Æbleskiver ♥ How to Make Danish Aebleskiver with Apple Filling

Did you know there are different types of Æbleskiver batter?  There are a variety of aebleskive recipes. Some aebleskive recipes require buttermilk or milk or yeast. Here is our 3rd version using milk and baking powder.

First step is to make the Apple Filling.  The second step is to make the batter.  Finally. we are ready to make the Æbleskiver!

Apple Filling Ingredients:

• 2-3 tart apples, peeled, cored and diced (according to size)
• approx. 1/4 cup butter
• 2-3 tblsp sugar
• 1/4 tsp cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp cardamom

Kitchen Tools:

• large heavy saucepan
• apple peeler
• cutting knife
• cutting board
• measuring cup
• measuring spoon
• mixing spoon

Instruction:

Cook the apples in the melted butter with the spices and sugar over medium heat until the apples are tender (approx. 10 min).

Remove from the heat and use as filling for for the aebleskiver.
 
Aebleskive Ingredient:

• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 tsp sugar
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 tsp cardamom
• 2 large eggs
• 1 cup whole milk
• 2 tblsp melted butter

What to Serve with Æbleskiver

• powder sugar for dusting
• sugar or jam

Kitchen Utensils:

• æbleskiver pan (cast iron preferable)
• 2 mixing bowls
• electric mixer
• wooden spoon
• measuring cup/spoons
• wooden skewer or knitting pin

Instruction:

Whisk the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt together in a bowl. Mix egg yolks with the milk and the melted butter. Add the yolk mixture to the flour mixture and stir till well blended.

In a separate bowl beat the egg whites till stiff, but not dry. With a spatula fold approx. 1/3 of the egg whites into the batter and finally fold in the rest of the egg whites until no white streaks remain. Now we area ready to bake the aebleskiver right away in the aebleskive pan.

Add butter to the aebleskive pan and heat up the pan. When butter bubbles add 1 tblsp batter in the pan and add 1 tsp apple filling into the center. Finally add a little batter on top of the filling.

Cook until the aebleskiver are browned on each side (approx. 3 min each side). Turn with a knitting pin or a wooden skewer.

Dust with confectioners' sugar before serving.

Tip:Æbleskiver can be kept warm in the oven, and they can also be frozen.

We hope you enjoy our Danish aebleskive recipe for your Jul celebrations, afternoon snacks or whenever you feel like having one! 

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*how to make Danish Christmas Klejner

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Æbleskiver med gær - Aebleskiver with Yeast

There many recipes. The last time we made Aebleskiver it was with buttermilk. The recipe below is with yeast (gær)

Ingredients: 

• 1 tsp yeast
• 1 cup 3/4 cup of milk, heated
• pinch of salt
• 1 tsp. sugar
• zest of ½ lemon unsprayed or 2 tsp. lemon juice (10 ml)
• 2 1/2 cup plain flour 
• 2 eggs
• butter/margarine for the pan
• ¼ tsp. ground cardamom

What to Serve with Æbleskiver

• powder sugar
• sugar or jam

Kitchen Utensils

• æbleskiver pan (cast iron preferable)
• 2 mixing bowls
• electric mixer
• wooden spoon
• measuring cup/spoons
• wooden skewer or knitting pin

 Trivia: Did you know that æbleskive is singular and æbleskiver is plural?

Instruction:

1. Heat the milk to approx. 100 - 110 degrees F. Stir the yeast into the milk and add the salt, sugar, grated lemon peel and cardamom. Mix well with a wooden spoon. Stir in the flour and add the egg yolks one at a time. Cover with a towel and let the dough rest (raise) approx. for a ½ hour.
2. In another bowl, using an electric mixer beat the egg whites on high speed until stiff.  This will take about 2-3 minutes. 
3. Using a rubber spatula, gently fold fold the egg whites into the batter. Be sure to rotate the bowl a quarter at a time. Repeat adding and folding the egg whites until the egg whites have been incorporated. 
4. Heat the æbleskive pan over low to medium heat.  Add about 1/4 teaspoon of butter or margarine into each hole of the cast iron pan.  
5. When the butter starts to bubble, add a spoonful of the dough into each hole.  Fill the holes approx three-quarter up with dough. 
6. When the æbleskiver begin to stiffen, use either a wooden skewer or knitting pin to push 1/4 of the æbleskiver up to begin to brown the top.  
7. As soon as they get bubbly around the edge, turn them quickly over with a knitting needle.  (In Denmark, the Danish cooks traditionally use a knitting needle.)
8. Continue cooking and turn the ball to keep it from burning, and it creates the characteristic spherical shape of an æbleskive.   
9. It is important that the æbleskiver bake at moderate heat. Turn the æbleskiver several times and cook until golden brown all over.
10. Remove all of the æbleskiver from the pan and generously sprinkle them with powdered sugar. Traditionally æbleskiver are served with raspberry jam, strawberry jam or sugar.
11. Remove to a serving plate and serve immediately.  Optionally, sprinkle confectionery sugar over the æbleskiver.

 Tip:Æbleskiver can be kept warm in the oven, and they can also be frozen.

 Trivia: Did you know that the Danish meaning of æbleskiver is apple slices?

We hope you enjoyed our recipe video! If you like the video, please be sure to subscribe to our YouTube Channel Scandinavian Today.  Our channel has videos including

*how to make Danish Christmas rice pudding with cherry sauce dessert recipe (Risalamande med kirsebærsauce)

*how to make Swedish Glogg for Christmas & cold evenings! (glögg or mulled wine recipe) 

*how to make aeblskiver (æbleskiver)

*how to make Danish Christmas Klejner

*how to make easy Danish cucumber salad (arguksalat)

*how to make Danish sugar browned potatoes (brunede kartofler)

*how to make Danish red cabbage (rødkaal)

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