The Finnish oven pancake (pannukakku in Finnish) is an ordinary dessert in any Finnish home. But when I say ordinary, I mean it in the most loving way.
You see, there isn’t a Finnish kid who doesn’t have a warm memory of a just-baked crispy-on-the-top and all-gooey-in-the-middle homemade oven pancake. Finnish moms have baked an oven pancake to cure the disappointment of a lost football match, to mend a broken heart and to celebrate a regular, cozy weekday evening.
I don’t know an easier sweet treat than the oven pancake. Honestly, you don’t need any baking skills to do it. And, you don’t need a mixer, either.
This recipe makes one baking tray-sized pancake with rough measurements of 15x12 inch (40x30 cm). That’s enough for two adults and two school-aged kids. If you are serving a bigger crowd, better make two trays!
We use deciliters here in Finland but I have converted the amounts to American cups too. Roll your sleeves up and let’s make pannukakku!
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The Finnish Oven Pancake Recipe
Ingredients with Finnish measurements
2 eggs
100 g melted butter
8 dl milk
1,5 dl granulated sugar
2 tsp vanilla sugar
4 dl all-purpose baking flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
Ingredients with American measurements
2 eggs
1 stick of melted butter
3,5 cups milk
⅔ cup granulated sugar
2 tsp vanilla sugar
1 ⅔ cups all-purpose baking flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
On top:
Strawberry or raspberry jam
Instructions
Mix the sugar, eggs, and milk in a bowl. Put flour, baking powder and salt in a separate cup and mix, then add with the sugar-egg-milk dough. Whisk.
If you are doing this for the first time, you’ll start to get worried. The dough is watery and full of flour bubbles. Fear not! This dough isn’t meant to be perfect. Try to break the biggest bubbles but don’t worry, you’ll never catch them all. The dough will be uneven. Last, whisk in the butter.
Leave the dough to rest z. 20-30 minutes. Preheat oven to 440°F / 225°C. Pour the dough on a baking tray covered with parchment paper. Remember to have enough paper for the sides of the tray, too. The dough looks even funnier flat but the taste will be yummy, I promise!
Bake the pancake for 30 minutes until golden brown. Allow
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I can’t wait to try your recipes! My Mom was a full blooded Finn from the Iron Range in MN (USA). Both her parents came from Finland. She would mix her cooking with her Finnish and American recipes. She made her version of Finnish Pasties and Finnish Potato Sausage. I would love to see your recipes for these, if you have them. My Mom made Finnish Potato sausage every Christmas. It was such a treat.
Hei Jeanne! I’m so glad to hear you liked this post. Your mom’s dishes sound so great. As there are a couple of versions of both in Finland, what did her Finnish pasties have inside of them? And how she made her Finnish potato sausage?
So delicious these and the smell of cardamom is enough to remind me of my youth and sitting in my Finnish friends house when their grandmother was visiting and baking, heaven on earth!
Aaaww, Anna, such a lovely and delicious memory! Thank you for sharing! <3
I just loooooved the pancakes!!! They‘re really easy to make and so delicious.
I had them aswell with butter and salt and with Creme cheese and egg, as I love the sweet / hearty combo.
Thank you for bringing Finland to my kitchen 🙂
Hi Julia! Thank you so much for letting me know that you liked this post! Pancakes are the best. Seriously. I could eat them every day but I try not to. 😀
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