Dutch baby/German pancake recipe try

I recently obtained some Lodge pre-seasoned cast iron skillets due to fears about nonstick ones, and the fact that ones made of other materials (e.g. copper, stainless steel) were out of my price range. One was a 10.25-inch one, the other was 6.5-inch mini one (dimensions measured from top rims). I've cooked various things in the larger one, but I had no clue what to do with the smaller one.

That was until I read about some recipe called "Dutch baby" AKA "German pancake" or "big pancake". I'm sure there are more names/variants across the U.S./web. So I preheated my oven to 425 F, and preheated my mini-skillet on the stove on low heat (or about 2/10 if you have indicators). As I mixed together 2 eggs, 1/4-cup milk, and 1/4 cup flour, I put about 1 Tbsp of butter to melt in the skillet. I think a lot of other recipes normally call for 2-4 Tbsp, but I thought the amount I used would be enough to prevent the batter from sticking to the skillet.

Once the butter had been swished all along the inner surface of the pan and had browned a bit, I added the batter to the hot skillet, and let it cook for a minute on the stove. Then I transferred the hot skillet to the preheated oven, and let it bake for 10-12 minutes.

The first 3-4 minutes, the batter didn't puff up much. Then after that, whoosh!






After 11 minutes of baking, I decided to remove the pancake from the oven and immediately take a picture. The rim of the Dutch baby wasn't really black or so badly burnt as might be inferred from the picture.




You can see how quickly the pancake deflates after being removed from the oven. This picture was taken just 2 minutes after the previous one.




Here's a blurry picture of the Dutch baby, after being plated. I think the traditional toppings are sifted powdered sugar and lemon juice, but I didn't have any lemons and didn't want to wash the sifter so I stuck a tsp of clumped up powdered sugar and some fake maple syrup on top. The end result, despite its rather lacking finish, was still pretty tasty. Maybe next time I'll try to get a lemon, and sift the powdered sugar.