My Grandmother’s Swedish Pancakes Recipe

My grandmother’s Swedish pancakes recipe brings back so many memories of my childhood

As a youngster, I always called them Finnish pancakes, because my grandparents came from Finland… and our family made these pancakes a lot. This recipe was my grandmother’s originally.

What brought this childhood favorite back to mind was a need we had awhile back for a soft foods diet and I happened across a box of Lunds Swedish Pancake Mix on Amazon. We tried it – and it was really good, almost as good as the pancakes my sister and I used to make when we were kids.

Well… I didn’t have a Swedish pancake pan, so I remedied that error with another visit to Amazon. You can read my review of the Plett pan I bought here.

My grandmother used syrup or strawberries, rather than lingonberries on her pancakes, so that part of the Swedish Pancake tradition passed us by (probably because we weren’t Swedish).

These pancakes are easy to make from scratch. My sister and I were in middle school when we learned to make them. And how we loved these little treats for breakfast (or lunch, or supper).

Here’s our family recipe, if you’d like to give them a try.

Servings: 2-4

Prep time: 5 minutes

Cook time: Approximately 3 minutes (per batch)

Ingredients:

• 3 eggs
• 1-1/4 cups milk
• 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 tbsp. sugar
• pinch salt if desired

Instructions:

1. Beat the eggs with a whisk or fork
2. Stir in milk
3. Add flour, sugar and salt, mixing until smooth (batter is quite thin)
4. Heat frying pan to medium (or medium-high) heat
5. Lightly butter the pan so batter does not stick
6. Drop in a tablespoon of batter for each pancake. (A Plett pan works best for making even-sized pancakes.)
7. Brown each pancake lightly on both sides
8. Keep pancake batches warm in the oven or serve immediately (I do the latter… my family can’t wait)
9. Serve with fruit topping or syrup
10. Enjoy!