Breakfast and Brunch Recipe ⇝ Lemon and Mandarin Orange Cream Cheese Crepes

Perfect for a light brunch. Very easy to make. A little on the rich side, so smaller portions are best.

Ingredients

• 1 cup white sugar
• ½ cup salted butter, melted
• ¼ cup water
• ¼ cup lemon juice
• 1 egg yolk
• 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
• 1 (15 ounce) can mandarin oranges, drained, with juice reserved
• ¼ cup white sugar
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 ½ cups milk
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 eggs

Cooking Directions

1. Whisk 1 cup sugar, butter, water, 1/4 cup lemon juice, and egg yolk together in a heavy-bottomed saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Cook until thickened, about 1 minute. Cover sauce to keep warm.
2. Beat cream cheese, 1/4 cup mandarin orange juice, 1/4 cup sugar, 2 tablespoons lemon juice, and vanilla extract in a bowl using an electric mixer until well blended; mixture will be a bit lumpy.
3. Blend milk, flour, and eggs together in a bowl using an electric mixer. Set a greased crepe pan over medium heat. Ladle batter in until just covering the bottom of the pan. Cook until top dries, about 3 minutes. Flip and set aside; repeat with the remaining batter.
4. Spoon filling into crepes and fold over like a taco. Spoon mandarin orange pieces over filled crepes. Pour sauce on top.

Nutrition Facts

• calories364.1
• carbohydrateContent35.4 g
• cholesterolContent111.9 mg
• fatContent22.6 g
• fiberContent0.6 g
• proteinContent6.5 g
• saturatedFatContent13.9 g
• sodiumContent192 mg
• sugarContent25.8 g