Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Peanut Butter&Jam Crepes, and a CSN Gift Certificate

Now that the holidays are over, and all the great leftovers have been recycled into time saving meals, and we are just tired of eating so much cookies...if any left, as for me, I'm just fresh out of ideas, so I lean on my "tried and true" and easy dishes, and desserts. Crepes...or in Hungarian, (palacsinta)...in Italian (crescpelle) in English is actually the American version of pancakes, which is totally a different type, but thicker, and is consumed for breakfast.

My family loves crepes, I have at least 3 types of crepe pans, all three are only used to make crepes in. I have a 6 inch cast iron tortilla pan, which is so perfect to make the smaller size crepes, nicely seasoned pan, easy to flip the crepes over, which is the best part. The second one is actually just for crepes as well, which is an 8 inch skillet. The third, which is the most popular, and "fail proof" is an 8 inch non stick skillet that is most advisable. I do have the actual recipe, which I personally think is the best that I can share with you!
I could barely set up these little peanut butter&jam crepe pieces...within less than 5 minutes it was gone. I could barely take a picture of it, because my little grandchildren, and son-in-law just grabbed a piece. These paper thin crepes, and the peanut butter and jam not only satisfies, as a snack, but doubles as a dessert. The above presentation, is 2 pieces of crepes stacked, smooth and silky peanut butter is spread on it, and strawberry jam is spread on it. Folded in half, and into thirds, and sliced it in half, again. Just look at the thin, light as a feather crepes, you can just serve it with a fork, to cut a bite size piece.

Now, on to the recipe, and the $50. gift certificate giveaway from CSN!...isn't is marvelous?


 I saved my crepes/palacsinta recipe from 20 yrs ago, which was  copied from a Hungarian cookbook, written in English, and then I found the same exact formula/recipe in an old food magazine from the same year, so I cut and pasted it on an index card. The Hungarian book called it "pancakes" and palacsinta, which I preferred the name CREPES, sounded more sophisticated!



CREPES


3 large eggs
1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
1 cup milk
1 teaspoon granulated sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon sugar
1 cup club soda
unsalted, melted butter, about 1Tbsp. plus 1Tbsp.
vegetable, or canola oil, mixed with the butter


Mix the eggs, flour, milk, sugar and salt in a large bowl, and beat with a wire whisk, or electric mixer for about 2 minutes, to make a smooth batter. Cover and refrigerate 2 hours, or more.

Stir club soda into batter. Heat a heavy 8 inch skillet over moderate heat for about 1 minute. Lightly brush with the melted butter, and oil Test heat by dropping a small amount of the batter into the pan-if it sizzles, pan is ready.

Remove pan from the heat, immediately pour about 1/4 cup of the batter into the center of the pan, and at the same time, start tipping the pan in all directions so that the batter coats the bottom of the pan in a thin, even layer. Pour off any excess batter, fill any large gaps with a little extra, Return pan to heat and cook about 1 minute until top of crepe loses its shine and the edge can be lifted easily with a small spatula. Lift edged of crepe out onto a flat surface. Continue making crepes; stack them in heaps of 6 or 8 with wax paper between each crepe.

Crepes may be made ahead, each stack put in a plastic bag and refrigerated or frozen. Thaw before using. Makes about  12-14 crepes.

CSN I STORES- $50. Gift Certificate {Giveaway}

I'm so excited that I was contacted by CSN stores...to share this amazing giveaway with you!
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That's a big deal!
 
Many thanks are in order to our generous sponsor for this gift card! Here is where the fun begins! 

One lucky food and thrift finds reader will win a $50. gift card to spend on anything from any of the 200+ CSN Stores just by doing the following:

Leave a comment below telling me which items you have your eye on from either CSNhome.com or AllModern.com  Earn an extra entry by doing any of the following.  Please leave a separate comment for each of your entries.  Maximum of 4 entries per person.
Giveaway ends Sunday, January 9th at midnight EST.   A winner will be chosen Randomly and announced on Monday, January 10th

The winner must claim their prize before Sunday, January 9th or a new winner will be selected.  You must be 18 years old and either a U.S. or Canadian resident to enter.   Maximum of 4 entries per person.

