Thin Eggless Milk Crepes

Cooking method

1. Step 1:

   

   How do you make eggless milk crepes? Let's gather the ingredients for the batter. With this lineup, a batch of crepes for tea costs next to nothing, and you'll always have what you need on hand.

2. Step 2:

   

   Pour room-temperature milk into a deep bowl; if it's straight from the fridge, warm it in the microwave for 15 seconds on high. Add the sugar and salt to the milk right away. It's best not to add too much sugar, or the crepes will scorch quickly. If you're making them for dessert, serve them with sweet toppings like honey, condensed milk, or jam instead.

3. Step 3:

   

   Sift the wheat flour, ideally a couple of times, to aerate it — this helps the crepes turn out especially soft and tender. Combine the flour with the baking soda slaked in vinegar. Stir, then add it to the bowl with the liquid.

4. Step 4:

   

   Whisk the ingredients together by hand or with a mixer so no lumps form.

5. Step 5:

   

   Then pour in the vegetable oil and the room-temperature water.

6. Step 6:

   

   Stir the batter again. Keep in mind you may need a little more or a little less flour — go by the consistency you want. It should be like thin sour cream. Let the batter sit on the counter for 15 minutes. It's fine if a few flour lumps remain; they'll dissolve during this time. After that, give the batter one more stir and you're ready to cook the crepes.

7. Step 7:

   

   Pour a little vegetable oil into a skillet (a crepe pan or any well-coated nonstick pan the crepes won't stick to is best). Heat the oil well so the first crepe doesn't stick. Ladle the right amount of batter into the pan and swirl it to cover the whole surface. Lower the heat to medium and cook the crepe for a few minutes on one side.

8. Step 8:

   

   Then flip it and keep cooking until the second side is golden. This was my first time making crepes this way, and I worried that leaving out the eggs would hurt the batter and the crepes. But they release from the pan just fine and don't tear when you flip them. The first crepe may not turn out — as usual — but the rest came out perfectly thin and pretty.

9. Step 9:

   

   Serve the crepes and enjoy!