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Crêpes

Published on August 02, 2026
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Crêpes
Prep: 15 mins
Cook: 20 mins
Difficulty: Intermediate
Servings: 4 Servings

When she was a pastry chef at Chez Panisse, Jehnee Rains was asked to develop the restaurant’s recipe for Crêpes Suzette. From the testing and retesting of several versions, she came up with what turned out to be the Holy Grail of sweet crêpes. She shared a few unusual tips that make these perfectly sweet crêpes stand out — and one very unusual ingredient.

Ingredients

  • 2 cups warm milk
  • 1/4 cup melted butter
  • 1 1/4 cups flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 3/4 tablespoon oil
  • 1/2 cup beer (any light lager beer will work)

Instructions

  1. Melt the butter and heat the milk to warm, over the stove or in a microwave. Meanwhile, mix flour, sugar, and salt in the bowl of an electric mixer (or in a large bowl with a whisk ready). Make a well in the dry ingredients, pour eggs and oil into the well and beat on medium speed with whisk using the mixer, or vigorously with your hand-held whisk. Slowly add the melted butter and milk mixture until batter becomes uniform in texture.
  2. Now pour batter over a fine-toothed sieve into another medium-sized bowl, pressing any lumps through with your fingers. Stir in beer, until just evenly incorporated (don't overmix). Refrigerate the batter, covered with plastic, for 8 hours or overnight, if you can.
  3. Pour about 1/4 to 1/3 cup batter onto a smoking-hot pan, swirling the batter to create an even surface. Add a little more batter if needed. Little holes are okay while crêpe cooks — just 2 minutes on the first side (peek to see if golden brown color is there), then about 30 seconds on other side. Keep warm with sheets of parchment paper in between each crêpe, in a low oven, about 200 degrees until serving.
  4. These crêpes are delicious with powdered sugar, jam, fruit compote, whatever you like! Jehnee served mine with homemade chocolate hazelnut spread, cinnamon ice-cream and chocolate sauce.

Recipe Stats

  • Aug 02, 2026
  • Prep: 15 mins
  • Cook: 20 mins
  • Servings: 4 Servings
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