Grandma's Famous Swedish Pancakes

April 13, 2020 The Kitchen

These are my grandma's famous Swedish Pancakes, always prepared with mandarin orange sauce. The recipe has been in the family for a long, long time and when I asked my mom where it came from she wasn't certain and thought it may have been cut out of a newspaper. While its origins remain a mystery, it is a certainty that this recipe has left many Hart family grandchildren with full bellies over the years.



Ingredients
For the Mandarin Orange Sauce:
1/2 cup Sugar
2 tablespoons Corn Starch
1 11oz can Mandarin Oranges
1/2 cup Orange Juice

For the Swedish Pancakes:
3 eggs
1 cup Flour
1 cup Milk
1 cup Half and Half
3 tablespoons Butter, melted
1 tablespoon Sugar
1/2 teaspoon Salt

Directions
For the Mandarin Orange Sauce:
Combine sugar and corn starch in a medium saucepan.


Drain 1/2 cup of juice from canned oranges and combine with the 1/2 cup of orange juice. Discard excess canned orange juice (though the can usually contains exactly 1/2 cup of juice).
Stir juice mixture into sauce pan until smooth. Heat until boiling, stirring constantly until thick around oranges. Serve warm.



For the Pancakes:
Beat eggs with 1/2 cup milk for 3 minutes.
Add flour, beat to heavy, smooth consistency. Beat in remaining milk, sugar, half and half, butter and salt.


Pour onto lightly greased griddle.