Maniak Madness

I’ve loved them since the first day I had a crêpe in French class that melted in my mouth and I fell in love with them even more after my trip to Paris in high school.  Every once in a while I like to make a batch and rem­i­nisce as I savor them.  For­tu­nately, the fam likes them now too!  So, I thought it would be fun to do a lit­tle post about how I make them.  They’re not nearly as hard as you would think.

I like to make them in my blender, but you can also make them with a mixer too.  Start by tak­ing 4 eggs and putting them into the blender.

Then add 2 1/4 cups of milk

fol­lowed by 1/2 tea­spoon salt and 1/4 cup of melted butter

and finally 2 cups of flour

Now, we’re ready to blend!  Blend for about 1 minute.  Then stop and scrape the sides to make sure you get any lumps of flour mixed in.  Ok, let’s blend for about 15 more sec­onds.  This will make it nice and smooth.

Now, we need to put it in the refrig­er­a­tor to chill for at least an hour.

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Now, it’s time to cook, yay!  Turn on your stove to about medium heat.  You don’t want it too hot oth­er­wise you’ll burn them!

When I first start my batch, I like to melt a lit­tle bit of but­ter, for some rea­son, this helps the first ones turn out bet­ter.  But once it’s gone, I don’t do it after every one.  This crepe pan is awe­some for mak­ing them as it’s non­stick and just the right size, but any small fry­ing pan will work too.

Next, pour in about 1/4–1/2 cup of your bat­ter (depends on how thick you like them).  This is when it’s really nice to have used the blender as you can just pour it directly into the pan!   Then, pick up the pan and swirl it around, mak­ing sure to cover the entire bot­tom of the pan.

It will take about 2–3 min­utes to cook the first side.  The edges will begin to curl up and when they seem to be turn­ing golden brown, gen­tly peek under­neath to see how it’s look­ing.  You want a nice golden brown color.  If it looks good, then flip it!

The 2nd side only takes about another minute to cook.  And that’s it!  Just use wax or parch­ment paper to sep­a­rate each of the crepes and store in an air­tight con­tainer (we just use a ziplock).

Now, for the best part, enjoy­ing them!  You can add any top­pings that you want to your crepes.  Some of my favorites are fruit, choco­late syrup, but­ter, pow­dered sugar or whipped cream.  But my absolute favorite is Nutella!  Mmmmm.…SO good!

Just roll it up, or fold it up, do what­ever you’d like…and enjoy!

Here’s the recipe.  Thanks for reading!