I'm thinking of buying a crepe maker which is on special at Briscoes (of course), but am wondering how useful they are. Does anyone who has one have any advice? Are they really much better than an electric frying pan? I'd appreciate your thoughts :)
margyr,
Apr 13, 6:58am
just get a small non stick frypan, then you can use it for other things as well.
duckmoon,
Apr 13, 7:00am
I have a crepe maker... I work for a church that does pancake night each year - so actually have four of them (have got them when I have seen them in second hand shops)...
I find them really helpful... when we have crepes at home, I use two of them, - to keep up with family demand...
they only work for thin crepes - not thicker pancakes
prendy1,
Apr 13, 7:19am
Thanks duckmoon. The kids and I have recently got into making thin crepes so I thought this could be handy. Our ones in the frying pan always end up too thick and uneven.
lilyfield,
Apr 13, 7:28am
too thick and uneven.....
the reason is your recipe and skill- not the frypan
jody23,
Apr 13, 8:50am
i use mine for cooking french toast on
carolyn20,
Apr 13, 8:34pm
I wanted to buy a crepe pan (non electric) they are flat with only a tiny lip. It was harder than I thought to find one - none in Briscoes or Stevens etc (at the time I was looking).Found a 'Mastrad' branded one in Moore Wilsons - they come in different sizes - and it's brilliant. Took a bit of trial and error to get my mixtures right for pancakes and crepes but I'm getting faster.
cookessentials,
Apr 13, 8:44pm
You are not likely to find those sorts of things at the likes of briscoes and Stevens carolyn20. Specialty cookware stores ( or in your case, Moore Wilson) are the places to go. The Mastrad pans are wonderful ( I have one myself) and to be honest, for the amount of times we have panckaes, I would not bother with an electric one. I would be surprised if either Briscoes or Stevens would even KNO what they were LOL. I had someone from Stevens come into the shop last week wanting to know what a chesnut knife was...sadly, those type of stores are not specialists, they just sell stuff.
prendy1,
Apr 14, 7:08am
So the consensus is...don't bother with the electric one, but a crepe pan is worthwhile? Thanks folks!
uli,
Apr 14, 8:48am
I would say buy a steel frypan - as that one you can heat up to 300 degrees - because there is no non-stick that will flake off ... and if treated properly it will be as non-stick as any other pan.
Then all you need is a very thin pancake dough and you can make crepes.
Good luck!
elliehen,
Apr 14, 9:13am
You can make them wafer thin if you put a smaller amount of mixture in, pick up the handle and tip the pan in a fast circular movement to let the mixture run all around the pan up to the edges.
kirsten5,
Apr 14, 9:25am
I love mine..crepes, pancakes, picklets, french toast all are great cooked on it. Mine came from briscoes.
rainrain1,
Apr 14, 8:19pm
Sounds like a one week wonder bench space hogger to me.
lilyfield,
Apr 14, 9:31pm
Lol -agree
cookessentials,
Apr 14, 11:05pm
you will find a pan heated to 300 degrees will burn your pancakes LOL pancakes are made with a batter as opposed to a dough...dough is for bread and the like. A good crepe pan is made in a particular shape and thickness for perfect crepes/pancakes every time. You will find that good quality non-sticj cookware does not flake or peel. You only need a med/low heat for a good crepe/pancake. Yes, the consensus is not to go the electric way unless you eat them frequently.
cookessentials,
Apr 14, 11:06pm
I find my crepe pan also great for pikelets.
fmgirl,
Apr 14, 11:47pm
I make pancakes every weekend and I use a small non-stick fry pan, had a crepe maker never used it. To make thinner pancakes and/or crepes use less mixture in the pan and cook on a medium to low heat. Personally I prefer fluffy pancakes to thin ones
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