Aebelskivers Fluffy Puff Pancakes

By hcardall

These little pancake balls are absolutely WONDERFUL! You do need a special pan to make them just right. Any kind of filling can go on the inside. There is an official 'grandma' recipe on my sight.. that is superior.. but this is a quick easy peasy recipe, that will do the trick in a pinch!

Ingredients

• Don't bother making mix from scratch - Hungry Jack's "just add water" pancake mix makes wonderfully light and fluffy aebelskivers. Any batter will work, but it must be a thinner mixture than what most normal boxed mixes result in.
• We add blueberries and raspberries to our Ebelskivers (fresh in season, frozen but thawed in warm water the rest of the year).

Details

Servings 28
Preparation time 20mins
Cooking time 25mins

Preparation

Step 1

Even though I use a nonstick aebleskiver pan, I find a little butter is necessary to keep the Ebelskivers from sticking if they have fruit in them, plus the butter is essential to taste, in my opinion. I add a small, thin slice of butter to the bottom of each Ebelskiver hole once it's hot (heat over low or medium low heat). Once the butter melts, add batter to each hole to just slightly below the hole's rim (beware, center hole heats quickest, so add butter to that hole last and add batter to that hole first). Now add fruit or jelly to center until batter rises to rim or just above the rim.

Once brown on bottom, (about 1 - 2 minutes), fill and then, use a small silicone heat resistant spatula to flip the Ebelskivers over. While the flip takes a little practice, it is easy to catch on to.

Anyone who complains that they can't turn these with absolute ease is not doing it correctly. The object is not to poke the aebelskiver and manually flip it. You are really just using the stick (or whatever you use) to spin it over so the uncooked side cooks. Just slide the stick under and sort of spin it under itself. It'll spin right around. We have a lot of fun with this.

Trust me, guests and family will be impressed with these unusual breakfast treats AND will be amazed at the taste!

We top our Ebelskivers with real maple or blueberry syrup and a small dollop of whipped cream ("Reddy Wip" make not be haute cuisine, but it sure tastes good!).