Danish Ebelskivers Recipes

Ebelskivers aren't hard to make. If you have an ebelskiver pan, you can cook up a bunch in no time flat. With chocolate filled ebelskivers, you can use your favorite chocolate chips. I usually use Ghirardelli chocolate chips semi sweet, but you can use mint chocolate bar pieces, chocolate almond, chocolate coconut, or whatever you have on hand. It's going to be melted, so it will all taste delicious.

Before you make these, I have to warn you that chocolate filled ebelskivers are one of the deadliest concoctions known to mankind. If you dare, you can top them with maple syrup, but I say a dusting of powdered sugar is enough. If you'd like to air on the side of caution, heat up a small dish of maple syrup on the side and just dip one in it to test it out. They're really ice cream worthy, to be honest. So how do you make these irresistible treats? Here's how:

Ingredients for Chocolate Filled Ebelskivers

* Chocolate chips - any variety
* 1 Tablespoon butter
* Pancake mix, or start from scratch with the ebelskiver mix


Directions for Chocolate Filled Ebelskivers

1. Prepare the ebelskiver or pancake mix according to directions. Heat the ebelskiver griddle on medium - low, spreading the butter between each of the holes in the pan.


2. Pour a small amount of batter into each hole, filling approximately half way. Place 6-8 chocolate chips in each hole. Place a dab more batter on top of the chocolate chips. When the edges start to become solid, turn the ebelskivers over with a toothpick. Cook the opposite side for about a minute or two until lightly browned.

3. Serve immediately with syrup, butter, or powdered sugar.

For variety in your ebelskivers, try using different chocolate like white chocolate, dark chocolate, or a combination. These are actually more of a dessert than breakfast, so if you'd like, try serving them with ice cream or whipped cream with chocolate drizzle.

Other combinations and varieties of chocolate ebelskivers:

* Try melting the chocolate first, then placing some inside the batter. Then, swirl the chocolate throughout the batter to make a swirled marble effect.

* Add baking cocoa to the pancake or ebelskiver mix to create a double chocolate filled ebelskiver

If you'd like to put a twist on ebelskivers, adding some real fruit filling can really make them pretty tasty. This recipe involves making caramel apple pieces, which are very easy. Once the filling is done, you can drop the filling into the middle of the cinnamon batter.

Ingredients

* Stonewall Kitchen cinnamon pancake mix
* 4 large apples, peeled, cored, and diced into small 1/2" pieces
* 1 teaspoon cinnamon
* 3 Tablespoons granulated sugar
* 1 teaspoon dark brown sugar
* 2 Tablespoons butter
* 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions for Apple Ebelskivers

1. Saute the diced apples and butter in a medium saucepan under low heat for five minutes. When the apples start to soften slightly, add the vanilla extract, cinnamon, granulated sugar, and brown sugar. Stir well and cook the mixture on low heat for 5 minutes, until the sugar has melted and the cinnamon mixture has caramelized.

2. Make the cinnamon pancake mix according to the package directions (for the smallest batch listed). Drop a small amount of batter into each hole of a buttered ebelskiver pan. Add a teaspoon of the apple mixture to the ebelskiver batter in each hole. Cook on medium heat. Flip each ebelskiver when the sides of them start to become slightly firm and air bubbles are visible in the batter. Cook the opposite side until lightly brown.

3. Serve with additional apple mixture on top, or dusted with powdered sugar. You can alternatively use cinnamon and granulated sugar mix to dust. Serve immediately with maple syrup or ice cream.

If you're looking for some really tasty filling and syrups for your ebelskivers, Stonewall Kitchen is a great place to get them. Their lineup of gourmet preserves, jams, and syrups are all perfect for the ultimate breakfast, whether it's stuffed pancakes, waffles, toast, or muffins. I've tried all of the products listed below on several occasions and have reordered. They're excellent, and the products are really well packaged to prevent breakages. The product itself is also excellent, and ideal to keep on hand for your ebelskivers.

