How to make crepes easy recipe

How to make crêpes at home, the basic recipe, easy and fast without rest time! For soft and light crêpes in sweet or savory version to be filled with spread, brown sugar or fresh fruits.

The French crepes are made on the occasion of Candlemas, which is a Christian celebration, but nowadays they are made all year round and for all occasions. They have become very popular all over the world and it is the favorite treat of children and adults alike for breakfast or for after school snack.

Composed of only 3 ingredients, eggs, milk, flour, it is certainly the easiest dessert to make and favorite of all.

There are several versions of crêpe batter with or without resting time, thicker or thinner like this version of Moroccan semolina pancakes, chocolate crepe, or for special diets like egg-free, gluten-free or keto crêpes and you can even make fabulous desserts like my chocolate crepe cake.

They are delicious and light, you can eat them plain or add a brown sugar, Nutella or my healthy chocolate hazelnut spread, jam or with fresh fruit like strawberry or oranges like in the crepes suzette recipe.

Ingredients to make simple homemade crêpes

• Wheat flour: all-purpose flour or a wholemeal flour to make the Breton version.
• Milk: semi-skimmed cow's milk or a vegetable milk like my almond recipe ready in 10 min for a vegan version.
• Eggs: At room temperature they incorporate better.
• Butter: Optional, it brings a softer texture.
• Sugar: Optional, you can replace it with vanilla sugar or a natural sugar like honey or maple syrup.
• Salt: A flavor enhancer, it brings out all the flavors.

Tip: Flavour your mixture by adding a natural flavouring such as orange blossom water, vanilla or citrus juice.

Best fillings for crepes

• Spread, peanut butter, almond butter
• Powdered sugar, brown sugar, cane sugar etc..
• Strawberry, raspberry or apricot jam
• Honey or maple syrup
• Fresh fruit
• Salted caramel sauce
• Homemade cinnamon Applesauce
• Hazelnut and almond praline paste
• Milk jam

To make it a great dessert, add whipped cream, vanilla or chocolate ice cream, crushed nuts, custard,...

How to make crêpes

1. Place the flour, salt and sugar in a large bowl and make a well in the center.
2. Pour the eggs into the well and whisk gradually to incorporate the flour.
3. Drizzle in the milk with one hand and continue to whisk with the other until you have a smooth mixture.
4. Add the melted butter and mix again until you have a smooth batter.

Anti-clumping tip: mix the dry ingredients gradually while adding the milk in a drizzle, avoid mixing too quickly. (You can always use a hand blender to smooth the mixture)

With or without rest time

They say it's good to let the batter rest before baking it, it's softer and more flavorful. If you are on the organized team then let your batter rest in the fridge for 30 min to 1 hour. And if you're more on the "I don't have time" team 😅 like me with 4 kids at home then immediately move on to baking 😜.

Baking

1. Grease the skillet with a little butter and pour a small ladleful of batter into the hot skillet.
2. Make circular motions to spread the batter over the entire surface of the pan.
3. And cook for about 1 to 2 minutes per side, using a flat spatula to flip them easily.

Tip: Use a non-adhesive crepe pan or electric crepe maker for best cooking.

Conservation

In the fridge: They can be kept for 1-2 days in the fridge before cooking, covered with cling film or in a glass bottle with a lid. After cooking you can keep them at room temperature for 1 day.

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