Fluffy Poffertjes – only the best from the Christmas market

Are you craving the delicacies from the Christmas market? My kids & I are baking poffertjes for you today and invite you to stroll with us through the virtual Christmas market of the Christmas food blog parade.

The first Advent is just around the corner and with it the cozy Christmas markets which are filled with all sorts of delicacies will finally open again in most cities. But even if you can't go to your Christmas market this year, you can now bring the Christmas market home! Because today, together with many creative food bloggers, we are opening an atmospheric, virtual Christmas market for you with lots of Christmas delicacies that will definitely sweeten your anticipation of Advent and Christmas!

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My kids are big fans of anything that has a slight resemblance to their beloved pancakes... So it was clear to me from the start that only the thin crepes or the small, sweet poffertjes would be suitable for my kids for our virtual “Christmas market stand”... (Although our Christmas pretzels would also be an ideal crunchy snack for the Christmas market!)

My blogger colleagues also opened their virtual Christmas market huts for you today and are serving you both hearty and sweet treats that will put you in the Christmas spirit. My kidss & I wish you a lot of fun strolling through our virtual Christmas market! 😉

• Roasted almond cake by Tinnis Zuckerwelt
• Mushrooms with garlic sauce like from the Christmas market by Louibakery
• Baked apple waffles on a stick by Feiertaeglich
• Vegan mini waffles by Whatinaloves
• White mulled wine with amaretto by Ninas Backstübchen
• Glühgin by Kinderleichtkochen_turbomixe
• Hand bread like from the Christmas market by Back Bienchen
• Magenbrot by Meine Torteria
• Baked apples by ELBCUISNE
• Cinnamon star cheesecake by Julias Torten und Törtchen
• Sweet aniseed sugar pretzels by katrininthekitchen
• Baumstriezel pieces by Küchentraum & Purzelbaum
• Christmas marshmallows by culirena
• Roasted almond liqueur by Kleid & Kuchen 

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Recipe for our fluffy Poffertjes

The small, walnut-sized mini pancakes made from yeast dough have found their way to our Christmas markets from the Netherlands. The little delicacies are not only considered national dishes in Holland, they are also very popular in Germany at the Christmas markets, especially among the kids - but not only among them.

The recipe for the Poffertjes is ideal for baking with children - it's quick and easy to make and tastes absolutely delicious! Depending on how old your children are, you should bake the mini pancakes in the pan yourself, as your kids can easily burn themselves and turning the treats in the pan has to be done quickly.

How do you actually make poffertjes?

The Dutch pastry is made according to a traditional recipe from a 1:1 ratio of wheat and buckwheat flour. I adapted this for our recipe. But if you don't want to break with tradition, you can use instead of 250g flour 125 g of wheat and of buckwheat flour.

To fry the small pancakes you usually use a special pan with many small coin-sized cavities* . However, since very few German households have this, I baked the recipe in a “normal” pan. Of course, the mini pancakes don't have exactly the familiar shape, but they are very close to the traditional Poffertjes 😉

Ingredients for approx. 50 Poffertjes

• 300 ml milk
• 2 egg yolks
• 250 g flour
• 1/2 packet of dry yeast (7 g)
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 pinch of salt
• 40 g sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla paste
• 2 egg whites
• butter for frying

Baking accessories

Mixing bowl, whisk, cooking pot, drying cloth, high mixing bowl, mixer, (disposable) piping bag or teaspoon, pan, spatula, cooling rack, small hair strainer

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Preparation

• First, mix the spelled flour, salt and cinnamon in a mixing bowl
• Heat the milk to lukewarm in a saucepan or in the microwave and mix with the sugar
• Add dry yeast and let rise for 10 minutes
• Add the egg yolk, milk-sugar-yeast mix and vanilla paste to the flour and mix well with a whisk
• Cover the yeast dough for the poffertjes with a dry cloth and let it rise in a warm place for 30 minutes.
• Beat the egg whites with the mixer until stiff and shortly before baking the mini pancakes, fold them evenly into the dough and place the yeast dough in a piping bag.
• Heat the butter in the pan over a medium heat and use the piping bag to add small, round circles to the hot pan (if you don't have a piping bag at hand, you can also use a teaspoon to spread the yeast dough into the pan).
• The mini pancakes need to bake until golden brown on both sides for about 1.5 minutes (I keep an eye on the poffertjes, as all ovens/stoves have different powers).
• Place the baked poffertjes on the cooling rack and sprinkle them with powdered sugar if you like. (A little tip for connoisseurs: The little treats also taste heavenly with vanilla or chocolate sauce or dipped in delicious Christmas jam!)

Preparation in pictures

My minis & I wish you a lot of fun baking the Dutch Poffertjes and a delicious Christmas time!

Yours, Lia

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