Jen Hatmaker’s Gingerbread Spice Dutch Baby Recipe

“It has all the elegance of a crepe with the star power of a popover, but all you have really done is make a pancake. Receive your applause! They don’t need to know how easy it was,” says Jen Hatmaker, the host of the For the Love podcasts.


The lifestyle blogger says this fluffy breakfast recipe, which she features in her new cookbook Feed These People“has all the warm flavors of the season: cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg.”


“This is a perfect recipe for home cooking because you undoubtedly have every ingredient you need right this second. It comes together with basic staples, but presents super fancy,” says Hatmaker.


According to Hatmaker, the steps in this recipe are just as simple as the ingredients.


“Just throw it in the oven while the batter comes together in the blender,” she says. “It’s literally the easiest recipe ever and you won’t believe how gorgeous it comes out!”



Jen Hatmaker’s Gingerbread Spice Dutch Baby

¾ cup (3¼ oz.) all-purpose flour


1½ tsp. ground ginger


1 tsp. ground cinnamon


½ tsp. ground nutmeg


¼ tsp. table salt


3 large eggs


¾ cup whole milk


3 Tbsp. unsalted butter


Powdered sugar


Maple syrup, warmed


1. Preheat oven to 400°. Place a large cast-iron skillet in the oven.


2. Whisk together flour, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt in a medium bowl until combined. Whisk in eggs and milk until perfectly smooth, about 1 minute. Let the batter stand at room temperature until the flour absorbs the liquid and the mixture thickens slightly, about 15 minutes.


3. Carefully take skillet out of oven, and drop in the butter. Swirl it around to coat sides of skillet; pour batter right in.


4. Return skillset to preheated oven, and bake until puffed and golden brown, 15 to 20 minutes.


5. Remove skillet from oven. Dust with powdered sugar, and serve immediately with warm maple syrup.


Serves: 6


active time: 10 minutes


total time: 40 minutes


Quick tip! “You undoubtedly have every ingredient you need right this second,” says Hatmaker. “If you don’t, swap the hot spices for vanilla and add whatever fruit you have to the batter.”