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ROMANIA Ingredients • Plain flour – 1 ¼ coups SCHOOL : • Eggs – 2 • Salt – 1 pinch • Superfine granulated sugar – 2 tablespoon ALEXANDRU PAPIU ILARIAN HIGH SCHOOL, DEJ • Milk – 1 ½ cups • Butter , melted , for batter – 2 teaspoon Preparation 1. 2. 3. 4. DENISA CUIPAN 71 5. 6. Sift the four into a large bowl an make a well in the center. Break the eggs into the well and add a pinch of salt and the sugar for sweet pancakes. Beat egg mixture well with a fork. Add the milk and continue to beat slowly adding the flour, until the batter is smooth. Add the melted butter while continuing to beat the mixture with the fork. The batter should be the consistency of a light cream. Let the batter stand for 30 minutes. Butter a medium pan with a brush and put it over medium-high heat. Test butter temperature by splashing a few drops of water into the butter. Bubbles will sizzle then evaporate in a few seconds if temperature is correct. Put about 3 tbsp of batter at a time in the center of the skillet and immediately tilt the pan in a slow, circular motion so that the batter spreads to cover the entire bottom of the skillet. As soo n as one side starts to brown, flip the pancakes over. Brown the other side and then place pancake on warm dish in the oven at low temperature. This is only for 8-10 pancakes but you can double or triple this recipe and keep refrigerated a desert ready in a couple of seconds Dessert