Easiest Way to Make Perfect Basic Sweet Crepe Recipe

Basic Sweet Crepe Recipe. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the flour and the eggs. Gradually add in the milk and water, stirring to combine. Add the salt and butter; beat until smooth.

Sugar and vanilla is added when making a sweet crepe recipe and simply left out when filling with savory ingredients like cheese, meat, and veggies. This recipe is from "JOY of COOKING" and it is the best Crepe recipe I know of. I make it all the time, in a blender, leaving it overnight in the refrigerator, to fix strawberry crepes for Sunday breakfast. You can have Basic Sweet Crepe Recipe using 13 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Basic Sweet Crepe Recipe

1. Prepare of Crepe batter:.
2. You need 1 cup of flour.
3. You need 2 of eggs.
4. It's 1 cup of milk, 1% fat.
5. It's 2 teaspoons of white sugar.
6. It's 2 teaspoons of butter.
7. You need 2 teaspoons of vanilla.
8. It's 1/4 teaspoon of salt.
9. You need 1/2 cup of water.
10. It's of non-stick oil spray.
11. Prepare of Crepe filling:.
12. Prepare 3 of medium bananas, sliced.
13. Prepare 12 tablespoons of chocolate spread (nutella), 2 tablespoons per crepe is enough, or add according to your preference.

This basic crepe batter, good for both sweet and savory applications, can be whipped up in mere seconds in a blender or whisked together by hand. This is not necessarily a bad thing. In fact, some crepe recipes call for soda water as an ingredient, specifically to try to get more of those tiny bubbles. Crepes are light and delicate ultra thin pancakes!

Basic Sweet Crepe Recipe instructions

1. Mix the dry ingredients together in a bowl: flour, vanilla, sugar and salt..
2. Mix the other ingredients with a blender: eggs, milk, water and butter..
3. Add the dry mixture to the liquid mixture and blend until smooth. Cover batter and chill for 1 hour..
4. Heat an 8 inch cooking pan on medium heat and spray with cooking spray. When the pan is hot, add around 1/4 cup of the batter and tilt pan until the batter covers the pan with a thin film..
5. Cook for 10 seconds on one side. Lift the batter carefully with a spatula to check for doneness..
6. Then flip the crepe to the other side and cook for another 30 seconds..
7. Place the crepe on a plate; add Nutella spread to it and sliced bananas and roll..
8. Sprinkle with sugar and chopped hazelnuts if desired..

Anytime you want a special breakfast or brunch keep these crepes in mind. My son proudly reminded me that he made these for me for Mother's Day a few years ago! Whether or not you decide to make sweet or savory crepes. Don't give up on the recipe if your first crepe or two break :) Give them a chance and experiment a little with the heat settings, thinning out the batter a little with more mylk and so on. Crepes are surprisingly easy to make on a whim.