Mini Blini Recipes

MINI-BLINI

Steps:

• Combine flours, yeast, sugar and salt in a bowl. Stir in warm milk, butter and eggs and mix until smooth.
• Set bowl aside in a warm place such as an oven with pilot light on and allow to rise until double in volume, about two hours. Stir batter.
• Heat a large, heavy skillet and lightly butter it. Make blini with about a tablespoon of batter each, turning them as they brown and browning the other side. You should be able to fit four blini in a 10-inch skillet. As the blini are finished cooking, place them on a baking sheet in an oven heated to 150 degrees to keep warm.
• Serve blini topped with sour cream and more or less of whichever kind of caviar your taste and budget may allow.

MINI BLINIS FOR BRUNCH

Steps:

• Combine cream cheese, sugar and yolks in mixing bowl and beat until smooth.
• Flatten each slice of bread with rolling pin and spread with some of cream cheese mixture.
• Roll jelly roll fashion and dip in melted butter.
• Sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar to taste.
• (If preparing ahead, place in a single layer on baking sheet and freeze. When solidly frozen, transfer to plastic bags and return to freezer until ready to use).
• When ready to serve, preheat oven to 400°F.
• Leave blinis whole or cut each in half and place on baking sheet.
• Bake until light golden brown, fresh blinis 8 to 10 minutes, or frozen blinis (thawing is unnecessary) 10 to 15 minutes.
• Serve hot accompanied by sour cream and jelly on the side.
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EASY BLINI (RUSSIAN PANCAKE)

Steps:

• Combine flour, salt, and baking powder in a bowl.
• Whisk 3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons milk, egg, and 1 tablespoon melted butter together in a separate bowl. Mix into the flour mixture until batter is fully combined.
• Heat 1 tablespoon butter in a skillet over medium-low heat. Drop batter, 1 tablespoon at a time, onto the heated skillet. Cook until bubbles form, 1 1/2 to 2 minutes. Flip and continue cooking until brown, about 1 minute more. Lay on plate lined with a paper towel to help soak up excess butter. Repeat with the remaining batter.