German Pancakes: Edelweiss

German Pancakes are a favorite breakfast at the Chaston household.  What's better than a fluffy egg soufflé hot from the oven with syrup to make your day start off perfectly?

Well, according to Rodgers and Hammerstein, it just might be the perfect day singing about the German flower edelweiss.  So here's their song "Edelweiss" from the soundtrack of The Sound of Music.

GERMAN PANCAKES

The key to this recipe is a heavy baking pan to let the soufflé rise.

8 tablespoons Land O'Lakes butter                               
6 eggs            
1 cup skim milk                 
¾ cup + 2 tablespoons flour
2 tablespoons granulated sugar   
¼ teaspoon salt

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees.  Set oven rack in the middle. 
2. Put butter in Baker’s Secret Signature 9" x 13" Oblong Pan.  Melt butter in oven as it preheats.  Do not let it burn.  Remove when it is melted and set aside.
3. Put eggs and milk in blender.  Cover and blend until smooth. 
4. Measure the flour, sugar, and salt into a small bowl and stir together.
5. Gently pour flour mixture into blender.  Cover and blend batter on high for 30 seconds.  
6. Pour batter into hot butter. 
7. Bake for 15-20 minutes, until corners rise high and top is browned.
8. Serve immediately while pancakes are puffy.  They will sink when you cut into them.

Birthday, Voice Tracking, Internship

Today is my brother, Erik's, birthday! He is 24. We celebrated by mixing I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm on our upcoming Christmas album Jazzy Christmas To You II! (Check out Jazzy Christmas To You! on iTunes.) We also voice tracked O Come, O Come Emmanuel and While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night yesterday!

Okay, so maybe that wasn't actually part of the festivities...but we did have a fun breakfast of German Pancakes (an oven soufflé dish, click here for a recipe that's similar to ours), presents (of course), Dairy Queen ice cream cake (a Chaston tradition), birthday signs all over the house recounting his accomplishments and activities during the previous year, game playing, and movie watching. All in all, a pretty sweet birthday!  (We had Happy Joe's Taco Pizza yesterday to kick off the day's celebration!)

A highlight birthday present for Erik was an orange label LP first edition release of Chicago's first album when they called themselves Chicago Transit Authority--a title that the CTA required them to discontinue using, hence the band name simply being Chicago!

I only have two days left of my internship at Y105. I am really going to miss being on-air with Chris Farber on the Y105 Wake-Up! I have absolutely loved interning with Cumulus again (I interned last summer, too)!

After doing the "Olympic Moment" during the Olympics on the morning show, I started doing a "Back-to-School Tidbit." I love researching for the spot! Tomorrow, I'm going to talk about safety tips for college students and their parents. Tune in at 9:50 a.m. CST on Y105.

More tomorrow!