How to Make the Best Round Pancakes with an Ebelskiver Pan
Valhalla awaits the hungry Viking in your family! Make delicious round pancakes called Ebelskivers for your loved ones. This is a perfect way to give your family something different for breakfast or for any other time for that matter, even a late night feast. Ebelskivers or Aebleskivers is Danish for “sliced apples”, even though most recipes do not call for apples. Besides a good recipe, the other important tool you need to make Ebelskiver pancakes is a sturdy Ebelskiver Pan.
Start a family tradition and teach your children about their Scandinavian heritage while your family enjoys scrumptious, easy to make Ebelskivers. Danish Ebelskivers or Aebleskivers , are round pancakes fried in a special ebelskiver pan such as the Lodge Pro-Logic Cast Iron Ebelskiver Pan or the Norpro Ebelskiver Pan. Serve them hot smothered in either honey or berry jam and sprinkle them with powdered sugar. The cast iron or cast aluminum pans are also great to take camping, on scouting jamborees, and for fund-raisers at school or church carnivals.
To make the best round pancake you will need to heat 1 tablespoon of oil in each well of your Ebelskiver Pan like the Sante Cabin Cast Iron Pan. Ingredients needed to make the best ebelskivers are 2 cups of flour, 1 ½ teaspoon baking powder, and ½ teaspoon salt, 2 cups buttermilk, 3 eggs separated, and 1 teaspoon vanilla. The key to the fluffiest ebelskiver pancakes is to beat the 3 egg whites stiff and fold them into the batter prior to frying. Place a small amount of batter into the hot oil in each well and fry turning the dough with a knitting needle as it browns. This creates the round pancake which as a crispy outside and fluffy, light cake inside. Roll in powder sugar and serve with raspberry or strawberry jam.
Step out of the routine breakfast and create a unique breakfast that the family will request again and again. We all know for a fact that our families get sick of eating the same boring meals day after day, week after week, and month after month. You know the flat pancakes with maple syrup, waffles with maple syrup, french toast with maple syrup; SO PREDICTABLE! Now you can do something about it! Get an Ebelskiver Pan or two for your family, THEN LET THE TRADITION BEGIN! Heaven awaits, so get them while they’re HOT!
