I feel I have been a "pleaser" all my life!
I have been a very good daughter, my mom can vouch for it!!
I have been a very good sister...I think my brother, grudgingly and forgivingly will vouch for me!! "S", please say "yes"!!!
A wonderful hubby pleaser, hubby will happily vouch for that one, if I promise to dish out endless supply of gourmet eats all his life!!! My kids....yes...they will scream out that I am the best mom in the whole wide world ......
Errrrrr.... maybe that was a bit of a stretch there!! Maybe as long as I let them watch endless hours of TV, arrange play dates all the time, do not bother them about their school work and say yes to everything they think is fun under the sun.....Yes! I will be the best mom on the block!!!
Alas! Reality check: I am a mean, task master....which I am hoping one day they will come to realize it was after all orchestrated towards their betterment in life!!!!!! Till then I am willing to wait for them to hand over the coveted prize of "best mommy award" to me!
But, I do try to please them...I do! I do! I do!!! Especially with food! Today was no differnet! Came back from school and after the usual wanting to do something....I grudgingly let them watch tv, so could get some quiet time for myself. I urged them to help themselves to some snacks...healthy junk option (huh??!!!).....hahahhahha!! But, they were bored with all my regular options and could not stand the fact that I was admiring my own pictures shamelessly on facebook and bantering smart comments back and forth with friends! They had this strong, saddistic desire to put me to work!!!
So, my daughter came up with this idea..."hey mom, can you make me some crepes, those yummy chocolaty ones for IHOP??" huh! IHOP..eh???!! Now, she has bruised my small ego big!! I had to come up with a better recipe than them....IHOP, ofcourse!!! I went to the internet, looked around, pulled up the first one....and tweaked it big time!
It called for less flour, upped it! More eggs...nah...hate the eggy smell...so decreased the egg!! There was oil....do not like the sliminess of the oil in the batter, so did not bother to add that! Love the sweet flavor of vanilla which magically sweetens things without adding any sugar....so included vanilla....pretty much had hit everything on the list...hahahaha...my dear friends........ did you realize....there are very few ingredients to a good crepe recipe.....some flour, milk, and egg???!! Viola!!!! Can you believe.... these gorgeous little silky roundels can be whipped up with just 3 basic ingredients!!!! So here it is......
You will need.....
1 Scant cup of milk (I used 1%), 3/4 cup of loosely packed all purpose flour, a pinch of salt, 1 whole egg, and 1 tbsp good quality vanilla essence!
Add all the above ingredients into a jar of a blender, and blend well until combined. Blend at low speed for 30 seconds and high speed for another 45 seconds and this is how it should look...with lots of bubbles!!
Your crepe batter is ready!!! No resting time required, these can be spread into silky sheets of soft indulgence and they come together in no time!!!
Cautionary Pointers:
Use a well seasoned pan
Heat is always on medium-medium high
Start making the crepe just before the pan starts smoking
Use a brush to moisten the pan with either oil or butter (I used bland canola oil ...about 2 tbsp in all)
Be alert...these thin sheets cook up very fast!
Now follow the picture to make a crepe.....
- Add 2 tablespoons of the batter into the pan.
- Swivel the pan around to spread the batter around in the pan.
- Wait for the edges to uncurl away from the pan, and small bubbles should appear in the crepe.
- Gently lift the edge, nudging with a spatula. and gently coax it out of the pan. As you get couple of these done, you will be able to literally pluck it out of the pan with your fingertips and flip it around. A nonstick pan helps the process to go smooth!!!
- Flip it around and let it cook for 30 seconds or until you see tiny bubbles from beneath.
- Now, transfer the crepe to a serving platter.
Work with one crepe at a time..... you could apply chocolate hazelnut spread aka Nutella or strawberry preserves. My kids went the whole 9 yards....they squeezed a jolly god amount of the whipped cream on top of the chocolate spread, rolled it up and enjoyed them!!!
These are so delightfully light, delicate, thin, silky sheets, they disappear in no time!! Was very hard to keep aside a few for the pictures!! If it is easy and quick to whip these beauties up it is super easy to devour them, takes no effort at all!!! 
Enjoy making them with ease with this easy recipe!! The flair of crepe making (please.....it is not rocket science!) will come to you within the second or the third crepe. Enjoyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!
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