German Pancakes are a pan pancake that gets puffy and golden in the oven. This is a breakfast staple at our house! Easy to make, even the older kids can make this on their own! 
This Simple German Pancake Recipe couldn’t be any easier to make!! It only takes 5 minutes to get this ready for the oven! German Pancakes are perfect for feeding a crowd or a bunch of hungry teenagers on any day of the week!! We love to eat these with powdered sugar or syrup. If we have fruit on hand, these are delicious with raspberries, sliced strawberries and even blueberries! 
How to Make German Pancakes
These fluffy, golden German Pancakes are a cinch to make.
- First, you will want to get your oven heating up to 450ºF.
- In a 9 X 13 inch baking dish place the 4 tbsp of butter and place in the oven while it heats up. This will melt the butter in the bottom of the baking dish. Remove the butter when it is melted and bubbly. Keep an eye on it because you don’t want your butter to burn.
- While the butter is melting in the oven mix together the pancake ingredients. Place all of the ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth. If you don’t own a blender this can be done in a large stand mixer, in a mixing bowl with a hand mixer or by hand with a whisk.
- Pour the pancake ingredients into the baking dish with the melted butter.
- Place back in the oven for 15-20 minutes, or until the pancake is fluffy and golden.
- Remove from the oven and enjoy warm with syrup and fruit
Just a little tip…make sure your oven rack is in the center and not too close to the top, this pancake can rise a few inches above the pan and you don’t want it hitting the top of your oven. 
Ingredients Needed For Easy German Pancakes
You only a need a few simple ingredients for this German Pancake Recipe. For this puffy pancake you will need:
- 6 eggs
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 cup milk
- 4 tbsp butter
This recipe is perfect for breakfast, brunch or even dinner! 
German Pancake Recipe
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German Pancakes Recipe
Ingredients
- 6 eggs
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1 cup milk
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 4 tbsp butter
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450ºF. In a 9X13 inch baking dish place the 4 tbsp of butter and put in the oven while it heats up. Remove the baking dish when the butter has melted.
- In a blender combine the flour, milk, vanilla, salt, sugar and eggs. Blend until smooth, about 2 minutes. If you don't have a blender, this can be done in a mixing bowl with a stand mixer, hand mixer or whisked by hand.
- Pour into the baking dish with the melted butter and bake for 15-20 minutes, until the pancake is puffy and golden.
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Kim-Thao Maree Ward
Thank you so much for the recipe 😊 it’s very easy to make and is and looks delicious, I love seeing your recipes on Facebook
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Erika
Delicious, easy breakfast. The recipe was easy to follow, but it never says when to use the sugar. Was it granulated sugar in with the other ingredients or powdered sugar that you put on top after it’s baked??
Feeding Your Fam
I’m so happy you liked it! Sorry, I missed the sugar in the instructions, I have updated the recipe card so it is included!
Cimmie S
Hello, ingredients in bowl, waiting to be baked tomorrow Shrove Tuesday/Pancake Day. Could you please include centigrade measurements for folk who live in “metric” countries?
Feeding Your Fam
Thanks so much for your comment! I will definitely look into that!
Jennifer
Fast, easy, delicious! The family loved it!
Feeding Your Fam
Thanks so much for coming back and leaving me a comment!! I’m so happy they like it!!
Susie
I’ve tried a bunch of other German pancake recipes, but the whole family agreed this one is the keeper! I think the high cook temp makes the edges so perfectly browned and crispy, plus this one puffs up so high! Bookmarking the page since we will be making these every weekend!
Feeding Your Fam
Yay! I’m so happy it turned out so good for you!! These are definitely on repeat at our house…we even make them for dinner!! Thanks so much for your comment! 💕