A Single Serving

Sometimes you just need one serving. One day in the last few weeks...I should know when but things have been busy, with very little baking and only a bit more cooking...Sweetie wasn't here for breakfast...I think he was volunteering with the group in Petaluma that fixes up old train cars...so I made a single serving of the Dutch Baby with blueberries. Sooo good.

You keep the same proportions for this mini-baby as you do for the large one, you just make it in a smaller pan. I was lucky enough to recently find a small Pyrex baking dish just the right size...the size of a small loaf pan, but about an inch wider. Be sure to use a dish or pan that is meant to be used with high heat and you will be fine. If it's even wider, the mixture might not puff up as much in the middle, but it will still rise at the sides and you will have a delicious single-person treat.

I ate mine with just a small drizzle of maple syrup, but you can use syrup, whipped cream, yogurt or any other topping that you like.

Dutch Baby for One with Blueberries

Serves 1-2

1 tablespoons butter (or non-dairy margarine or 'butter')
1 large eggs
1/4 cup milk (or nut milk)
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
dash salt
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 cup fresh blueberries, washed and drained and picked over for stems or over-ripe berries
1/4 tablespoon granulated sugar (optional)

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.

As oven preheats, put the butter in an ungreased 3x5-inch baking pan and place in the oven, just until the butter is melted. (Mine started to brown slightly at the edges)

Place the eggs, milk, flour, salt and vanilla, (and lemon oil, if using) in a blender and process until smooth. Scrape down the sides, if needed, and process again for a few seconds.

Pour the batter into the hot baking pan, over the melted butter, using a spatula to scrape out as much batter as possible. Sprinkle with the blueberries and with the sugar (if using).

Bake, for 15-20 minutes or until edges are golden brown. Pancake will puff up, but will sink down again as it cools once removed from the oven.

Serve at once. Can sprinkle with powdered sugar, with lemon juice, or serve with maple syrup and/or more berries.

Note: you can make this without berries, too, and it will still puff up gloriously and taste wonderful.