Aebleskiver

My family grew up eating aebleskivers.  I love them, always have.  Here is a recipe from allrecipes.com, with some slight modifications.  These turned out so light and fluffy, and so delicious.

You start by separating two eggs and beating the whites til they form stiff peaks. 

Add all the dry ingredients, except for baking soda, and stir.  Then add some butter, egg yolks, buttermilk and soda -mixed, and beat til smooth.  Last, fold in the egg whites. 

 Now, to cook aebleskivers, you need an aebliskiver pan.  Click here to find one. 

Heat your pan over medium heat until it is hot.  When hot, add a little bit of butter to each to 'hole' in the pan. (About 1/4 to 1/2 tsp- I don't actually measure)

Next fill each hole with the batter.  You want to fill it just below or even with the top of the 'hole.'  It will grow as it cooks. 

 After about a minute, plus or minus some seconds, you will turn the aebleskiver.  I use a metal skewer, a tooth pick would work.  Just poke it down the side of an aebleskiver, trying not to get it in the raw batter, then hook it in and turn it.  It should now look like this.  The aebleskiver should be a nice golden brown.  (You may need to turn down the heat now, I find half way between medium and low works well.)

 Let cook a little more, then turn again, using the same process as before. 

Hook the skewer on the side...

 Lift to turn.  It should take about 3 or 4 turns to seal the aebleskiver and make it into a ball. 

 As the aebleskivers finish I put them in a pan to keep warm in the oven until they are all cooked.  This is where you let your baby smash them with a measuring spoon... just for fun. 

Or three measuring spoons...

You will find that some spots of the pan cook faster than others. So just start new aebleskivers as you go.  See here, some are done, some are one turn into the process, and some are just starting.  You want to cook these until the center is cooked through.  I stick my skewer into the center to see if it comes out clean, to test for doneness.  

Obviously the best part about these is eating them.  There are several ways to eat them. 

You can drizzle syrup on them.

You can open them up and spoon jam or jelly into the inside. 

Dip them in buttermilk syrup, yum. 

Or, the way my family always ate them, dip them in butter then sugar. 

We put a slice of butter on our plate, add some sugar next to that.  The hot aebleskiver melts the butter and the sugar sticks to that and it is so good. 

Yummmy.  Go get yourself an aebleskiver pan, if you don't have one already, and get to cooking some aebleskivers.  You won't regret it.  ;)

Aebleskiver Recipe

Ingredients:

2 eggs, whites separated

2 cups all-purpose flour

2 tsp paking powder

1 Tbs sugar

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

4 Tbs butter, melted

2 cups buttermilk

extra butter, for greasing pan

Directions:

In a medium bowl, whip the egg whites til they form stiff peaks.

In a separate, larger, bowl combine all the dry ingredients, except for the baking soda. 

In a medium bowl, measure the 2 cups of buttermilk and add the baking soda to that, before adding it to the dry ingredients. 

Add buttermilk/ baking soda combo, melted butter, and egg yolks to dry mixture.  Beat until smooth. 

Gently fold in egg whites. 

Cut about 1/4- 1/2 tsp of butter into each hole of hot aebleskiver pan.  Pour batter on top of butter.  Let cook until bottom is golden brown then use a skewer or tooth pick to turn, allowing all sides to cook.  Continue cooking and turning until the aebleskiver has formed a ball that is cooked all the way through.