Dutch Baby

This large, fluffy pancake is excellent for breakfast, brunch, lunch and dessert any time of year. And it comes together in about five blessed minutes. Just dump all of the ingredients into a blender, give it a good whirl, pour it into a heated skillet sizzling with butter, and pop it into the oven. Twenty-five minutes later? Bliss. It’s wonderful simply with sugar, syrup or preserves, but you also can serve it with fresh berries and whipped cream, apple slices cooked in butter and sugar or banana slices lightly cooked then dusted with brown sugar.

Ingredients:

  • 3 large eggs, at room temperature
  • ½ cup all-purpose flour
  • ½ cup whole milk, at room temperature
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • Pinch of nutmeg
  • 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • Syrup, preserves, confectioners’ sugar or cinnamon sugar- any other toppings. typically we do strawberries and whip cream or bananas cooked with brown sugar.

    Directions:
  • Step 1: Heat oven to 425 degrees.
  • Step 2: Combine eggs, flour, milk, sugar and nutmeg in a blender jar and blend until very smooth. Batter may also be mixed by hand.
  • Step 3: Place butter in a heavy 10-inch skillet and place in the oven. As soon as the butter has melted (watch it so it does not burn) add the batter to the pan, return pan to the oven and bake for 20 minutes, until the pancake is puffed and golden. Lower oven temperature to 300 degrees and bake 5 minutes longer.
  • Step 4: Remove pancake from oven, cut into wedges and serve at once topped with syrup, preserves, confectioners’ sugar or cinnamon sugar.

Jamie’s cookies

Also known as Cowboy Cookies, these cookies are generally only made during holidays. Jamie Short makes them every year and they are incredible.

Ingredients:

1 1/4 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup peanut butter
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
6 oz semisweet chocolate chips
3 oz peanut butter chips
3 oz milk chocolate chips
1/2 cup quick-cooking oatsDirections:

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
  2. In a large bowl, cream the butter, sugars and peanut butter until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Combine the flour, salt, baking soda and baking power; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well.
  3. Stir in the chips and oats. Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake for 9-12 minutes or until golden brown.
  4. Cool for 2 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks. Store in an airtight container.