Henry Thiele's Pancake
If you've got whole milk, all-purpose flour and eggs, you're most of the way to this vegetarian: about 60 minutes of cooking across 7 steps. You'll find the full ingredient list (with a scaler to change the servings), 7 steps of method, substitutions, and ideas for what to serve alongside.
You'll mainly reach for oven and frying pan / skillet. At medium difficulty across 7 steps, it's manageable with a little attention. As written, it's meat-free.
What you'll need
Pantry staples (you likely have these)
Diet: vegetarian — no meat or fish, based on every ingredient listed below.
Contains: Gluten Dairy Egg
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How to make it
- Preheat the oven to 220 C (425 F) and place a large oven-safe skillet or shallow baking dish inside to heat.
- In a bowl, whisk the eggs until frothy, then whisk in the milk, sugar, and salt until smooth.
- Add the flour gradually, whisking constantly, until you have a smooth, thin batter with no lumps, then let it rest for 10 minutes.
- Carefully remove the hot skillet from the oven, add the butter, and swirl it until fully melted and the pan is coated.
- Pour the batter into the hot buttered skillet all at once and return it immediately to the oven.
- Bake for 18 to 22 minutes, until the pancake is puffed high around the edges and deep golden brown; do not open the oven during the first 15 minutes.
- Dust generously with powdered sugar, cut into wedges, and serve at once while it is still puffed.
You'll use: Oven · Frying pan / skillet · Pan · Whisk · Baking dish
Ingredient substitutions
- Milk
- any unsweetened plant milk · ½ cup evaporated milk + ½ cup water
- Eggs
- ¼ cup unsweetened applesauce (baking) · 1 tbsp ground flax + 3 tbsp water per egg
- Butter
- olive oil (¾ the amount) · coconut oil · margarine
Tips & common questions
How long does Henry Thiele's Pancake take to make?
About 60 minutes from start to finish — an estimate based on the 7 steps and 7 ingredients. Times vary with your kitchen and how much prep you do ahead.
What can I use instead of milk?
Try any unsweetened plant milk. See the substitutions section above for more swaps.
Can I scale this recipe up or down?
Yes — use the servings control above the ingredients and every quantity rescales automatically (fractions included). Cooking times stay roughly the same; very large batches may need a little longer.
Is Henry Thiele's Pancake vegetarian?
Its ingredients contain no meat, fish or shellfish, so it is suitable for vegetarians. Check any cheese for animal rennet if that matters to you.
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Adapted recipe — rewritten in our own wording from an open-licensed community cookbook, not yet independently kitchen-tested by Consomee. How we source, test & correct recipes.
Henry Thiele's Pancake is adapted by Consomee from the Wikibooks Cookbook, rewritten in our own wording and used under CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo: Henry Thiele's Pancake.jpg by Visitor7, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons. We add the serving scaler, ingredient tools, timing and structure — how we source recipes.