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78 comments:

Priya Sreeram said...

nice recipe for crepes ! well explained !!

Prathima Rao said...

Fabulous lookin crepes!!!

leaf (the indolent cook) said...

Definitely a snacky crepe, this one!

Priya said...

Slurp,just drooling here, very irresistible crepes..

Sharon said...

These look absolutely delicious! I love pancakes and crepes for breakfast. I love your last photo especially, makes me drool!

aipi said...

Looks so very delicious! Lovely shots & they just are making me drool:)


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Mateja ^_^ said...

Great minds think alike! I also posted about pancakes yesterday. I don't use any measures when making pancakes, just add as i go. But this time as I decided to post about the dessert, I actually armed myself with measuring cups and spoons :D And it is interesting how the Hungarian and Slovenian name for crapes are similar: palacsinta comparing to palachinka. But hey, they are after all two neighboring countries, right?

meeyeehere said...

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this candle is fabulous but it is 360.00 can you believe that!
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meeyeehere said...

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tweeted too.
Come by my blog,I am having a giveaway too!
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Boulder Locavore said...

Woo Hoo! I had not gotten over to your blog yet today so thanks for the prompt! Also left a response to your great comment on my blog! I'm going backwards: this is my I FOLLOW YOU post. In Google Reader and now on Twitter (I had not found you on Twitter yet!) Toni

Boulder Locavore said...

This is my I TWEETED THE CONTEST WITH A LINK comment.

Swathi said...

Crepes looks delicious nice one. Nice giveaway too.

Boulder Locavore said...

Ok this is my WHAT WOULD I BUY COMMENT. The answer SHOULD BE 'why Elisabeth I would of course apply the gift certificate to something in the exercise department because I've been making more ice cream than Baskin Robbins'...but that's not my real answer. It would be in the area of the kitchen items. LOVED the $1054 tomato slicer. Gorgeous. Realistically I'd go for something orange. Loved the scrapper with orange handle. Orange spatulas. The selection seemed endless.

Elisabeth said...

Thank you all for participating, and also for your kind comments!
I love CSN Stores so much, I'm so excited that they contacted me, and asked me if I would like to participate in the $50. gift certificate giveaway, I immediately jumped on it, and I'm so excited...can't say share...LOL...because it's a giveaway to 1 lucky winner, that will be randomly chosen, and they will directly mail the gift certificate to you!
BTW: my twitter account name is:

FOODANDTHRIFT...

so please visit, comment, and follow there too (opt.) you don't have to sign up to twitter, just to follow me...but DO follow my blog-even if you decide to unfollow later, which I don't think you will. I will follow you back, as well!

Laurie Alves said...

Hi Elisabeth, I have always wanted to learn how to make crepes. Thanks so much for all the detail! Wonderful!

Laurie Alves said...

Oh, Elisabeth, now you have got me shopping!!! CSN has a rectangular Springform pan to die for!!! Love it!

Laurie Alves said...

I'm sure you know, but I tweed! I loved it so I tweeted too!!!
@FoodsLove Laurie Alves
Check out Crepes and a Giveaway! A Food Blog Dream!http://foodandthriftfinds.blogspot.com/2011/01/peanut-butter-crepes-and-csn-gift.html

Domestic Diva said...

I'd get a mango wood utensil crock.

lovelydomesticdiva (at) gmail (dot) com

Domestic Diva said...

I follow on gfc

katychick said...

i'd really like a new fan for our bedroom
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katychick said...

i follow you gfc
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Michael Toa said...

Absolutely love crepes. I love it with nutella. Well, who doesn't?! hehe... This PB&J crepes is no doubt delicious too. :)
I wish I could enter the giveaway but I am neither a US or Canadian resident. :(

Lizzy said...

