Things that are awesome and things that are not awesome; an incomplete list.
Things that are awesome:
Summer dresses that look great with summer ponytails.
Bathing suits + Palm Springs + Rented Summer House + Sun Screen + Giant Sun Glasses + Mojitos x Infinity = Awesome.
Big, fat bumble bees… come on, they’re precious.
Pulling this beautiful Dutch Baby out of the oven on Easter morning, sprinkling it with orange sugar and feeling like Julia Child… that’s awesome.
Things that are NOT awesome:
Otherwise perfect vintage dresses that are half a size too small.
Bathing suit shopping… exactly no one likes that, and why on earth are my legs so white!?
Bee stings on the butt. It happens people. It really happens.
Not pulling this Dutch Baby out of the oven on Easter morning… that’s not awesome at all.
A Dutch Baby is somewhere between a pancake and a pop over. I whipped up a thin batter, poured it into a hot, butter-covered skillet, and let it bake for 18 minutes. As soon as it came out of the oven I attacked it with orange sugar and cut it into giant slices. It’s as delicious as breakfast gets. So easy, so crispy with sugar, so perfectly spring.
Dutch Baby with Orange Sugar
adapted from Gourmet April 2009
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoon grated orange zest
- 3 large eggs at room temperature 30 minutes (run then under warm water if you’re in a hurry)
- 2/3 cup whole milk at room temperature ( I used 2% and was happy)
- 2/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/8 teaspoon grated nutmeg
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 stick unsalted butter, cut into pieces
Put skillet on middle rack of oven and preheat oven to 450°F.
Stir together sugar and zest in a small bowl.
Beat eggs with an electric mixer at high speed until pale and frothy, then beat in milk, flour, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt and continue to beat until smooth, about 1 minute more (batter will be thin).
Add butter to hot skillet and melt, swirling to coat. Add batter and immediately return skillet to oven. Bake until puffed and golden-brown, 18 to 25 minutes.
Serve immediately, topped with orange sugar.
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Wow, that looks amazing!! You’re gonna make me wreck my diet, lol. I’ve never heard of a dutch baby before. I really thought it was a pop over; still love it though =D Yum!!
I just made these this morning and it was a huge hit! They were incredibly delicious. I was too lazy to zest, so I just used powdered sugar and squeezed lemon over it-YUM! Would it work to try to cook two at once? I would love to make it for my parents and in-laws, but waiting 25min. in between would be too hard. thanks for the recipe!
This Easter morning, I departed from my traditional breakfast and gave your Dutch Baby a try. I’ve made popovers many times, but this was my first Dutch Baby attempt. (Won’t be the last, I assure you!) It turned out beautifully and was delicious. Hubby thinks he would like it with just some additional butter on top, but I’m going to try lemon juice and powdered sugar on mine next time. I’m new to your blog, Joy, and am really enjoying it. Thanks so much!
Tried this over the weekend – most fabulous! We didn’t have any oranges but did have some fresh blackberries so we sprinkled them with sugar and poured them over the Dutch Baby. It was a hit!
mmm .. I need to try this one, looks delicious :-)!
Oh, does this look fabulous!
A Dutch Baby is one of my favorite weekend treats — and I’m loving the citrus here.
I wonder if it would make me forget that my legs are… so … impossibly… white??!! :)
My recipe for these is close to this too, but I’ve never tried them with the orange sugar, it sounds good though :D I usually slice up apples and fry them with some butter, cinnamon, nutmeg, and some syrup until the apples are tender, and pour some of those on each slice. And I don’t have a skillet with an oven-proof handle, so I use a pyrex pie dish. Love the pics of yours, it’s so pretty with the orange sugar!
Hi Joy! I’m new to your site and I wanted to finally say hi. Hi! Well, this recipe look delicious and I would love to try it out. What size pan do you use? I ask this because I have a big iron skillet, but yours looks a bit smaller. I know it might not come out right if I use the wrong size. Help?
Love this too! My kind of breakfast…yum
That was delicious. I absolutely will be making the Dutch Baby again and again. And the orange sugar will probably make it as an experiment into other baking recipes.
Such a beautiful set of photos for your Dutch Baby!
I used to make dutch babies all the time 20 + years ago; I like your version a lot!
This was my first time making a dutch pancake, and it was good and really easy! I liked the flavor that the orange zest added, however I hated the gritty texture of the sugar. Next time I might try it with powdered sugar, or just zest and maple syrup.
I finally got around to making this. So easy!! Totally delicious!
I made this today using skim milk instead of whole (hey, I wasn’t going to buy a whole jug of milk for one recipe). But it still came out wonderful! I always wondered what a dutch baby tasted like, and now I know: french toast a l’orange. “:)
I’m snowed in under snopocalypse here in DC and had everything on hand except the orange. I sliced up an apple and sauteed it with some cinnamon and sugar instead.
Holy crap!
This thing came out of the oven looking BEAUTIFUL and tasting even better than it looked. Perfect for a snowy winter morning. And the best use of my cast iron skillet to date.
I tried this this morning. It was amazing! Would it be able to work in two seperate pans?
Joy -
Alright I have a confession, I am in love. I love what you do, I love your site, and I love On the Lamb. Thank you for sharing it with us!
Also… I was so excited when I happened upon this post that I went and made my own Dutch Babies the following morning… my boyfriend loved them! My grandmother used to make Dutch Babies all the time, but I haven’t had one in years, to tell you the truth I had forgotten about them. Thank you for sharing this recipe, I will definitely not forget Dutch Babies ever again!
i’m so glad you found me and reconnected with the almighty dutch baby! you’re rad. stick around!
Yummmmm!!! I had a different but similar version of these for breakfast this morning! I just posted it on my blog!
Dutch babies ……total comfort food. i like fresh fruit and creme or yogurt on mine too, strawberries, raspberries, blueberries. Holy cow, I think i will serve this at my next gf’s tea. precious with my chinz ware hostess set and teapot..throw some sugared violets on top of the raspberries with creme and a lovely day begins
These turned out AMAZING! My husband officially changed his favorite breakfast food from french toast to dutch babies :) We would always get dutch babies at a local family-owned restaurant, but decided we should start making it ourselves to be more cost effective. These turned out even better than the restaurant’s!
I made the dutch baby exactly as directed, but I grated some lemon zest and mixed it with 1/3 cup of powdered sugar to make more of a lemon glaze instead of the orange sugar. It was amazing melted onto the dutch baby! Thank you for this wonderful recipe, it will be a keeper!
awesome! so glad you loved it!
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