Fall of Jericho - Cooking Idea

German Pancake - falls when taken out of oven!

We made a German Pancake. The idea came from SSNT (Sunday School Teacher's Network) e-newsletter post by Tonya (posted August 21, 2001 08:17 PM).

From Christiancrafters newsletter: Tonya, New Member, posted August 21, 2001 08:17 PM

We had a cooking workshop on The Walls of Jericho. The children learned the Bible story and then made a German pancake which you bake in the oven. While in the oven this 'pancake' puffs up and when you take it out it immediately falls and is flat. While the pancake was in the oven we talked about how horns were blown around the walls of Jericho and then the walls fell. When it came time to take the pancake out of the oven the workshop leader gave the kids party horns and had them make as much noise as they could. When the pancake came out of the oven, it fell. The kids thought they made the pancake fall by blowing their horns. They knew how it may have felt to see the walls fall by blowing horns. It was a fabulous lesson, one the kids still talk about and that was almost two years ago.

I contacted Tony and asked for her recipe and she kindly replied, "I would love to share the German pancake recipe with you! This is a great recipe to use when teaching the walls of Jericho to kids. Mix the pancake first then review the lesson while it is baking.

Ingredients:
5 Tbsp. butter
4 eggs
one quarter tsp. salt
1 cup flour
1 cup milk
9 x 13” pan
2 Tbsp. confectioners sugar
mixer or beater

Directions
1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees
2. In a mixing bowl, combine eggs, salt, flour and milk. Use a blender if desired.
3. Melt the butter in a 9 X 13" pan. Pour the contents of the mixing bowl into the pan.
4. Bake for 15 - 20 minutes until the mixture rises.
5. Have children sit down – read the story to the children and discuss.
6. Serve at once, sprinkle powdered sugar on top before serving. Very tasty and don't forget to make some noise when taking it out of the oven, it will fall!

Note: it will fall as soon as you take it out of the oven so the children need to be in a safe position to witness this before you open the oven door."

Above did not rise very well for us - here is what we should have done for better results.

Making a German Pancake

• Use Bread Flour rather than All-purpose flour.
• Oven must be pre-heated!
• Rack should be in the middle of your oven.
• Bake in a large, heavy frying pan or cast-iron skillet (suggest 10-inch skillet).
• Preheat skillet - while it pre-heats make your mixture.
• When batter mixed, remove skillet add butter, spread butter around, add mixture to pan. Return to oven immediately.
• Cook required time.

Below is a photo posted in our "Giving Thanks for Rotation.org". It appears to be a German pancake and the kids all have horns (kazoos)!

<Tonya> posted 

Group Publishing "Incredible Edible Bible Fun", has a cooking lesson on Joshua as well if you have that book (it is now out of print).