CopyCat IHOP Cheese Blintzes
Ingredients
Pancakes
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon melted butter
1 egg, beaten
1 cup milk
Ricotta cheese filling:
1 cup ricotta cheese
1 egg, beaten
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
Topping:
1/3 cup raspberry preserves
2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
Directions
Pancakes:
Whisk together flour, sugar, salt and baking powder. Set aside.
Beat together egg, milk and butter until well blended. Stir wet ingredients into dry, until well blended.
Film a non-stick saute pan with oil or non-stick spray.Heat over medium high heat.
Pour in about 1/3 cup of batter, to make a 8 or 9-inch thin pancake. Cook until brown on one side, about 1 minute, and flip to brown reverse. Stack pancakes on a plate and keep warm.
Ricotta cheese filling:
Blend cheese, egg, sugar and nutmeg until creamy.
Divide among pancakes, and roll pancakes around filling. Plate seam side down.
Heat preserves and balsamic vinegar. Serve as a sauce for blintzes.