My very first food memory is sitting in my mother’s kitchen eating German Pancakes. My mom was not the main cook in our house. A lot of the cooking in our home was done by my Dad who loved to cook. Mom did have, however, several signature dishes that were brilliant: German pancakes, fried bologna sandwiches (made from homemade bologna from my grandfather’s butcher shop), potato salad and blueberry cake.
When my siblings and I were in elementary school, she always made German Pancakes on report card day. We’d run up the hill to our house and the smell would hit us before we even opened the door. She’d fill us full of sugar and send us back to school. She was the best mother ever!
When we lost her last summer, I snagged her recipe box from my sisters (muhahahhaha) and brought it home with me. I’m planning on slowly working through her lovely vintage recipes one by one. I had a little mini breakdown when I came across some recipes in my handwriting I had given her that she had put in her recipe box. I miss her so much. I have lived across the country from her for 20 years and we had been losing her to Alzheimer’s for the last several, but it still hurts so much to know that she is no longer on the planet, that I can’t just pick up the phone and say hi whenever I want to.
This is my very favorite food from my childhood.
PrintMOM’S GERMAN PANCAKES
A sweet treat!
Ingredients
2 eggs
1 C milk
2 t granulated sugar
1 1/2 C flour
1 t baking powder
1 t vanilla
Crisco or butter to fry
Confectioner’s sugar (lots)
Instructions
Beat the eggs with the milk in a large bowl
Add flour, granulated sugar, baking powder and vanilla
Whisk until smooth
Plop a tablespoon or so of crisco in a skillet and let it heat up over medium heat
When it’s melted, pour in batter to make smallish pancakes (see pics below)
Let them cook on one side until they start to puff a little and turn golden brown, a minute or two is all it takes
Turn and let cook through on the other side
I had a vanilla latte’ with mine
Miss you, mom…
That looks very yummy! 🙂 LG Tina
Mmmmmm. These pancakes sound very tempting. Thanks for sharing the recipe.
I have a couple of cookbooks that belonged to my Mother. She had written special instructions on some of the pages, and rated a few of the recipes. They are special and I will never give them up. The pancakes look great. Thank you for passing them on.
What a sweet photo, I miss my mama everyday too.The pancakes and that vanilla latte’ are just toooooo perfect combo.YUM!
Great “M” post, thanks for sharing this awesome Mama recipe and her wonderful picture.
~JO
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Stop! You’re killing me with the look of those pancakes! O.k., so it didn’t stop me from printing out the recipe. They look too good to opass up, and I can always diet tomorrow. Oh, and the photo of your mom is wonderful!!
I haven’t heard of German pancakes previously. This looks quite similar to Swedish pancake, however pancake recipes are pretty universal so its also German pancake! Interesting to know, I will ask my German friend:)
How great is this! Love your choice for M. You made me hungry for pancakes, too!
i wish I can have a share, love pancakes, well done.
Good report cards or not, those pancakes are certainly worth coming home to.
This is a fantastic tribute to your mother. These pancakes look so sweet and delicous.
RMW thank you for sharing your precious vintage recipes with us. These look wonderful. I shall save these for a weekend in 🙂
How wonderful to relive all those memories through your mom’s recipes. There is something about food that really triggers the memories.
This was sweet, in more ways than one. I’m German and I love pancakes!!!
Drooling over your cakes! I’m sure Mom would give them an A+. Wonderful post.
Yummy, yummy and mouth-watering pancakes! It’s morning here, 7:00 AM, I have my cup of coffee, and now need the pancakes.
Your pancakes look totally yummy, but these German pancakes look very different from the Dutch ones my mother made!
Yummmmm! I am a fried bologna sandwich eater from way back. Doesn’t get any better than that!~Ames
Hello.
My mouth is watering, but I can’t stay too long because all these delicious goodies are making my waistline grow!
On a serious note, I’m sorry for the loss of your mom. The loss of any loved one is especially difficult (my dad died when I was in my early teens), but even though mom is no longer with you, she will always live in your heart and of course you have all your beautiful memories to hold on to when you’re feeling sad.
A lovely post and thank you so much for visiting. I appreciate it.
Best wishes.
Oh my, I hate to drool, but really……
JDaniel is receiving his report card fir swim class today. Maybe I should make these to celebrate.
those look delicious!!!
Sorry to hear that she’s no longer with you – I’m glad you have something of hers, that meant a lot to her. {:-D
Those pancakes look really yummy.. haven’t tried that version. It looks really tempting.
What a darling mom, bet she was such a cute little girl. I love the pancakes..is there anything much better than these, I don’t think so! ;D
Thanks for sharing the recipe. They look yummy! My kids love pancakes!
My mom is from Germany also & made these & the fried bologna! I used to love that stuff:-) She could never pass on a recipe cause she just says ‘it’s a little of this & a little of that’ never any measurements, which I need! Thanks for sharing your mom’s!
I love pancakes and yours look delicious! My mom passed away 2 years ago and i miss her so much. She also suffered from dementia and she was not herself for several years before she died. She was not a very cook either but had some signature dishes that I still cook and always remember. Many of our memories are associated with food.
That was such a fun read, full of memories and a great recipe. (I did a bit of sneaking re my mother’s recipe box too!) I’d like a plate of her pancakes right now!
Oh, those look fantastic! If only I can get my hands on some Crisco…. E doesn’t like the pancakes that I make from the Japanese pancake mixes I use. In fact, I personally don’t like Japanese pancakes that much either. They taste a little different and the texture is not the same as the ones from the States. I’ve got to give this recipe a try one of these days. Do you know what can be a good substitute for Crisco?
I’m sorry to hear about your mom. Losing a loved one is never easy, especially if it’s a parent. At least you have a lot of good memories of her!
I thought that only Cape Bretoners ate fried bologna sandwiches! Those big old tubes of bologna are called Cape Breton steak and I well remember the pleasure of a thick sandwich with (are you ready??) ketchup on the it.
No matter how old we are, or how far away we live, losing our mother has to be one of life’s hardest things. The recipe book is a lovely link with her and with your childhood.xo
Close by but in the middle of not much is a wonderful German restaurant/deli where, if we are there for breakfast, I have German pancakes. They are probably not as good as your mom’s, but they are pretty tasty.
That’s funny that the pancakes are called “German pancakes” my mother and grandma did them too, but in Belgium they also exist. They are different from the pancakes I learned to love in the States (with Maple syrup, yummy !!)
I about licked my laptop screen…how delicious those pancakes look.
Treasure those memories of your Mom and share them through her recipes…a sweet idea.
They look delicious, but — in my humble opinion — German pancakes are thinner. At least that’s how everyone here (and I myself) make them. They are also larger — one pancake in one pan. Then you spread jelly on the pancake and roll it up. Yummy! 🙂
As I read this I wish I could give you a hug. Such a beautiful recipe from such a beautiful Mom. It’s wonderful to see the quiet joy in her face in the picture you shared. I know she must have been smiling as she watched you making her beloved recipe.
What a lovely post for a lovely Mom.
Hugs and A+
Yum, Yum! I love that she made these on report card day, too. A good Mom memory for you. Now I can’t help wondering about the tomato soup cake!