Aebelskiver Recipe
- 1 cup milk
- 1/2 cup melted butter
- 3 eggs, separated
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- powdered sugar
Heat the milk to lukewarm. Whisk in the butter, egg yolks, and sugar. Turn into a bowl and add the flour and baking powder, whisking until well blended and no lumps remain. Whip the egg whites until stiff and fold into the mixture.
Heat aebelskiver pan over medium high heat until a drop of water sizzles when dripped into pan. Put about 1/2 teaspoon butter into each indentation. Spread it around. Spoon in one tablespoon of batter and let it cook about 30 seconds. When to bottoms are browned, turn the cakes over and cook on that side until browned. Remove from pan and place on serving plate. Dust with powdered sugar.
Tip: Use a wooden skewer to turn aebelskiver
From: The Great Scandinavian Baking Book
View our Nordicware Aebelskiver Pan.
Successful church fundraiser
Submitted by Megan Hogstad Jamestown, ND
I recently (six months ago) took my first call as a Youth Minister in Central North Dakota. I am also new to the lefse experience. I love to eat it but had never made it. The church I serve makes lefse as a fund raiser for our youth.
We made plans for the Saturday before the Christmas program to make the lefse. I gathered the church recipe and distributed it to any who wanted it and then told everyone when we would meet. I showed up at church that Saturday morning with coffee and donuts for everyone and we started in on the 60 pounds of potatoes everyone had mixed up the night before. We had 7 griddles going at one time and we never blew a fuse. We considered it a minor miracle. In four hours I learned how to mix the potatoes with the right amount of flour. I balled up the potatoes to be rolled out. I am a very good roller and I’m proficient at grilling and turning.
We enjoyed the fruits of our labor by eating the “bad” sheets that were not fit for selling. Sunday morning we counted before we began selling. We had 88 bags of lefse. There were five sheets to a bag. WE SOLD ALL 88 BAGS IN 7 1/2 MINUTES! For the next four weeks our youth and the congregation could not stop talking about how good our lefse turned out. We already have requests for next year! A few weeks later for Christmas I received my first lefse griddle and all the tools to go with. I look forward to trying it out.
Krumkake Recipe (pronounced KROOM-ka-ka)
Ingredients
- ½ c butter
- 4 eggs
- 1 c sugar
- ½ tsp ground cardamom
- ½ tsp vanilla
- 1 ½ c flour
- 2 Tbsp cornstarch
- Sweetened whipped cream (optional)
Instructions
Melt butter and cool slightly. In medium mixing bowl, beat eggs with an electric mixer on medium speed for 1 minute. Add sugar; beat about 3 minutes or till sugar is almost dissolved. (Do not overbeat.) Stir the cooled butter, cardamom and vanilla into egg mixture. In a small mixing bowl, combine flour and cornstarch. Add flour mixture to egg mixture. Stir just till smooth. Drop by spoonful onto heated krumkake iron. If you like, pipe the cookie cones full of sweetened whipped cream and serve immediately. Makes about 36 cookies.
Krumkake Non-Stick Baker.
Hazel’s Sandbakkel Recipe – Lefse Time Favorite!
Ingredients
- ½ c sugar
- 2 Tbsp brown sugar
- 2 Tbsp powdered sugar
- ½ c lard
- ½ c butter
- 1 egg
- ½ tsp vanilla
- ½ tsp salt
- 2 cups plus flour
Instructions
Mix together sugars, lard and butter. Add egg, vanilla, salt and stir. Add flour and stir. Bake at 375 for 8 to 10 minutes or until golden brown.
