Dutch Baby — German Puffed Pancake

Ingredients

• 3 eggs, room temperature
• ⅔ cup flour
• ⅔ cup milk, warm-ish
• 1 tbsp sugar + pinch of salt + ½ tsp vanilla
• 3 tbsp butter
• Lemon and powdered sugar (classic), or berries

Method

1. Put a 10-inch ovenproof skillet in the oven and heat to 425°F (220°C) — the screaming-hot pan is the launch pad.
2. Blend the eggs, flour, milk, sugar, salt, and vanilla until completely smooth. Room-temp ingredients puff higher; cold ones sulk.
3. Drop the butter into the hot skillet, swirl until foaming, and immediately pour in the batter.
4. Bake 18–20 minutes WITHOUT opening the door — it will climb the walls into a golden crater landscape, then dramatically deflate at the table. Both acts are canon.
5. Rush it out, squeeze lemon over, snow with powdered sugar, and carve. The German 'pfannkuchen' that emigrated, got a confusing name, and became a weekend legend.