Growing up, my mother used to do dutch babies – or as we called them ‘Oven Pancakes’- either with bacon lardons in them, or just plain, and we ate them with good appetite with jam of all sorts.
Once school started (and we get served lunch in school by the school cantina) they served us something they called oven pancakes – however they were a far stretch from my mothers fluffy and light pancakes… these were more chewy and thick, and settled very heavy in your stomach.
I still – to this day – prefer my mothers over any of the commercial ovenpancakes/dutch babies I’ve ever had. But did you know?! They are super easy to make yourself, and just so tasty! The combinations are endless once you have a good base recipe, and you can go on adventure in the kitchen experimenting with both sweet and savoury versions of this dish!
This is a paleo version of my mother’s dutch babies – gluten free and dairy free – plus the recipe is made for one serving of dutch baby, because sometimes you just don’t want to have the same breakfast as everyone else.
Paleo Dutch Baby
Equipment
- 1 20 cm cast-iron pan Can use an oven-safe steel pan as well
Ingredients
- 1 Apple Cut up in pieces
- Coconut Oil
- Cinnamon
Batter
- 2 Eggs
- 1 tbsp Coconut flour Can substitute for ⅓ cup Almond Flour instead
- 1 tbsp Arrowroot
- ⅓ cup Coconut milk
- pinch Salt
Optional
- handfull Frozen raspberries Additional flavour
- 1 tsp Vanilla Essence
- 1 tbsp Sugar / honey of choice Not needed with all the fruit in, but for those with more of a sweettooth, this could be an option
Instructions
- heat the oven to 190-200°C
- Start by peeling and cutting your apples into smaller pieces1 Apple
- Heat the cast iron pan on the stove with the coconut oil, add the apple bits and sprinkle some cinnamon on top as you fry them.Coconut Oil, Cinnamon
- In a bowl, mix together the eggs, the coconut flour, arrowroot and coconut milk. Add salt, (and optional vanilla essence + sugar)2 Eggs, 1 tbsp Coconut flour, 1 tbsp Arrowroot, ⅓ cup Coconut milk, pinch Salt
- If wanted, put in a handfull of frozen raspberries into the batter.handfull Frozen raspberries
- Pour the batter over the apples in the pan, and put the pan into the oven for 20 mins – or until golden brown and having risen.
- Enjoy as is, or together with some ice cream or fresh fruit.