As most of you know I love to make breakfast for my crew on Sunday mornings, most of the time I try to make something German for the guys to have a special breakfast. I work all week between the office and the blog so cooking is very limited for me during the week, but on Sunday’s I spoil my family with a German recipe.
This week wasn’t any different and as many of you know us Germans love our pancakes. We eat them for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Serve them with jam, fruit, cream or even savory like herbs, bolognas or veggies.
The basic pancake batter is always the same, but there are many different ways to prepare the pancake and every time depending on which method you choose, they have a different taste. You’ve seen me make the German pancake in the oven and that is always a big hit with the kids and even myself, because it’s so simple. You just toss it all in a pan and bake it.. voila, breakfast is served for a crew.
Today I surprised the guys with Scrambled Pancakes. Yes… you heard me say Scrambled Pancakes. At home in Germany they are actually called “Poor Soldier’s”. The reason we called them poor soldier is because they are simple, cheap and will fill you up in no time, making it the perfect meal for the soldiers that never got paid enough. I still love to make them and they are soo simple yet delicious.
My crew never had them before and were totally surprised when I scrambled up all the pancakes, trust me, they turn out delicious. Little puffy pillows almost, they are soft, fluffy and just melt in your mouth.
This is what you need:
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1/2 cup of sugar
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1/4 cup butter
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1 cup all-purpose flour (or more I always eyeball it)
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1 cup milk (I eyeball it)
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6 eggs, lightly beaten
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1/8 teaspoon salt
That’s it… this is how to make the batter:
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Mix all the wet ingredients, eggs, milk and sugar; melt the butter in the microwave and let cool, add after a few minutes to your egg mixture ( you really need to wait for the butter to cool or you will have custard..lol)
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Add the flour and pinch of salt (I usually forget the salt, always turns out great though)
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The batter will be like liquid, not thick and stiff, it will be a nice runny batter and don’t worry if you have flour lumps, they will disappear, really.. they do
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Use a frying pan, if you have one with a very good non-stick coating you don’t even need butter or grease for the pan, if you don’t, add some butter or oil so the pancakes won’t stick.
How to make the actual scrambled Pancakes:
There is a trick to making these fluffy and delicious, its simple, but if you do it a different way they don’t get that fluffy; heat your pan on medium heat, take a ladle full of batter and pour into the pan; immediately with a spatula start to scramble the pancakes like you would with scrambled eggs. If you wait till the bottom is cooked it won’t turn out as well. Keep scrambling and it will only take like 1-2 minutes and your scrambles are done, add them to a bowl and start the next scramble pancake.. that’s simple as that!
Now you have perfect German “poor Soldier” breakfast, lunch or dinner….. the way I’m used to eating these is with a dap of raspberry jelly mixed with the pancakes scrambles after they are done; the jelly will melt with the warm pancakes and coat them all… every little piece… YUMMMM…
Now, you can add any toppings you like from fresh fruit to whip cream, applesauce or syrup… make your own memories that the kids will enjoy and keep asking for years to come to make more.
Enjoy your German Brunch” ……
Tough Cookie Mommy says
These look absolutely delicious. Pancakes are, by far, one of my favorite breakfast foods and I love to eat them in any form or prepared any way.
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Sheri says
Yes I just made them and they’re so yummy
Daisy says
I love this recipe and what a great excuse to eat lots of berries! 🙂
Jen S says
Pancakes are the most common request for Saturday morning breakfast from my kids each week. Wonder what they’d think of this… I may have to try it next weekend!
Lisa E says
i have never heard of german scrambled pancakes before but it looks good – especially with the berries ! Yum
Heather Lopez says
I had never heard of this before. Interesting.
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Barb W. says
This recipe looks so nummy! I’m absolutely going to have to try it and with the jelly as you have suggested. Thanks so much for sharing!
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Pam says
Those look so good, but then again, all of your recipes do!
Jessica says
Looks and sounds delicious! Thanks for sharing. 🙂
Janet W. says
This looks delicious! I’ve never heard of it before!
Ned says
that’s interesting! never heard of scrambled pancakes before… gotta try this one!
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Lorrie says
I grew up on scrambled pancakes. My grandma used to can tart pie cherries every year. We would warm up the cherries in their juice and serve the pancakes with the cherries over them. A little sprinkle of sugar over the cherries and ….. mmmm… I can almost taste them as I type this!! The best breakfast ever!!
