German Pancakes

On a lazy morning (say, for example, I am having a snow day!), German Pancakes are a great treat! I first had these at an IHOP when I was small.  We were never encouraged to order them as you had to wait 20 minutes for them to come, and by then, the rest of the family would have eaten their stacks of regular pancakes.  But oooooh, they were good.  Then I discovered how easy they are to make, and I've been making my own ever since.  I always thought they had to be with apple, but you can make them plain, apple, banana, pear, chocolate chip, etc!  Serve with maple syrup, preferably, but jam or powdered sugar (or lemon juice and powder sugar if you're British) also works well.

German Pancakes

2 eggs
1/3 C flour (but remove 1 Tablespoon of the flour and replace it with 1 Tablespoon of corn starch)
1/3 C milk
1/4 t salt
1.5-2 T (30-40g) butter or margarine
1 medium apple or banana (thinly sliced) or whatever else you want to try (you can also just make them plain!)
1.5 T cinnamon sugar

Heat oven to 400 degrees F. Place a 9” round pan in the oven to get really hot. Beat eggs, flour, cornstarch, milk and salt together in small mixing bowl.
When oven is heated, remove pan from oven (it should be very hot). Place butter in the pan and rotate pan until the butter melts and the bottom and sides of the pan are coated.

Arrange the apple or banana slices in each pan. Pour the batter over them. Sprinkle cinnamon sugar on top and place pan back in oven to cook until puffed and golden brown (15-25 minutes).  It will be very puffy when it comes out, and then it will fall a little bit.  Don't be sad. It still tastes amazing!