Swedish Pancakes Recipe
- December 8, 2012
- by Melissa Lawrence
Hello, hello!
Who’s hungry for one of my favorite family recipes, Swedish pancakes! If you’re in need for some brunch recipe ideas, you’re in luck!
Growing up with a Swedish mother, Swedish pancakes were a staple in our house. We had them nearly every weekend to everyone’s great satisfaction. My poor mother stood at the skillet for nearly an hour as we kept coming back from more. Recently, she estimated that in her lifetime she has made nearly 60,000 pancakes!
I am not an expert like my Mom whose pancakes melt in your mouth, but I am adequate and I’ve gotten better with each additional pancake I’ve prepared. These pancakes require only a few very simple and basic ingredients. However, you have to be familiar with how the batter looks and learn how to cook them in the pan.
So here goes. As I like to do with recipes, I am giving you guys a step by step here because that is how you will master the art of Swedish pancakes!
My mother Fleur’s Swedish pancakes. Another family heirloom that I am so happy to be sharing with all of you.
Ingredients:
- 10 jumbo eggs
- 2 cups whole milk
- 1/4 teaspoon salt — don’t forget this, it’s essential!
- 1 cup plus 1/8-1/4 cup flour **If pancake isn’t sticking together/flipping well, add more flour one tablespoonful at a time**
- stick of butter close by skillet!
Directions:
- Combine eggs, milk and flour and whisk together well.
- Gradually add flour.
- You want a nice batter that has some thickness to it but it should not be too thick. (You can see Marielle’s pink foot in this photo, she was helping me out too!)
- Heat skillet to high heat and melt a generous pat of butter in pan.
- Take 1/3 cup batter and verse into pan. Immediately pick up skillet and spread batter around pan until even on high heat.
- Go around edges with your skillet and once one side is brown, flip. Pancake should be on first side no longer than one minute. If the batter is too thin and not flipping well, try adding a tablespoonful more flour. Try again (you can add more flour again too).
- Let cook just for around 15-20 seconds on second side (until lightly browned) and then begin rolling pancake with your spatula, like this.
- Serve directly onto plate. (I’ve added chicken sausages and cantaloupe here).
- Serve sprinkled with sugar and Swedish lingonberries or with maple syrup. Yum!
Comments
hs
I like cereal and pancakes.
Melissa Lawrence
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rondah
cheese omelets
Melissa Lawrence
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Mary Happymommy
Bagel with cream cheese is my favorite breakfast.
Wild Orchid
I love cinnamon buns!
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Elena
I like crepes with Nutella for breakfast
Lauren Martin
I love bacon and eggs!! simple and delicious!
rebecca shockley
I love a ham and cheese omelet with shredded hasbrowns
Kim D.
waffle and strawberry
Claire
I like oatmeal with brown sugar.
Carolsue
My favorite breakast is bacon and eggs
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Vivian Sun
Ham and eggs in bed!
Michelle Hudak
I love waffles with syrup and whipped cream and extra crispy bacon.
Melissa Lawrence
All of these great comments are making me very hungry for breakfast tomorrow!
Janice Cooper
My favorite is belgium waffles
Karen Medlin
my favorite is french toast and sausage
contactdesign
My mother was born in Sweden too and we grew up with Swedish pancakes too. I think her recipe was similar to yours but included a touch of vanilla. We’d eat with butter, sugar or lingonberries. It was a special day when we got Swedish pancakes.
Melissa Lawrence
That is so similar to my memories from growing up, going to ask about the vanilla when I see my Mom over Christmas!
Mary Somerville
Biscuits with sausage gravy is my fav!
Sharon
My favorite breakfast is biscuits and gravy with scrambled eggs!!
cometgirl63
I love pancakes and waffles, but I think my favorite breakfast is the fried chicken, biscuits, gravy, scrambled eggs, and sliced garden tomatoes my Grannie used to make.
jalapenomama
Favorite English muffin topped with fried egg and melted cheese!
Thank you.
Brad
egg sandwhich
Aura
scrambled eggs and salad
Kathy
My favorite is french toast with hasbrowns and syrup. I love french toast, not the frozen kind. I don’t get to eat it as often as I would like because I don’t make it very well.
Janice
My favorite breakfast is hot biscuits with butter and white syrup (Karo syrup)
Mix the butter and syrup on a plate and stir it around till it mixed well and then scoop it up with your warm biscuts. It is so yummy!
Rochel S
I like a bowl of Honey Nut Cheerios for breakfast!
Jill
Veggie omelette
Michelle W
Better Oats Chai Spiced Oatmeal!
