Lätyt (Finnish Pancakes)

We started the day with delicious Finnish pancakes - lätyt. My mom had given me this cast iron skillet this spring, and since my kids ask me all the time for 'lättyjä' (Finnish word endings vary), and I rarely make them, I decided to surprise them this morning with this very Finnish treat.

Since it has been forever a long time a little while since I had made lättyjä, I decided to google the recipe to make sure I had the correct amounts. I decided on the recipe from this blog, as the blog author was calling lätyt with the correct name ;-) In Finland some people call them letut or ohukaiset or pannukakut or krepit.

I first tripled the recipe, then doubled, but didn't end up using all the batter, so quadrupling the recipe (as usual) seems to be a good amount for our family of seven.

Serve with a sprinkling of sugar, whipped cream, jam and/or fresh berries. Enjoy!!

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Pitkästä aikaa tein lättyjä aamupalaksi, viimeisestä kerrasta on niin kauan, että piti varmistaa resepti googlettamalla:) Täältä blogista löytyi hyvä resepti, jonka käänsin alle englanniksi, ja nelinkertaistin reseptin suurperheellemme. Meille aikuisille paistoin lätyt terveellisemmässä kookosöljyssä, ja ripottelin xylitol-sokeria päälle, ja jauhoista oli ehkä neljäsosa kokojyvää, muuten tavallisia valkoisia jauhoja. Hyvin maistui hillon, kermavaahdon ja mustikoiden kanssa, nam! Kiitos vielä äidille uudesta valurautapannustani - ehdottomasti oli avain näiden lättyjen paistoon.

Oh, you'd actually like the translated recipe? Ok, ok, here it is:)

Lätyt - Finnish Pancakes

8 cups of milk
4 eggs
5 cups of flour (I used a mix of white & wheat - shhhh!)
2 tsp salt

real butter (or coconut oil)
sugar (or xylitol)

toppings of your choice

The amounts don't have to be exact, the milk can be a day or two old. Mix the first four ingredients together, let sit while the cast iron skillet is warming up. Traditionally you cook lätyt in real butter, but I used coconut oil for the Captain & my lätyt to make them a bit healthier. Cook on your cast iron skillet, both sides, then sprinkle a bit of sugar (I used xylitol on the healthier ones) on both sides. Delicious as is, or serve with whipped cream, fresh berries and/or jam.