Poffertjes (Tiny Pancakes)

Ingredients

• 200 g flour
• 40 g butter or margarine
• 350 ml milk
• 8 g yeast
• 2 g salt

Directions

1. 1

   Heat the milk until lukewarm.

2. 2

   Mix the salt with the flour and make a well in the middle.

3. 3

   Mix the yeast with a little lukewarm milk and pour this into the well, together with 2/3 of the rest of the milk.

4. 4

   Stir to a thick, smooth batter. Add the rest of the lukewarm milk (keep stirring!).

5. 5

   Cover the batter with a dampened cloth and leave in a warm place (for instance on a radiator) for 1 hour.

6. 6

   Grease a special poffertjes pan with butter.

7. 7

   Fill each of the ‘wells’ of the pan with some of the batter and fry on both sides until golden brown.

8. 8

   Serve the poffertjes hot with butter and caster sugar -- enjoy!

9. 9

   I enjoy them with butter, icing sugar and then a little maple syrup, that's how they serve them here in OZ. yummmm.