German Puffed Pancakes {AKA Dutch Babies}

I love the weekends...we can sleep in as loooong as we want, wake up and make a glorious breakfast instead of the usual OJ chug and protein bar during the workweek. Today I got up before Dan and surprised him with German puffed pancakes. They are incredibly easy to make and so yummy. I like to eat mine with melted butter, squeezed lemon and powdered sugar. You can also top them with berries, whipped cream and or syrup, whatever you want! Long live the weekend!

 

Puffed Pancakes:

{Recipe yields one puffed pancake}

*They are really big. One pancake will serve one person.

2eggs

½ cup milk

½ cup flour

Dash of salt

Dash of cinnamon

½ teaspoon vanilla extract

1 teaspoon sugar

1 tablespoon butter

 

Preheat oven to 425 degrees.

Whisk together the eggs, milk, flour, salt, cinnamon, vanilla and sugar in a bowl.

Melt the butter in an 8-inch pie pan while the oven in preheating

Pour the batter into the melted butter pie pan.

Bake 10-12 minutes {or until edges have puffed-up a few inches and turned golden brown}.

Serve hot! Top with butter, lemon juice, powdered sugar, maple syrup, or fruit -- whatever your heart desires!

Flavored Milk Straws

I found the coolest flavored milk straws the other day and they are kid approved too (I had my nanny baby try one and she loved it). 

How they work: * Step 1 - Dip your straw into a glass of plain milk. (Do not cut the straws) * Step 2 - Take a long sip * Step 3 - Powerful flavor beads magically transform your milk into a delicious treat  Fun facts that make you love them even more! * No Artificial Colors * No Preservatives * No Artificial Flavors * Gluten Free Flavors: * Banana * Orange Cream * Wild Berry * Chocolate Peanut Butter * Strawberry Banana * Vanilla Milkshake * Strawberry *cookies and cream    These are so much fun! Where were these when I was a kid? Ok so I'm not going to lie...I picked the pack up for myself.

 

 

Vanilla Bean Mascarpone Strawberry Tart

 

 

Ingredients:

1 sheet of puff pastry dough
3 tbsp. of Dickinson's Vanilla Creme Curd
8oz. mascarpone cheese
3 cups strawberries {sliced}

Directions:

-bake puff pastry according to package instructions {let cool}
-mix 3 tbsp. of vanilla curd with 8oz. mascarpone cheese in a bowl
-spread the vanilla mascarpone cheese onto the puff pastry
-arrange the sliced strawberries on top