Food and Recipes Recipes Dutch Baby Pancake 5.0 (1) 1 Review Whether you call it an oven pancake, a Dutch baby, or a Hootin Annie, this buttery breakfast (or dessert) pastry deserves a spot at your Saturday morning breakfast table. An oven pancake is made from a thin batter that bakes in a cast-iron skillet in the oven, and it can be eaten with fresh fruit and whipped cream, maple syrup, honey, or your favorite jam or preserves. The batter is a simple mixture of several eggs, milk, flour, and sugar, and it's poured into a preheated cast-iron skillet with several tablespoons of melted butter. When the skillet goes into the hot oven, the eggs in the batter make the pastry rise quickly, climbing the side of the pan while the center deflates into a crater that is perfect for your filling of choice. However, unlike a conventional oven pancake, we're convinced there's one secret ingredient that makes the best pancake even better—lemon zest. By Micah A Leal Micah A Leal Micah Leal is a chef and recipe developer with more than 5 years of professional experience in restaurants and bakeries such as Husk Restaurant and Harken Cafe & Bakery in Charleston, South Carolina. Micah Leal is an enthusiastic chef with a special interest in the food science and culinary histories that shape the recipes people make today. His reputation for making recipes accessible and thoughtfully teaching difficult kitchen techniques is informed by his experience as a pastry chef as well as his background as a high school teacher. He has also developed nearly 200 recipes for southernliving.com and Southern Living Magazine. Southern Living's editorial guidelines Published on January 5, 2019 Print Rate It Share Share Tweet Pin Email Photo: Micah A. Leal Total Time: 35 mins Ingredients 3 eggs 1/2 cup milk 1/2 cup all-purpose flour 1 tablespoon sugar 1/2 teaspoon lemon zest 1 pinch of salt 4 tablespoons unsalted butter Directions Preheat oven to 425°F, and place a 10-inch skillet in the oven to preheat as well. While the oven is preheating, combine 3 eggs, 1/2 cup milk, 1/2 cup all-purpose flour, 1 Tbsp. sugar, 1/2 tsp. lemon zest, and a pinch of salt in a blender. Blend until completely homogenous. Once the oven is preheated, carefully remove the skillet and place 4 Tbsp. unsalted butter into the skillet. Swirl butter in skillet until completely melted. Pour batter into the skillet and bake for 20 minutes. Lower the oven temperature to 300°F and finish baking for another 5 minutes. Chef's Notes You must be sure that your oven is preheated before placing the batter into the oven. The initial burst of heat on contact with the batter allows the pastry to puff and create the distinct shape of an oven pancake. You can also experiment by adding spices like cinnamon and nutmeg for a particularly flavorful pancake. Rate it Print