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Blueberry Dutch Baby

Prep10 min
Cook22 min
Total32 min
YieldOne 10-inch skillet · serves 4
DifficultyMedium

Ingredients

  • 3large eggs, room temperature
  • 1/2 cupwhole milk, room temperature
  • 1/2 cupall-purpose flour
  • 2 tbspgranulated sugar
  • 1 tspvanilla extract
  • 1/4 tspfine salt
  • 3 tbspunsalted butter
  • 1 1/2 cupsfresh blueberries≈ 148 median blueberries
  • 1 tbsppowdered sugar (for dusting)
  • 1lemon, cut into wedges

Steps

  1. Place a 10-inch cast iron skillet in the oven and preheat to 425°F (220°C). The skillet must be screaming hot.
  2. Blend eggs, milk, flour, sugar, vanilla, and salt until completely smooth and slightly frothy — about 30 seconds in a blender.
  3. Let the batter rest while the oven finishes heating. Room-temperature ingredients and a rested batter give the biggest rise.
  4. Carefully remove the hot skillet, add the butter, and swirl until melted and foaming.
  5. Pour the batter into the center and immediately scatter the blueberries over the top.
  6. Return to the oven and bake 20–22 minutes without opening the door. It will climb dramatically up the sides.
  7. Dust with powdered sugar and serve immediately with lemon wedges. It deflates within a minute — that is normal and expected.

Notes

  • Opening the oven early collapses it. Watch through the window.
  • Cold eggs and milk are the most common cause of a flat Dutch baby.
A 100-gram serving of blueberries contains roughly 160 mg of anthocyaninsLaid end-to-end at 12.7 mm apiece, it would take about 30 billion berries to reach the MoonThe world's largest blueberry weighed 16.2 grams — a Guinness record set in Australia in 2020Wild lowbush blueberries are about 40% smaller than cultivated highbush onesThe United States and Canada together produce roughly half of the world's cultivated blueberriesA 100-gram serving of blueberries contains roughly 160 mg of anthocyaninsLaid end-to-end at 12.7 mm apiece, it would take about 30 billion berries to reach the MoonThe world's largest blueberry weighed 16.2 grams — a Guinness record set in Australia in 2020Wild lowbush blueberries are about 40% smaller than cultivated highbush onesThe United States and Canada together produce roughly half of the world's cultivated blueberries