German Pancakes

German Pancake
■4 tablespoons butter
■4 eggs
■2/3 cup flour
■1 teaspoon salt
■2/3 cup milk
■favorite jam
Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Melt butter in a 10-inch cast iron skillet. Pour melted butter into a separate container for use later, leaving a coating of butter on the inside of the skillet. Beat eggs with flour until smooth. Add salt and milk, mixing again until smooth. Pour batter into skillet and drizzle melted butter on batter, covering center area but not the edge. Bake at 450 degrees for 15 minutes. (Be sure oven is to temperature. The heat makes the pancake rise.) Reduce heat to 350 degrees and bake for an additional 10 minutes. Slice into wedges, serve with warm jam.


(Hollee Eckman and Heather Higgins, All That Jam, [Salt Lake City: Shadow Mountain, 2003], p. 5.)