When my Dad brings up past stories of when him an my Mom were married there’s one that seems to come up most often. It’s about ebleskivers/apple skivers. He couldn’t quite remember what they were called exactly but he could remember that they were delicious. He always says “You need to ask your Mom about apple skivers”. I’d ask what they were and he could never really explain them… at all. His story was about how they went to some fair in Iowa where some old ladies were making ebleskivers and my Mom was like, I can make those. So she bought a couple ebleskiver pans from the ladies and the rest is history. So finally one day I asked my Mom about them. She went downstairs into the storage room and after a bit of digging she pulled out her ebleskiver pan from years ago. The same one she used to make them for my Dad back in the day. She handed it to me and said “Go for it!”.

When I arrived back home it took me a few times to get them right but once I did they were simple. So get yourself an ebleskiver pan and get to work. They’re a fun way to make sweet round pancakes or even savory cornbread jalepeno cheese filled balls. Kids love them and the just look so neat.

Simple batter, although the more popular (maybe more traditional) version calls for separating the eggs and whipping the whites. Google ebleskiver recipes and you’ll find tons to choose from. Like I said before there are even interesting savory versions.

I didn’t use enough butter the first time and everything stuck. Make beautiful little pools of butter if you want to be successful the first time.

The flipping technique takes a second to figure out but it’s like ridding a bike once you figure it out. I embedded a video below to help.

On a side note I’ve been trying to take one of these blown out background photos for awhile now and our new place has a perfect window to make this happen. Supper happy with this new light source for taking photos.

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