Easy Crepe Recipe. The perfect fancy weekend breakfast or dessert showstopper. Learn how to make basic crepes for your sweet or savory creations. Make them even more delicious with layers of your favorite flavors. Nothing beats a classic crepe for a delicious treat!
The French cuisine is, undoubtedly, the heart of culinary world. Be it the heartwarming onion soup or the beautiful croissant, the classic French dishes always strive to add that wow factor to simple ingredients.
So, let’s talk about one of the iconic French dishes - the classic crepe. Super thin pancakes made to perfection ready to fill with your favorite sweet or savory ingredients. These are light, thin, delicious and comes with umpteen ways to customize.
Easy Crepe Recipe
Start with cracking two eggs into a bowl. Whisk to combine the whites and yolks. Then pour in milk. Whisk again to combine milk and eggs. The addition of butter make them rich and super delicious. To prevent any lumps in the batter, you will need to sift in flour and salt. Whisk again to combine flour with the wet ingredients.
Let this batter for easy crepe recipe rest for about 10 minutes. To make the crepes, grease a small crepe pan or cast iron pan over medium heat. When the butter start to melt, pour in batter.
Swirl to spread the batter into a thin pancake. When one side of the crepe starts to brown, flip over to cook the other side.
Finally, choose your favorite fillings (sweet or savory) and toppings.
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Ingredients
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup + 3 tablespoons milk
- 2 tablespoons melted and cooled butter
- 1 cup all purpose flour plain flour
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- Butter to grease pan
- Your favorite fillings and toppings to serve (see notes)
Instructions
- Place eggs in a large bowl. Whisk.
- Add milk. Whisk to combine.
- Add butter. Whisk again until just combined.
- Sift in flour and salt. Whisk to make very thin, lump-free batter. Cover and set aside for 10 minutes.
- Place a crepe pan or small frying pan over medium heat.
- Brush with a little butter.
- Pour ¼ cup batter.
- Swirl to spread the batter thinly along the bottom of the pan. Cook for 1-2 minutes or until the bottom has turned light brown.
- Run a spatula around the edge of the pan to loosen the crepe.
- Flip and cook for about one minute or until the other side has turned light brown.
- Serve hot.
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Notes
- Let the batter rest for about 10 minutes.
- Do not over mix the batter
- Make sure you cook the crepes over medium heat
- For sweet crepes, fill with nutella, chocolate sauce, fruits, whipped cream, cream cheese, honey, Greek yogurt and dust with powdered sugar. For savory crepes, try veggies, meats and cheese.
- You can make these crepes more flavorful by adding vanilla extract or ground cinnamon to the batter
- To store crepes in refrigerator, place wax paper between the layers of stacked crepes. Store for two days in an airtight container.
- You can freeze them for up to two months
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