Breakfast, Lunch or Dinner-- Cherry Filled Ableskiver

I first discovered the food blog "Sticky, Gooey, Cream, Chewy" because the name totally intrigued me. The food photography is beautiful...professional and the recipes definitely tickle my sweet taste buds. This recipe, in particular, is beautifully photographed!

A couple of months ago, I finally bought an Ableskiver pan that had been on my mental wish list -- it's that peculiar looking round cast-iron pan with the 7 holes in them. I've wanted to buy one for so long, but I could not justify the price tag at Williams-Sonoma. I found one at Bed, Bath & Beyond for about $15.00, with a coupon that I had kept in my purse.

When I saw the post on SGCC, just a few days ago, I made up my mind that this weekend I was going to take a maiden voyage with my unopened kitchen gadget. The recipe inside the box did not appeal to me at all-- Bisquick! No way! I GOOGLED to find various recipe, but I settled on SGCC's recipe, and bravely beat my egg whites and folded them into the batter (I'm always nervous that I'll blow this step). My prep time took about 5 minutes and the batter came together very easily. I was ready to start cooking my "Ables" in less then 15 minutes.

My pan has a non-stick finish, so I just brushed a little melted unsalted butter into the pan. I filed each well about half way. They puffed up pretty fast! The first batch was showered with cinnamon sugar. I remembered that I had saved some cherry pie filling for a parfait (which I keep meaning to post) I had made, last week. So, the next batch, I filled each well less than halfway (just under 1/2 Tablespoon. I filled a tsp of filling and added more batter to the top.
Perfect!
These were a hit with my family. I can already see a lemon curd filling, rasberry jam, nutella-- the sky's the limit on how you can enhance these tasty balls of "Danish Ball Pancakes". It's so worth buying the pan!

Danish Abelskiver's
adapted from Sticky, Gooey, Creamy, Chewy

4 eggs, separated
2 cups buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 cup melted unsalted butter
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
2 tablespoons sugar
Option from SGCC for filling:
1/2 cup Nutella
1 banana, sliced into quarters lengthwise and then into small chunks
Other options:
You can simply sprinkle cinnamon sugar or powdered sugar, or you can fill these with so many possibilities-- jam, lemon curd, pie filling... have fun with this!

1 tablespoon melted butter for pan

• Beat egg whites until stiff but not dry, and set aside.
• In a small bowl, whisk together the egg yolks, buttermilk, vanilla and butter.
• In another bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar.
• Combine the yolk mixture into the flour mixture and whisk until well blended. The batter will be a little lumpy.
• Using a rubber spatula, gently fold in the egg whites in two additions.
• Heat an aebleskiver pan over medium heat and brush each well with melted butter.
• Pour about 1 tablespoon of the batter into each well.
• OPTIONAL:
• Add 1/2 teaspoon of Nutella and 1-2 chunks of banana to each well. Then top off each well with enough batter to fill.
  

• Cook about 3 minutes or until golden brown on the bottom and bubbly around the edges,
• Quickly turn each aebelskiver over, using a long wooden skewer or toothpick, trying not to puncture the balls.
• Continue cooking until golden on the bottom, about 2 minutes more.
  

• Transfer to a plate and repeat the process with the remaining batter.

Makes about 42

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