Basic Flour Crepes, Dessert Crepes, and Cornmeal Crepes

Preparation info
  • FFR—

    18 to 24

    crepes 8 to 10 inches in diameter for each recipe
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in

By Madeleine Kamman

Published 1997

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Ingredients

For basic flour crepes

  • ¾ cup sifted unbleached all-purpose flour
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1 cup

Method

The mixing and cooking are identical for each of the three formulas: Pour the flour (or flour and sugar mixed, or cornmeal and flour mixed) into a medium-size mixing bowk Make a well in it, then add the eggs and simply break them with a wooden spatula, wire whisk, or an electric mixer on low speed. Mix the eggs and flour until the mixture is shiny and shreds. The gluten should develop just enou