Forgive me, blog, it's been 5 months since my last entry.

I had a craving this morning and you all know how dangerous it is to ignore a craving so I answered it.
I "needed" a dutch baby.

It's a simple recipe but the taste is rich and addictive.

You will need a 9"cast iron pan*--I have no idea if you can make this in something other than a cast iron pan. Besides, if you don't have a cast iron pan, fix that. (especially if you are a vegetarian. cooking in it leaches iron into your food and even more so if you cook tomatoes. I use mine all the time, I have 3 sizes. No, 4. I also have a dutch oven that I make my sourdough bread in)

oven at 425F

Mix together:
1/2 cup flour
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup milk
2 eggs

heat pan in oven (I put it in as the oven pre-heats otherwise I forget. you can use a cold pan, it would take an extra 5 minutes to bake)

Pull pan out to melt 1/4 cup butter, watch this closely and try to do it quickly, the butter is prone to browning but a bit brown is fine, don't worry. You can also melt butter before dumping into pan but the pan is so nice and hot, why waste electricity using the microwave for 20-30senconds?

Pour batter into pan and bake for about 10 minutes (about 15 if your pan was cold)
as soon as you pull it out, sprinkle it with icing sugar. as much as you want.

enjoy and try not to eat the whole thing in one sitting. It's that good.
but rich. all that butter. mmmmmm

* a 9" cast iron pan is measured on the bottom.