This time of year is one of my favourites, food-wise. It’ll soon be Easter which means mini eggs, hot cross buns and malteaster bunnies. But first, Pancake Day! I’ve only just learned how to make homemade crepes. As luck would have it, they’re really easy and quick to whip up!
The key to getting super thin crepes is swirling the batter around your pan as soon as you pour it in. Once you’ve got that down, it’s just a case of flipping the pancake. This is actually a lot easier with crepes as the top won’t still be liquid. Within 10 minutes you’ll have a stack of homemade crepes ready to be topped however you like!
Every year I have the serious dilemma of classic lemon + sugar or indulgent nutella + banana (first world problem, guys!). Usually, I end up with both. How do you like to top yours?
Ingredients
- 150g plain flour, sifted
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tbsp caster sugar
- 325ml milk
- 2 large eggs
- 30g butter, melted
Instructions
- Heat a large frying pan over a medium-high heat.
- In a bowl mix the flour, salt and sugar together. Add the milk, eggs and melted butter and beat until you have a smooth batter.
- Add about 1/4 - 1/2 cup of the batter to the frying pan and swirl to coat the bottom of the pan. Cook for 1-2 minutes until the edges have set and the bottom browned, then flip. Cook for another minute or so then remove from the pan. Repeat with the rest of the batter.
These look super yummy, I love a crepe with sugar and lemon! xx
Laura | lauraslittleloves
Can’t beat keeping things simple sometimes!
These look wonderful – I need to get better at making them as thin as this. Crepes in France are one of my favourite treats 🙂
I usually go for at least one of each between classic lemon and sugar, and nutella and banana!
Jennifer x
Ginevrella | Lifestyle Blog
I was surprised by how simple these are to make! Good choice 😉
Yum! Definitely planning on making crepes on pancake day for sure. Need to pick up some nutella now! x
Jasmin Charlotte | UK Lifestyle Blog
We’ve gone through a stupid amount of nutella lately haha 🙂
I’m normally a Nutella girl (not just on crepes or pancakes – on pretty much everything) but this year I tried lemon and sugar and I’m converted – so simple, but so tasty! I actually made more pancakes this morning to have with more lemon and sugar, because why can’t every day be like pancake day? 😉
x
p.s. I am totally with you on the good foods by the way – spring is amazing for so many tasty new treats (and the fact they’re linked to days on the calendar totally justifies overindulgence – I’m sorry for eating ANOTHER bag of mini eggs, but it is Easter, after all!).
I’ve ate pancakes for breakfast on so many weekends already this year haha! And YES to an excuse for overindulgence – they’re only around for a few months so of course you HAVE to eat as much as you can while they’re here 😉