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Simple Pancakes

4 servings

Ingredients

• 4 tbsp fine flour
• 4 pcs eggs
• 0.25 l liquid (2 parts sweet cream, 1 part warm water)
• 75 g currants
• 2 tbsp melted butter
• lemon zest or mace (a little)
• salt (a little)
• sugar and cinnamon, for sprinkling (a little)

Instructions

1. Beat the eggs well with the flour, then stir in the liquid, currants, melted butter, lemon zest or mace, and salt.
2. Bake 4 pancakes from this batter.
3. Cut each pancake twice in the pan, roll up the pieces, and sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon.
4. These pancakes are served with tea and buttered bread, but can also be served with wine sauce or fruit juices.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.