3. In a large skillet, melt the final tablespooon of butter, then pour the batter onto the butter, frying it, 3 to 4 minutes on each side until golden brown.
4. With 2 forks, chop up the resulting pancake.
5. Mix together the 1 tablespoon of sugar & 2 teaspoon cinnamon.
6. Serve on a hot platter, sprinkled with the cinnamon sugar & garnished with pieces of apple, cherries or other fruits, dried or fresh.

Reviews

[Kristin C.]

My grandma who was of German heritage but lived all her life around Danish immigrants in Western Iowa made a breakfast dish similar to this one that the family pronounced “Datch”. We also made Ableskeiver but this was the go to when we were late for church. Have you heard another name for this recipe?

 

[Terry B.]

Turned out great. Back home in ND where us German-Russians run rampant, we call them (do my best to translate lol) Iishtootles. Can be quickly made with a pancake mix, but what fun is that (also does not taste as good). Now for tweaks, a teaspoon of vanilla always gives desserts or in this case breakfast a good homemade taste. The pancakes are also easily scrambled in the pan with the spatula. Just my two cents. The pancakes themselves, I never had a real recipe. So thanks. At 39 this is a tradition thathasbeen passed down many generations. Now if I could just get my Grandpas red eye recipe, I would be happy.

 

[Lilac and Ivy]

I was unsure how to cook these as I made a recent trip to Germany for the first time but only saw Kaiserschmarrn from a mix. So it was great to find this recipe! They cooked up beautifully and were just like I remembered. :) Thank you!

 

[2Bleu]

These were really good. I reduced to half a recipe and topped with fresh strawberries and whipped cream (from a can). Thanks for sharing the recipe.

 

[Baby Kato]

What a delicious lunch I just had, thanks to you Syd. Thanks for sharing this recipe. This quick and easy to make recipe is excellent. The pancakes are light, fluffy, tender and full of flavor. I garnished my pancake with fresh stewed strawberries and a little icing sugar.