French Crepes

Name: French Crepes
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Family
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1 cup flour; 2 eggs; 1.25 cups milk; 2 tbsp melted butter; 1 tbsp sugar; a pinch salt

French crepes are delicate, paper-thin pancakes that work for everything from a sweet breakfast to an elegant dessert. The simple batter cooks in seconds into lacy, golden rounds ready for any filling. Fold them around fruit and cream, or keep it classic with lemon and sugar.

French Vegetarian Stovetop Breakfast Dessert Family Budget 5-Ingredient Egg

⏱ 30 min
📊 easy
🍽 Family

Ingredients

1 cup flour
2 eggs
1.25 cups milk
2 tbsp melted butter
1 tbsp sugar
a pinch salt

Instructions

Whisk the flour, eggs, milk, melted butter, sugar, and salt into a smooth, thin batter.
Cover and rest the batter for 30 minutes at room temperature.
Heat a lightly buttered nonstick pan over medium heat.

Pour a small ladle of batter in and swirl to coat the bottom thinly.
Cook for about 1 minute until the edges lift, then flip and cook 30 seconds more.
Repeat with the rest, then fill or top as you like and serve.

💡 Chef's tip

Swirl the pan immediately after pouring so the thin batter coats the surface before it sets; a hot, lightly buttered pan gives the lacy edges.

Resting the batter for at least 30 minutes is the secret to tender crepes, because it lets the flour fully hydrate and the gluten relax so they cook up soft, not chewy.