Oh, I love crepes...my mom, my 3 sisters and I would make these on the weekend for breakfast...yum. I'm saving your tried and true recipe for my next attempt :)

On to your wonderful give away...so many fun options, but I especially like the Alessi Augh! Trivet...so beautiful and functional! Thanks for the opportunity, my friend!

Lizzy said...

I tweeted your give away!

Lizzy said...

My next blog post will link back to your give away!

Peggy said...

Oh I bet these crepes are a perfect snack! It's so hard to pick anything from CSN, they have EVERYTHING! But I would definitely get some platters for the kitchen!

JamericanSpice said...

I like the Krooom Don Table and Two Chair Set
SKU #: kxo1012 and would get it.

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Santosh Bangar said...

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Monet said...

Oh so many things that I love from the CSN store. I really need some new serving dishes! Your crepes look delicious. I can see why you had a hard time snapping photographs. I would have grabbed these up too! Thank you for sharing this tasty recipe with me. Sweet dreams, my friend!

Koci said...

I think the main thing I'd want from CSN would be some cute new dishes!

Pegasuslegend said...

Wow Csn is awesome...I just love the site, so much to choose from and with just adding a new kitchen to many items to list! Love the peanut and jelly combo crepe, always a good bet for a dinner party with kids!

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My Kitchen in the Rockies said...

Crepes are also one of my family's favorite. They are gone in a flash!
I wish I would own a crepes pan like you.May I could buy one with the CSN coupon?
I am one of your followers.

♥Sugar♥Plum♥Fairy♥ said...

Ahh, am so glad i wasnt posting yesterday or else i would have exprncd the blogger bug too :-)
Love crepes and more so love the way ur thinking of leftovers!!
Oh ur 3 pans excite me allright:-)
And the deliciousness is calling to me:-)

Oh i would loveee to chose the Nordicware bakeware from CSN home:-)
Thannnxx a ton for hosting the wonderful giveaway!

♥Sugar♥Plum♥Fairy♥ said...

I sure follow ur lovely blog and am glad i do :-)

My Kitchen in the Rockies said...

Thanks, Elisabeth. I think that I would have to go with this one from Le Creuset (in red!)
Here is the link:
http://www.csnhome.com/Le-Creuset-L2036-2730-LEC1125.html
I would have to put in some of my Christmas money, too.

Mrs K said...

Elizabeth,I had the most amazing crepes in Saratoga Springs NY ,a place called Ravenous.The crepes you made and these pictures instantly trasported me to Ravenous and the amazing crepes I had there. I have bookmarked the recipe and have to surprise my daughter now:) The CSN is fortunate to have found you to advertize their store,I must say you are very effective,you actually made me shop online,I already have a long list BTW this one thing I have my eyes set on is- Reston Lloyd Classic Glazed 6.25-Qt. Schlemmertopf/Clay Cooker - 842. Thanks for giving us the opportunity to win this :) Have a good day:)!!!

the Crave to Save said...

I have my eye on a red silicone bakeware set :)

Thanks for the giveaway!
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the Crave to Save said...

I follow you on GFC (Crave to Save)
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the Crave to Save said...

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tweet!

Kathy said...

My father was hungarian and my grandmother and mother always made palascinta (crepes). We would always spread them with jam and put powdered sugar on top. I still have my grandmothers recipe that my aunt wrote down in the 1940's. I too love crepes. Yours look wonderful!

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edmontonjb said...

I follow with GFC

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Mehnaz Kapadia said...

Hi Elisabeth,

My First time here and what a recipe to set my eyes on!! These luk sooo wonderful!! And the giveaway part is just fabulous! You must be real awesome to be contacted by CSN- My Favorite Online store!!Since i would never want to miss chances to win anything from CSN, i would love to participate in this and reeeeeely hope to win! *Wink* *Wink*

I Visited the website like ALWAYS, and this time my eyes were fixed on the Measuring set! I would love to have this one! http://www.cookware.com/All-Clad-59917-AAC1207.html

Thanks and Regards,
Mehnaz
mehnaz(dot)kapadia(at)gmail(dot)com

Mehnaz Kapadia said...

