Aebleskiver Danish Pancakes
Danish pancakes are fluffy, light, and airy Danish pancake balls or Danish donuts, which are made in a cast-iron aebleskiver pan. They are topped with confectioner's sugar, jam, fruit preserves, or a little maple syrup to make the perfect delicious breakfast, snack, or dessert!
Equipment
- 1 Aebleskiver cast-iron pan
- 1 bowl large
- 1 bowl medium
- 1 electric mixer
- 1 wooden spoon
- 1 wooden skewer
Ingredients
- 3 eggs (separate whites and yolks) large
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tbsp granulated sugar
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- 2 cups buttermilk
Toppings
- confectioner's sugar
- maple syrup
- jam
Instructions
- Add the egg whites to an electric mixing bowl and whisk on high speed until stiff peaks form.
- In a separate bowl, mix together the flour, granulated sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- Add the egg yolks and buttermilk to the dry ingredients. Fold thoroughly with a wooden spoon until it is completely combined.
- Gently fold in the egg whites making sure to keep the mixture fluffy.
- Heat the aebleskiver pan on your stovetop over medium heat.
- To keep the Danish donuts from sticking, add 1/2 teaspoon of avocado oil to each well.
- When the pan is hot, add batter to the top of each well. I like to use a measuring cup filled with batter to pour the batter into the holes.
- Cook 2 to 3 minutes. Using a wooden skewer, poke the middle of each pancake ball and flip them.
- Cook 2 to 3 minutes more.
- Test to see if the Danish pancakes are done by inserting a toothpick and seeing if it comes out clean.
- Dust with confectioner's sugar or maple syrup!
Notes
- Make sure you use all-purpose flour instead of whole wheat flour as the pancake balls will be too dense.
- Heat the aebleskiver pan to medium or medium-low heat as you do not want to cook the outside of the pancake balls too fast. They will burn and the inside will not be cooked through.
- Use a slender wooden skewer, long knitting needle, or chopstick to turn the pancake balls in the pan.
- Use a pastry brush to apply avocado oil or butter to each well before you pour batter into each one.
- Remember which well you poured the aebleskiver batter into first, as that will probably be the first one that you will need to rotate.
- Test to see if the danish pancakes are done by inserting a toothpick to see if it comes out clean.
- You will know that it's time to rotate the pancake ball when the batter starts to bubble around the edges.
- You can wipe out each well before adding more batter to be sure that it doesn't burn leftover particles on the next batch.