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Love crepes? Ready to make them at home? Once you taste the Best Crepe Recipe, you will be making crepes at home, again and again.

You’ll find a few crepe recipes on the website (I’ll list them below) and put together a How to Make the Perfect Crepes. This is a great resource if you are new to making crepes at home!

The Best Crepes on a plate

I don’t know why I haven’t yet shared all the little details to my “special” crepes. When I have guest at my house I know I can never go wrong with crepes. Now when there is a party somewhere and I have to bring food, I always get an order of crepes. So for all of you that have been asking me for recipe, here it goes.

Variations to the Best Crepe Recipe

You can also make many other variations of fillings, such as crepes with just simple filling for fruit, ice cream and Nutella. Here’s a few more options:

  • Warm fruit sprinkled with cinnamon and sugar
  • Ham & Cheese is always a hit!
  • Ricotta or mascarpone paired with your favorite fruit
  • Or go old fashioned with Peanut Butter and Bananas.

Oh and be sure to check out my Stuffed Chicken Crepe Pockets recipe!

Tips for Making The Best Crepes

Whether you whisk your ingredients for the crepes or use a blender to make the batter, both are easy options.

  1. Use 1/4 measuring cup to ensure every crepe is the right size.
  2. You want your batter to be a little thinner than traditional pancake mix.
  3. Also, keep in mind, when pouring the patter into a skillet, you want it to be thin, but, not see through thin.
Crepes with a bowl of jam besides them

Ingredients for The Best Crepe Recipe

For the Crepes

  • Eggs
  • Sugar
  • Flour
  • Milk
  • Vegetable Oil

Filling

  • Cream Cheese
  • Cottage Cheese
  • Condensed Milk

Topping

  • Condensed Milk
  • Dark Chocolate

How to Make the Best Crepe Recipe

Following the directions below in the printable recipe, you will prepare your crepe batter. Once it is ready, you will prepare your skillet or crepe pan for cooking. Using a dedicated crepe pan is best, but any large nonstick skillet can work for this recipe.

Using the directions below for preparing your filling ahead of time and refrigerating until time to add to your crepes.

Pour batter into the pan and spread around until it is thin and covers the area desired. Once it is done with cooking, you will layer the crepes before baking them, and then top with your preferred toppings before serving.

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Crepes on a plate

The Best Crepe Recipe

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Servings
40 Units
Prep Time 15 mins
Cook Time 50 mins
Total Time 1 hr 10 mins
If you’ve ever struggled to make crepes, this is the best crepe recipe on the web. So simple to make and can withstand lots of variations to your favorite fillings.

Ingredients

  • 6 Eggs
  • 3 tbsp Sugar
  • 3/4 cup Flour
  • 2 cup Milk
  • 1/2 cup Vegetable Oil

Filling

Topping

US Units – Metric

Instructions

Crepes

  • Whisk eggs, sugar and flour until smooth. 
    Eggs, sugar and flour whisked together
  • Add milk as you are stirring, followed by oil.
    Mixture for crepes in a bowl
  • Preheat frying pan until its sizzling hot, keeping heat at medium/high. With first crepe use spray oil to pray pan. After the first one you wouldn’t need to do this because crepes already have oil in them. Tip: I use two small frying pans to speed up production..lol
  • By lifting up frying pan with one hand and with other pour in crepe batter. Shifting pan from side to side just to cover the bottom. I flip crepes by lifting corners with a fork.
    Cooked crepes on a cutting board

Filling & Topping

  • For filling, I combine all ingredients together with a mixer. 
    Mixture for the filling for the crepes all mixed in a bowl
  • The filling might be a little runny but no problem it will thicken up in fridge (if you store them) or while baking it will melt.
    Filling for crepes mixed in a bowl to create a uniform filling
  • Cover one side of crepe with filling; roll it up into a roll. 
    The Best crepe recipe with filling inside being rolled up into a roll
  • Repeat until you are done.
    Crepes rolled up and stacked in a bowl
  • Layer all crepes on ceramic baking sheet. Cover with condensed milk. Bake at 350 for at least 30 minutes.
    Rolled crepes in a ceramic baking sheet
  • Serve them hot, sprinkling with some grated chocolate on top.
    Crepes on a plate
Nutrition Facts
The Best Crepe Recipe
Amount Per Serving
Calories 111 Calories from Fat 72
% Daily Value*
Fat 8g12%
Saturated Fat 5g25%
Cholesterol 40mg13%
Sodium 72mg3%
Potassium 66mg2%
Carbohydrates 6g2%
Sugar 4g4%
Protein 2g4%
Vitamin A 225IU5%
Vitamin C 0.2mg0%
Calcium 47mg5%
Iron 0.3mg2%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Posted April 23, 2019

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Natalya founded Momsdish to demonstrate that placing a homemade meal on the table is not hard at all. Natalya makes cooking easier and approachable, by simplifying the ingredients, while still producing the same great taste.