I am your follower through GFC! :)

mehnaz(dot)kapadia(at)gmail(dot)com

Mehnaz Kapadia said...

And guess what! I tweeted about this too! :D
@NaaZuk

Karin said...

Have my eye on:
Hillsdale Wilshire Antique White Daybed Set

Can't afford it, but I like it.

karin56381 (at) gmail.com

Erin @ EKat's Kitchen said...

Elisabeth, thanks for hosting this great giveaway! it's so hard to pick a favorite, but I really need a new espresso colored gathering table and chairs ($50 may not get me far, but hey, $50 is $50). I'm your newest follower now.

ALSO, I love the crepes and will have to make them for my hubby dearest. Hope you'll bring them by to my Friday Potluck! :)

Annie said...

Forever the practical type I would by a double utility tub for my budding business.

Annie said...

Also, I am already following you.

Annie said...

Also, I tweeted about this contest. Thanks Elisabeth! BTW the crepes look amazing!

Kathy said...

Elizabeth, Your food looks amazing and I am very happy to follow you. Thanks for visiting my blog…I am enjoy this so much. I would love to try several of your recipes, especially the cabbage rolls. I have never tried to make them. My mom made them all the time. One of my favorites! However, I do make stuffed peppers, also one of my favorites!

Carolyn said...

The crepes look great, and the giveaway is wonderful, but I am here to remark on the fact that I JUST figured out that you are Lora's mum! D'oh! I'm not so bright, I guess. It was actually Gabi's blog that clued me in. Three generations of food bloggers, how cool is that???

Heather Lynne said...

I already follow your blog!

Heather Lynne said...

I've had my eye on a food processor at the CSN stores for a LONG time. This would be an awesome start to help me get it!

Anna C said...

Elisabeth, no wonder they didn't last long. The jam and peanut butter filling oozing out has my mouth watering.
Anna's Table

Rosemary said...

I love making crepes, too -- but I'm more in the habit of making the savory kind, like for cannelloni. But I'm willing to give the dessert kind a go. The pb&j sounds wonderful.

So I might get a crepe pan from CSN, but more than likely I'd get new knives! My old ones have already lasted a lifetime!

I'll be following!

Debbie said...

I have my eye on some Le Creuset. I'd really love a pitcher and a casserole dish.
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Debbie said...

I'm a gfc follower.
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Debbie said...

Tweeted: http://twitter.com/suburbsanity/status/23776080372436993
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Indonesian In Turkey said...

too pity I'm not in US or Canada area Liz :(
But surely I envy your crepes ! ^_^

Lindsay said...

Looks delicious!!

Deliah's Deli said...

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Deliah's Deli said...

i love crepes n this is 1 of it - looks super delicious! :p~

trinity said...

Kedves Elisabeth,
ez a palacsinta első látásra a szívem csücske lett! Isteni lehet!!!
A kisfiam imádja a mogyoróvajat, de hihetetlen, ez még sosem jutott eszembe, mint töltelék! De most aztán jól megjegyzem magamnak és majd ha megsütöm, be is linkellek, annyira jó az ötlet! Köszi szépen!!
P.S. Bocs, ha ritkán jutok ide, manapság nagyon elfoglalt vagyok és épp csak felteszem a receptet, de sajnos keveset tudok körbenézni a blogokon, bár nagyon szeretnék. Igyekszem:))
Legyen szép napod!

1-2Punch said...

another great post. So simple...sometimes are the best. Did a little browsing on your giveaway site, got my eye on an accent chair colorful fabric!!! and will be posting a link on my site. What great exposure for your site!

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Patty said...

I love the crepes...and I would use the prize to buy one of the PABLO floor lamps from allmodern...I think I am feeling lucky!!!

Thanks, Elisabeth!!!

Magic of Spice said...

I love crepes too and have never tried making them in a cast iron skillet before, great idea...
And that is also exactly what I need a new one of.

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