Puffed Pancake Breakfast Recipe

This tasty little Puffed Pancake recipe is an easy to make make Dutch Baby Pancake, with or without a cast iron skillet!

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Puffed Pancake

You can think of our puff pancakes recipe as a slow cooker breakfast without the slow cooker! That's right! With the right equipment, you can make slow cooker recipes without actually using a slow cooker! Our Dutch baby pancake recipe, also known as a Dutch pancake, is a German pancake style that will wow your breakfast squad!

These German pancakes recipe skillet version are really easy to make and they finish in the oven! This method of cooking frees up your stove top to cook up your other breakfast dishes, like scrambled eggs or bacon!

What is so unique is this puff pancake recipe is that every time you make it, the puff is different. Your puffed pancake will never look the same. Even different folks at the breakfast table will have a unique puffy pancake!

This is the first time it did not bubble really big in the middle and over the edges like it usually does! Our oven puffed pancake recipe is so fun! 

This Dutch pancake recipe was inspired by my chocolate chip pancake recipe on this site, and pairs well with this delicious strawberry pretzel fluff recipe.

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Why You Will Love Our Puffed Pancake Recipe

Puffed Pancakes are usually called Dutch Oven Pancakes because well, they are usually cooked in a Dutch Oven! Dutch Pancakes are served in a variety of ways, but the vanilla Dutch Baby seems to be the most popular.

Instead of following a baby Dutch pancake recipe, our Puffed Pancake is easily made in a cast iron skillet. Check the tips below for how to make a Dutch baby pancake without cast iron skillet! 

How to Make our Puffed Pancake for breakfast or brunch

These super fluffy pancakes puffs up in the oven and then it flattens when you pull it out and it is absolutely delicious.

Our recipe for dutch baby pancake is very light, and is perfectly served with a sprinkling of powdered sugar on top and piled high with fresh berries. You do not even need any syrup because they are so tasty! 

Of course, your family will probably want to load it up with syrup regardless of how amazing they are. That is totally okay! You can even add ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract to the pancake mix if you want a bit of extra flavor in your puffed pancake. 

Here are the Ingredients that you will to make our Puffed Pancake

• Butter
• Eggs
• All purpose flour 
• Milk
• Salt
• Fresh raspberries and blueberries
• Powdered sugar

Please see the printable recipe card at the end of this post for the exact quantities for each ingredient.

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Directions for how to make this Puffed Pancake 

Baker's Note: If you do not have a cast iron pan, you can easily make this in a 9-10" pie plate or similar baking dish. 

Start by preheating your oven to 400. Place your butter into a larger 10" cast iron skillet and heat it for 3-4 minutes or until the butter is melted. Swirl your pan around to spread the melted butter evenly along the bottom of the pan. 

Next we are going to add our eggs to a mixing bowl and whisk the eggs together.

Now we are going to add the flour, milk and salt to the mixing bowl.

Whisk them together until the egg mixture is smooth.

Pour your puffed pancake batter into your hot skillet and then place in the oven.

Bake your puffed pancake for 20 to 25 minutes, or until the pancakes are puffy and lightly browned. 

Remove your Puffed pancake from the oven and you will see that the pancake will quickly flatten out. While the puffed pancake is still hot, sprinkle it with powdered sugar. 

This German Style Pancakes Recipe Serves 4 to 6 people depending on the size of the pancakes! ​​​​​​​I can't wait for you to try this Puffed Pancake Breakfast Recipe!

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