Last Updated on March 20, 2020 by Chef Mireille
Swedish Pancakes
These pancakes are half way in between a pancake and a crepe. Served with sour cream and jam – enjoy them Swedish style!
I love Swedish Pancakes because I hate traditional restaurant style American pancakes. Those thick and fluffy pancakes that are so thick that the inside of the pancake doesn’t absorb the syrup. The insides are then dry. I always order the silver dollar pancakes whenever I eat out for pancakes. At least those are a little thinner. Whenever I make pancakes, I usually add more milk to the batter to get a thinner pancake, which is usually halfway in between a crepe and an American pancake.
That’s exactly what these Swedish Pancakes are – halfway in between a crepe and a pancake!
Perfect for breakfast or brunch, garnished with a little powdered sugar!
Swedish pancakes don’t have any leavening, which leads to their thin and flat appearance. They are only slightly thicker than a crepe. Instead of syrup, enjoy them the way the Swedes do, with lingonberry jam and sour cream.
Are you a pancake fan? Throw a few ingredients together and cook them up on a skillet. They are fast and easy to make. Many of us are staying home as much as possible now due to social distancing (2020). Whenever hungry mouths are begging for a snack, pancakes are a great option.
Pancakes can be sweet or savory. Need some ideas for more pancakes?
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Swedish Pancakes
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups all purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 ½ cups milk
- ½ teaspoon ground cardamom
- 1 tablespoon melted butter
- Butter or oil for cooking
Instructions
- In a large bowl, combine flour, salt and sugar.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the eggs and milk. Add to flour mixture and mix until thoroughly combined.
- Slowly add butter, while whisking constantly.
- Leave batter to rest for 15 minutes.
- Heat a skillet. Melt just enough butter to coat the bottom of the pan.
- Pour a soup ladle p of batter for each pancake and rotate pan as you are pouring the batter so it spreads to the edges in a thin layer. Cook until golden brown on both sides.
- Serve with sour cream and lingonberry jam or any other berry jam.
Notes
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Your pancakes are so thin and attractive.I have always disliked pancakes for their thickness and the dry inside…
These resemble the Indian Dosas very much.sure going to try this
you and I are in the same vein then preferring thin pancakes
The pancakes look lovely, and you have a treasure of them on your blog.
Yes even I was surprised how many pancakes I have up..and there were even more I didn’t put up links to 🙂
These look more like crepes and with the ingredients, I bet these were amazing!
yes they are just slightly thicker than crepes.
My kind of breakfast, i can finish that plate rite now without any fuss.
That’s a interesting recipe for pancakes without leavening agent.Looks so simple to make yet delicious.
I am fine with the thickness of pancakes but definitely love crepes more. I was planning to make these for the Swedish theme but then finally decided against it. I might make it for shreyas’s lunch box one day.
Lovely looking Pancakes. Bookmarked.
Swedish pancakes look lacey and delicious.
addtion of cardamom is very interesting. Yummy pancakes
Cardamom is used a lot in Scandinavia cuisine and for savory stuff caraway. Their 2 fave spices
very interesting recipe for pancakes. It actually looks like parottas
Wow! Mir that is an amazing list of pancakes. I am not a pancake fan but the girls are so I think we are going to make these delicious pancakes.
thanks I’ve since added a new one I think your kids will love – Check out these Peranakan Pancakes – Rice flour Coconut Pancakes with Banana Sauce
Cardamom sounds like an unusual but interesting flavoring for pancakes.
In Scandinavia, they use cardamom the way cinnamon is used in US – its ubiquitous in all sweet dishes
Pancakes make a great breakfast dish..that plate with the jam looks so inviting!