Finnish Pancakes - Pannu Kakku to start the Breakfast theme

This month the recipe theme is Breakfast dishes. I am going to start with my favorite a Finnish Pancake (Pannu Kakku.) Similar to a Dutch Baby, a Finnish pancake is like a soufflé that puffs up in the oven, then sinks and is very custardy tasting.  It is the perfect canvas for jelly, fruit preserves, syrups and fresh fruit.  We love to top ours with strawberries and whipped cream. The recipe serves 6 so you might want to have a group to eat it, as it does not keep well and should be eaten immediately

Finish Pancakes

• 6 tablespoons butter
• 1 cup flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 4 eggs
• 2 cups milk
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract

DIRECTIONS Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Melt butter in oven in a 9x13 pan; should be sizzling when you take it out. Meanwhile, mix other ingredients like hell - till very frothy. Pour batter into pan with melted butter. Lower temp to 350 degrees and bake 40 minutes. Eat immediately. Awesome with various toppings.

 RECIPE THEME

Each month a theme is chosen and a number of recipes on that theme from my massive archive will be shared.  This year we have 12 new topics, different from the topics of last year.  

To find the recipes of last year, check out this recipe link or search the blog with the topic Recipe2018, Recipe2019, or Recipe2020.

 
You can search the monthly theme by looking for the theme keyword in the search box and it will pull up the recipes on that theme as posted, so look at the bottom of the recipe in each posting for the KEYWORD for each month.  All recipes this year will be tagged Recipe2021 so you can find them all.

The themes are:
Jan 2021 – Baked Items
Feb 2021 – Breakfast Dishes
March 2021 – Italian Dishes
April 2021 - Chicken Recipes
May 2021 - Appetizers
June 2021 – Mediterranean Dishes
July 2021 – Pork Recipes
August 2021 - Seafood
September 2021 - Pizzas
October 2021 – Mexican Dishes
November 2021 - Cookies
December 2021 – Gift Recipes