I know I've been away for some time now. Life has a way of taking over sometimes and I needed a break from the kitchen to take care of some renovations and a holiday. Renos are still on the go but I've been hankering to get back into the kitchen.
I loved crepes as a kid and still do. I tried to make them once many years ago and I blew it. They kept falling apart, I couldn't flip them...it was a disaster. I'm not one that accepts failure very well so this morning I decided to try and rectify my previously failed experiment.
It worked!! First I attempted to use a large skillet. That didn't go so well, again, falling apart, I couldn't flip it. I moved to a smaller pan I have and that worked wonders. Things I learned. The pan needs to be fully hot. A good spray of Pam cooking spray is essential. I flipped them with ease and they were delightful.
My kids love Nutella (and I do too). Once cooked I layered them between plastic wrap, which worked perfectly. The kids helped themselves, spread some nutella on them, fresh strawberries, bananas and a table of YUMMMMMMs followed. I also cooked some apples with some brown sugar and cinnamon and that was equally good but the nutella combo was the hands down hit.
Without further adieu the recipe. I found one on the Food network website but altered it a little bit as the consistency was too thick and I didn't want a lot of rise so I reduced the baking powder componant. My altered recipe is as follows.
Cinnamon Crepes
1 1/2 cups flour (all purpose)
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp baking Powder
1 cup buttermilk
1/3 cup skim milk
2 eggs
2 tbsp melted butter
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
Combine all dry ingredients in a mixing bowl. In a seperate bowl combine all the liquid ingredients. Slowly add the dry ingredients to the liquid whisking well until till completely smooth. (You may need to add a little more liquid). Be sure the consistency is smooth and pourable.
Let it sit for about 10 minutes.
Heat a nonstick frying pan (approximately 7 inch diameter) on Medium high and coat with a spray oil. Pour 1/4 cup of batter into the center of the pan and swirl to coat the pan bottom. Cook for about 2 minutes. Carefully lift the edges of the crepe with a spatula all the way around. Shake the pan to move the crepe a bit and use a large spatula to flip. Cook for one minute and slide onto a plate, cover with plasic wrap and continue along until you are finished.
Toppings:
Fresh Strawberries, Banana, Apples, Rasperries.
Nutella
Spread some nutella on the crepe, place strawberries and banana, roll up the crepe and there you have a tuttie fuity crepe.
