At one of the Christmas functions I went to, a friend of a friend turned up with some Æbleskiver.
Æbleskiver are Danish Christmas treats similar to our doughnuts. These were really yummy so I begged the recipe from her! Just don’t ask me to pronounce the name in Danish – she had to write it out for me!
Note this recipe needs a special cast iron pan – like a frying pan but with circles in it like a patty cake tray. I haven’t figured out what alternatives would work yet…
Æbleskiver (Danish doughnuts)
510 gram plain flour
1 Tablespoon of white sugar
0.5 teaspoon of salt
2 teaspoons of baking powder
4 eggs
2 cups of buttermilk
oil
icing sugar
Combine the dry ingredients then add the eggs and buttermilk.
Heat the pan then add a little oil into each circle. Put enough dough in each hole to fill it about 3 quarters of the way to the top.
Once it starts to bubble around the edges, turn them over with a fork or something think like a knitting needle (apparently the traditional tool!).
Sprinkle with icing sugar and serve – if you can bear to give any away! They’re nice with jam, too.
** I was told you can put in slices of apple or apple sauce or blobs of jam when turning them during cooking. So many variations to try! Once I find a pan anyway.
Æbleskiver ~ Danish Doughnuts
Ingredients
- 510 gram plain flour
- 1 Tablespoon of white sugar
- 0.5 teaspoon of salt
- 2 teaspoons of baking powder
- 4 eggs
- 2 cups of buttermilk
- oil (for pan)
- icing sugar (for decorating)
Instructions
- Combine dry ingredients
- Add the eggs and buttermilk
- Heat the cooking pan and add a little oil into each circle
- Add dough to each circle so they are about 3/4 full
- When mixtures bubbles around the edge, turn the doughnuts with a long tool
- Cook the other side briefly
- Place doughnuts onto a plate and continue until the batter is all used
- Sprinkle doughnuts ith icing sugar for serving hot or cold