Blueberry Syrup from Stonewall Kitchen

Sometimes maple syrup just doesn't cut it. Stonewall Kitchen's blueberry syrup is one amazing accompaniment to your ebelskivers as a topping. This would go great with lemon filled ebelskivers, or raspberry filled. This also is delicious on ice cream, pancakes, and french toast.




Maple Pumpkin Butter

Maple pumpkin butter is delicious as a topping on pumpkin flavored, apple filled, and virtually any fruit filled ebelskiver. You can also fill ebelskivers with pumpkin butter with fruit. A good combination would be with apples, pears, blueberry, or peach. Other uses for maple pumpkin butter include as a spread on toast, english muffins, breads, and muffins. It's also excellent when heated and drizzled on scones.

Jam Set from Stonewall Kitchen

One of the best places to get flavored jams is Stonewall Kitchen, and this set is a great way to sample a variety of them. As a delicious filling in your ebelskivers these will be excellent, but they can also be used with stuffed french toast, as a topping on pancakes, and of course, on other breakfast foods. You can taste a big difference in quality between Stonewall Kitchen's jams and preserves and the store-bought version, namely a more authentic fruit taste that isn't overly sugary.

Wild Blueberry Jam from Stonewall Kitchen

This is one of my personal favorites to make ebelskivers with, and was actually the first ones that we attempted to make. It's as easy as making the mix (which takes just a few minutes) and dropping some of the jam into the middle of the batter while on the pan. Then, you just cover them up with a little more batter to close up the stuffed pancake. This jam in particular has a lot of flavor, and is nicely complimented with some powdered sugar and warm maple syrup.

Stonewall Kitchen Breakfast Set

It's all included here. Breakfast includes: Pure Grade A Dark Amber Maine Maple Syrup, Coastal Morning Coffee Beans, Farmhouse Pancake & Waffle Mix and Wild Maine Blueberry Jam. Arrives packaged in with a stylish Down East map gift box. This is everything you'll need for an incredible ebelskiver or pancake (or even waffle) breakfast, right down to the jam.



Amaretto Peach Preserves

The unique taste of amaretto paired with peach in this preserves would be perfect for ebelskivers, along with your morning toast or muffin. Try adding a little bit of nutmeg to the batter to compliment the preserves.





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Cheese filled ebelskivers are an excellent appetizer, and aren't something you'd normally expect. Yes, they still have a pancake quality, but they're very versatile, and it's all about what you fill the ebelskiver with. In this case, we're just going to use a good cheddar cheese with mozzarella, and have marinara as a dipping side. These are great for party appetizers, but serve them quickly. Once they get cool, they have an entirely different taste.

Ingredients for Cheese Filled Ebelskivers

* 1/2 cup cheddar cheese
* 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese
* Ebelskivers mix or pancake mix
* Marinara sauce
Directions for Cheese Filled Ebelskivers

1. Start your ebelskivers as usual on a buttered ebelskiver pan. Prepare the ebelskivers according to package directions. Warm the pan, then add the batter to each of the holes.

2. Add an equal amount of each cheese to the holes of the pan on top of the batter, then cover with a dab of additional batter.

3. Cook until edges are slightly firm, then cook opposite side for 1-2 minutes on medium heat. Serve immediately with warm marinara sauce.

Take it easy on these ebelskivers, these are notoriously sweet, but still delicious. Each ebelskiver is filled with a thick helping of cinnamon filling, which consists of a generous amount of cinnamon, sugar and flour. They're then cooked and topped with cream cheese frosting. Tempted yet? Here's how you can make them:
How to Make Cinnamon Bun Ebelskivers

This recipe was tried and tested by us, and it was good. Don't come to breakfast less than ravenous, because these will definitely fill you beyond any other pancake you've ever had. Each bite manages to taste like a cinnamon bun, only in miniature pancake form.
The recipe also includes a recipe for some quick cream cheese frosting, which only takes a few basic ingredients. My best tip for this recipe, like most other ebelskivers, is to serve it up hot. Like pancakes, they aren't anywhere near as good when they cool down, which is the biggest difference between the cinnamon bun and these miniatures.