A Danish Delight

I have not posted for quite some time so in order to make up for this today I have a special treat.  This is something I have been thinking about making for quite some time but finally had the opportunity tonight. 

Aebleskiver is a traditional Danish puffed pancake cooked in a cast iron pan which looks like a cross between a muffin tin and fry pan.  Essentially simple to make this pastry can be used as a breakfast or a dessert.  Recipes range in variety from sweet to savory, from filled to plain, and no matter what you choose they are all scrumptious.

All of the recipes I could find contained only a few basic ingredients.  Eggs, milk (or buttermilk), flour, sugar, salt, and baking powder (or soda or both).  As I can’t eat eggs, and every recipe I found calls from 2 to 4 eggs per batch, this poses quite a problem.  I created an eggless version tonight.

Mix 2 cups flour, 1/2 tsp salt, 1 tsp baking powder, and 2 tblsp sugar.  Add to the dry ingredients 2 cups of buttermilk and mix until smooth.  I After making sure the aebleskiver pan is throughly heated grease lightly with butter and fill each hole 3/4 full with batter.  To each aebleskiver I added one apple slice.  When the pastry is fully cooked on one side, this takes 2 to 4 minutes, Rotate the pastry to cook the other side.  Upon completion I removed the pastries and coated with  powdered sugar.

This was a dessert that the whole family enjoyed and one that will be repeated many times.

Aebleskiver

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