Vivaciousgold
https://twitter.com/vivaciousgold/status/278944317912010753- tweeted and I love to splurge on omelets
beth
My favorite breakfast food (unfortunately) would have to be donuts. Love them!!! Not everyday, though – not healthy!!
lana
pancakes and eggs
lana619
Found this site after receiving a postcard in my first Love With Food box!
Rochelle Maynard
Shaklee protein shake!
Amanda Sakovitz
pancakes and eggs!
Tierney
I love either pancakes or waffles because you can add lots of yummy toppings!
ne-knopka
i love waffles
Will
Pancakes with a little vanilla and cinnamon mixed into the batter.
Lori S
Eggs benedict! I stopped eating this while I was pregnant though, and still haven’t made it out to a good restaurant to order it again.
Elizabeth
Ham and cheese omelet with crispy hash browns and some fruit!
Ttrockwood
I love tofu scramble with veggies, a side ofsweet potato hasbrowns and dark roast coffee
ookarla
Eggs are totally my favorite breakfast and all time favorite food!!
sharon
Def french toast!
Nonna “Ria” Halcomb
Kashi oatmeal with dried cranberries & sliced almonds.
Alycia
Love eggs benedict!
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ella
I love blueberry pancakes! 🙂
Leah
Bacon and eggs! 🙂
Natalie S
I love bagels or eggs!
Tian A.
I love scrambled eggs with mashed potatoes.
Courtnie
Pancakes!!
Casey
I like yogurt, Greek yogurt is preferred! We lived overseas for 5 years and the yogurt in Europe is so much yummier than our options here. The best one I have found is Liberte.
Julie
my husband’s scrambled eggs with hash browns thanks 🙂
Nóra
yummi pancakes 🙂
Sonya Morris
French Toast if I go out and oatmeal at home.
Melissa Lawrence
Making French Toast this week with sourdough bread — I usually use Challah bread but they were all out at the supermarket, we’ll see how it goes!
Melissa Lawrence
Sonya Morris — I made the French toast with sourdough bread rather than Challah and it DID NOT come out well – will be putting up the Challah bread recipe in January — Happy Holidays – Melissa
Shelley
Bacon and pancakes with lots of syrup
Melissa Lawrence
About to make bacon and pancakes right now!
Melissa Lawrence
Hello fellow pancake makers! I made these this morning using LARGE rather than JUMBO eggs and I did in fact have to add about 1/4 cup flour, so make sure to add flour until your pancake sticks together and will flip over… A Merry Happy Day to everyone — we’ll be picking our winner on Jan 7. xoxoxo Melissa
Lewis
I love Swedish pancakes, but, at Dottie’s True Blue Cafe I had some wonderful Blueberry Cornmeal Pancakes which were heavenly.
Melissa Lawrence
Lewis, where is Dottie’s True Blue Cafe? Sounds good!
Laura Jacobson
Oh I love eggs, toast, and bacon!
Melissa Lawrence
Bacon is probably hands down the most delicious thing ever!
Tara
pancakes and bacon!
shaunie
pancakes with bacon
Michelle C
I like pancakes, bacon and orange juice. Thanks for the chance to win!
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Rochelle
I like hash browns, pancakes and eggs. Thanks!
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AimCor
My favorite breakfast is not breakfast food at all. I am a firm believer you dont have to stick by society standards and eat only foods considered “breakfast” foods in the morning. As long as it is protein and healthy right? My favorite is hard boiled eggs, or deviled eggs though.
Michelle P
I love oatmeal with brown sugar, maple syrup, and berries. Yum!
Kyle A.
Waffles and country ham!
rubyswan
I LOVE,LOVE PECAN WAFFLES YUMMMEEE:D!
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Wendy T
Eggs Benedict is my favorite.
kfloveinme
Egg whites with spinash, tomatoes and feta cheese!
Juan Sanchez
I love French Toast!
amy pugmire
I love waffles
David Haug
French toast, home fries, sausage, and scrambled eggs 🙂
Brandon Dithrich
i love pancakes
Molly Bussler
Biscuits, hashbrowns, pancakes and bacon
Tami
Waffles are my fave!!
Nataly Carbonell
I love to eat oatmeal and peaches
jenmalonee
I love french toast!
Jennifer Marie
Wanda McHenry
I like French Toast with bacon
meredith
My favorite breakfast is almond flour pancakes!
Melissa Lawrence
Do you have the recipe? I hear almond flour is very healthy!
stephanie t
Around Christmas time is my favorite Breakfast time, there are tamales and leftover ham to play with! All in all anything with swine is just fine!
Thomas Murphy
My favorite breakfast is pancakes
whiskeytangofox
Oh my goodness, I am about 2 years late to this party, but this is the best swedish pancake recipe I have ever tasted. Now I know why mine have never been thick enough. I wasn’t using enough eggs. Thank you for sharing this