Holiday Crepes.

Welcome back from the holiday! I hope yours was as phenomenal as ours. It was probably the best we've ever had with the kids. It really is a wonder as they get older.

Shortly, I will be posting our holiday dinner traditions, but first I thought I would post our holiday breakfast traditions.

My father and sister were both born on Christmas Eve, which means they pretty much controlled the day. Consequently, Christmas was on CHRISTMAS. Now, my husband, the product of an airline family, usually had Christmas on the Eve. Why? Because it was far easier to get the Eve off from flying than the day itself (everyone wants the day off). Upon marrying, we also married our traditions. We still do the kids on Christmas, but I really make a two day event out of the holiday. We do a fancy, labor intensive, Christmas Eve breakfast. However, Christmas Day I make something simpler and meant for nibbling. Something grab-able between gifts. For Christmas this year, I made a crumb cake. I was less than impressed. But for Christmas Eve, I made our traditional crepes.

On the 23rd, I make the batter. It sets over night in the fridge. It's nothing crazy, and found in my cooking bible, Fannie Farmer.

Whip up two eggs, and 1 cup of milk.
Add in 1/2 teaspoon of salt, and 1 cup of flour.
Add two Tablespoons of melted butter.
Cover and let sit for at least 30 minutes. Overnight in the fridge is fine.
Just give it a good whisk when you get up.
Can easily be doubled (I do every year)

In a hot, 5-7 inch skillet (or crepe pan), melt a dab of butter. Pour in several teaspoons of batter and swirl the pan around to get it to coat evenly. You want this over medium heat. Once the pancake is cooked through - flip and cook for right around 10 seconds. Place aside and cook the rest.

We fill ours with strawberries, but bananas and savory fillings will rock your holiday too! My daughter's (down below) just had syrup and whipped cream. You can truly let your imagination GO with crepes - nearly any combination is tasty and FESTIVE. Even though crepes really take just a tad more work than pancakes, the results seem so....polished.

I used to roll the crepe - but then I just went to the quarter fold and spooned fruit over the top. MUCH easier - and just as pretty!
So go make you family some post-holiday crepes. Who says you need a special reason!?