Dutch Baby pancakes

Doug and I first had Dutch babies on our honeymoon at the Invited Inn in Midway UT. They are a german pancake that is baked in the oven. We also have recently had them at the Original Pancake House.

6 eggs, room temperature
1 c milk, room temperature
1 c sifted bread flour
1/4 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
5 Tablespoons butter
Freshly squeezed lemon juice
powdered sugar

1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees. (Note: it is very important to preheat the oven. Place oven rack on middle rack of your oven. Place pan in the oven until hot and sizzling.

I tried three different pans -- my 12 inch iron skillet, a 9 inch pie pan, and my itty bitty (5 inches?) iron skillet. The small iron skillet worked best, the pie pan second (it looked perfect!) and the big iron skillet came in last. For some reason, the pancake in the big skillet was all lumpy and overdone. Next time, I may just use the little skillet. It will take a while to cook them all, but they'll be good!)

While the pan(s) are heating, prepare your batter.

2) In large bowl, beat the eggs until light and frothy; add milk, flour, vanilla and cinnamon. Beat for another five minutes.

3) Remove pans from oven; add butter, tilting pan to melt the butter and coat the skillet.

4) Pour the prepared batter into the hot pan and return to oven.

5) Bake approximately 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown.

6) Remove from oven and serve immediately. Sprinkle with lemon juice and powdered sugar.

These are really yummy.

I think I might add just a bit of sugar and some nutmeg to the batter...maybe a little more cinnamon.

Chicken wings

My family loves chicken wings. Actually, let me amend that a little. The boys love chicken wings. Doug loves spicy, tangy boneless chicken wings. And my goal was to clean out the freezer. So wings it was tonight. However, I really want to make Doug like them. I decided to spice his up.

First, I always bake the wings on a cookie sheet. I season them really well with salt, pepper and garlic powder. I cook them until they are brown, turn them over and cook them some more. When they are done, I turn the broiler on for about five minutes. I think the whole process is about 45 minutes to an hour.

While they were cooking, I fixed the sauces. First, I melted two sticks of butter and added a couple of tablespoons (or more) of minced garlic. My family LOVES garlic and the wings for Jesse and I were garlic parmesan.

For Doug's spicy wings, I took some of the melted garlic butter, added barbeque sauce and two types of pepper sauce -- a jalapeno one and louisiana hot sauce. I warmed it up on the stove in a small saucepan.

When the wings came out of the oven, I put all but Doug's in the skillet in the garlic butter. I coated them well then took some out and put them in a bowl with teriyaki sauce. I covered the bowl with plastic wrap, heated it in the microwave for one minute. When I took it out, I tossed the wings in the sauce to make sure they were coated.

Doug's wings went directly into the saucepan with his sauce.

The remainder stayed in the skillet and got sprinkled with grated parmesan cheese.

They were really good. Actually, I didn't try Doug's but he said they were great.

I love it when a plan comes together!