Recipe

Ingredients

• 300g Flour
• 300ml Milk
• 2 Egg
• 6Tbsp Sugar
• 2tsp Vanilla Extract
• pinch Salt
• 1 1/2 Tbsp Chocolate Chips

Instructions

1. Mix the salt, sugar and flour.
2. Whisk the eggs into the milk and add the vanilla extract.
3. Use an electric mixer to mix the milk mixture into the flour.
4. Mix well to make sure there are no clumps left.
5. Integrate the chocolate chips into the batter.
6. Melt a bit of butter in a small pan.
7. Pour some of the batter into the centre of the pan and let it fill the pan.
8. Cook on low heat until bubbles form on the top and it is mostly cooked through.
9. Flip the pancake and cook for a few more minutes.
10. Transfer onto a plate.
11. And enjoy with whatever you like best!

Variations

Similar to American pancakes or Crepes, Pfannkuchen can be enjoyed with whatever you like best. From caramel sauce and whipped cream to nutella.

If you want to make savoury Pfannkuchen, you can leave out the chocolate chips or substitute them for bacon.

Heading to Germany

Overview

Apple Rolls are pretty similar to cinnamon rolls when it comes to the dough but they differ in the filling. There are many ways to give this recipe a personal twist. Apfel-Rosinen-Schnecken are typically eaten in Germany. They are made with yeast dough and apple compot. Yeast dough is quite tricky when getting started but it becomes easier and even fun to make it the more times you do it.

Recipe

Ingredients

For the dough

• 500g Flour
• 250ml Milk
• 75g Butter
• 25g fresh Yeast
• 70g Sugar
• 1 package Vanilla Sugar
• pinch of Salt

For the filling

• 500g of Apples (5 small apples)
• 100g of Brown Sugar
• optional: Cinnamon, Raisins, Plums

For the topping

• 64g Powdered Sugar
• 1Tbsp Milk

Instructions

1- Cut the apples and place them on a baking tray covering them with the sugar, leaving them to soak.

2- Warm the milk and place the butter inside. When melted, add sugar, vanilla sugar and a pinch of salt.

3- Remove the mixture from the heat and crumble the fresh yeast, adding it to the mixture and stirring thoroughly.

4- Add the milk-yeast mixture to the flour and knead it until obtaining a homogenous dough.

5- Cover the dough and let it rise for 45 minutes.

6- Cover a large area with flour and roll out the dough forming a rectangle.

7- Blend the apples until obtaining a consisten compot.

8- Spread the compot on the dough.

9- Roll up the dough and cut it into 4cm thick rolls.

10- Place the rolls on the baking tray with the cut side up.

11- Cover the tray and let the rolls rise for another 30 minutes.

12- Heat the oven to 250ºC and bake the apple rolls for 10 to 15 minutes.

11- Mix the powdered sugar with the milk and spread it over the apple rolls.

Variations

Cinnamon- Looking to spice the apple compot with cinnamon? No problem. Sprinkle some cinnamon on the apples before leaving them to soak.

Raisins – Raisins and Apples go hand in hand in many recipes. I haven’t included them in the recipe itself but you can add them into the apple compot before spreading it on the dough.

Plums – If you want to add a plum centre, align plums on the side from which you will roll up the dough. That way, your apple rolls will have a nice plum centre.