Melanie Roberts says
Ohhhh I love tart cherries… YUMMM… my favorite.. little tip if you happen to have a World Market near you they have the Tart cherries and they are very cheap like $3 LOVE them.. and they are soo good with pancakes.. thanks for checking out my recipe.. love when I find new readers 🙂
Lorrie says
Oh thank you so much for the info on World Market. We do have one close. I miss gma’s canned goods and am always looking for good substitutes!
Lea says
My friend Charlotte (from Germany) made these for me in high school, and she added raisins before cooking. They are amazing. Oh and topped with butter and powdered sugar.
Melanie Roberts says
Ohhh yes.. raisins and powdered sugar.. can’t miss butter… glad you have fond memories of them… they sure are delicious… thanks for sharing that with us… brings back lots of memories for me, too
Julie Wood says
I have never tried German Pancakes before! They look like so much fun to make and they look delicious! I will have to try and make these for my Dad and sister. We would love them.
shaunie says
Looks delicious! I eat them both but never thought to add them together!
Diane says
I grew up eating this. My grandmother was from Austria and called is smorn. She made this with raisins and then sprinkled with sugar. She also always served with canned peaches.
Melanie Roberts says
Hi Diane; it’s the best with canned peaches.. totally brings back memories 🙂
Jill H says
Hi Melanie,
My mom was visiting last weekend and she told us about a recipe her mother use to make and the way she described it sounds like scrambled pancakes. She said the recipe name was something like Funadich (I have no idea how you would spell it), I wonder if you know of a recipe for that. My grandmother passed away sometime ago and all of her recipes were lost, I would love nothing more than to give my mother a piece of her childhood.
Thanks!!
I have never been to Germany but come from a long line of Germans 🙂
Melanie Roberts says
Hi Jill… soo excited you came to visit my blog. Mhhhh is it Pfannekuchen?? That is pancake, used the same batter just not scrambled and done like pancakes… there are many different names in germany for Pancake but the recipe is usually the same.. try it and see what she thinks, let me know how it turns out. Hope she likes it and it is what she remembers 🙂
carol clark says
this would be so good my son father is half german cause his grandparents came here years ago and they have sinced past and i think he would love this ill give a try to see how he likes it
Kathryn Morse says
I love traditional German recipes, and these scrambled pancakes look amazing!
Melanie Roberts says
Hi Kathryn, they are so yummy you have to try them… my kids fight over them and I can never make enough.. enjoy and glad you came to visit us on the blog today
ellen beck says
I have actually had these before and boy dooes it bring back memories. My Aunt made these when we would stay there and they were dellicious!
Michelle says
Hi Melanie, Thank you for this recipe. I have searched far and wide for a scrambled pancake recipe that my German grandma made called Durgenunder. That’s probably the wrong spelling, but sounds like that. 🙂
She used to make them for us when we were visiting her on the farm and she made them with lard. She always topped them with what we kids called “sauce”, which was any type of preserves that she had canned, quite often it was peach.
How I wish one of us would have gotten the recipe from her before she passed away!
This looks pretty close though…the crumbles were larger and more dense, but I’m guessing that was due to the lard.
I can’t wait to try these!
Thanks again!
Melanie Roberts says
Ohh thanks for your “story” Michelle, always love hearing how others enjoyed what grandma made… Please try these and see how you like them, like you there are a lot of things I wish my grandma would have passed down, all I have is memory and try to re-create some of it. Can’t wait to hear how they turn out for you
Sonia Robinson says
Hi Melanie,
I was thinking about my Gramma today and this recipe came to mind. So glad I found your blog & will definitely try it, kids will love it! She made it for us a kids when we lived in Michigan & usually it was for dinner. I liked lots of maple syrup on mine but she also served with jam and warm apple sauce. I so miss those gatherings in her kitchen! Do you have a recipe for Krepple (sorry the spelling is wrong), basically it’s like fried dough &served with powered sugar. Happy Thanksgiving to you! Danke
Jack s says
My Dad made a dish he schmorren sterits or ship wrecked pancakes. Was easier to make for 5 kids rather than panckes. Used brown sugar syrup.