🇮🇸 Icelandic Cuisine

Pönnukökur

Icelandic Crepes

Prep Time 10 min
Servings 8
Difficulty Easy
Calories 180 kcal

Thin, delicate Icelandic crepes rolled with sugar, jam, or whipped cream. A beloved dessert and snack passed down through generations.

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1 Whisk eggs and milk together. Add melted butter.
  2. 2 Mix flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Add to wet ingredients and whisk until smooth. Rest 15 minutes.
  3. 3 Heat a crepe pan over medium heat and brush with butter.
  4. 4 Pour a thin layer of batter and tilt to coat the pan evenly.
  5. 5 Cook for 1-2 minutes until the bottom is golden. Flip and cook 30 seconds more.
  6. 6 Spread with sugar, jam, or whipped cream. Roll up and serve immediately.

Did You Know?

In many Icelandic families, making pönnukökur is a weekend ritual where the whole family gathers in the kitchen while stack after stack is produced.