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Flour Schmarren or Kaiserschmarren

4 servings

Ingredients

• 4 pcs Egg yolks
• 0.25 l Cream or milk
• Salt (a little)
• Sugar (a little)
• 100 g Flour
• 4 pcs Egg whites
• 1 tbsp Butter or half butter, half lard
• Sugar and cinnamon, for sprinkling (a little)
• stewed dried fruit or fresh compote (as needed)

Instructions

1. Whisk egg yolks, cream or milk, salt, and sugar with flour until quite smooth, then fold in the beaten egg whites.
2. Heat butter or half butter, half lard in a pancake pan, pour in the batter, and bake until light brown on the underside.
3. Divide into pieces with a fork, flip, and bake until light brown on the other side.
4. Break the pieces into smaller bits, arrange them in a mound on a dish, sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon, and serve with stewed dried fruit or fresh compote.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.