Dutch poffertjes (mini pancakes)

Name: Dutch poffertjes (mini pancakes)
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 43 min
Total time: 1 h 8 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Netherlands
Ingredients: 4 oz flour; 4 oz buckwheat flour; 2 eggs; 1 butter; 1 ¼ cups milk; ⅓ oz yeast; 1 tsp vanilla sugar; To serve butter; To serve powdered sugar

A Netherlands breakfast. Ready in about 1 hour 8 minutes. Difficulty: medium.

25 minPrep (about)
43 minCook (about)
1 hr 8 minTotal time
4Servings
MediumDifficulty

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Ingredients

How many people?

− 5 people +

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6 oz flour
6 oz buckwheat flour
3 eggs
1 butter
1 ½ cups + 1 tbsp milk
½ oz yeast
To serve butter
To serve powdered sugar Shopping tip: Powdered sugar (UK: icing sugar).

Spices & seasonings (1): vanilla sugar

1 ¼ tsp vanilla sugar

How to make it

Steps in our own plain words.

Mix your dry yeast using some of the luke warm milk en mix until dissolved.
Place buckwheat plus your flour together in a bowl plus make a small circle in the middle.
Add the yeast mixture into it.
Add the milk.
Stir until you have a smooth batter.
Add the eggs, salt and vanille sugar.
Stir through.
Leave to stand and rise for around 45 minutes.
Heat the poffertjespan.
Add a bit of butter in each hole.
Fill halfway with batter and first cook in the oven one side till you can see top dry out a little.
Turn the poffertjes around with a little fork.
Cook in the oven the other side until cooked and golden.
Dish up the poffertjes with butter and icing sugar.