Thursday, January 23, 2014

Aebleskivers!

We had a Relief Society activity a few months ago where a girl made some Aebleskivers or Ebelskievers or however it's spelled.
We ate some with butter and powdered sugar and some were filled with either Nutella or Lemon Curd from Trader Joe's (it tastes like lemon meringue filling) 
YUM!
Her family makes them every year for Christmas.  I had never heard of them.
I think I've seen the pan, but I always thought it was for eggs.
Not so!
Chris bought me an Ebelsiever/Aebleskiver pan for my birthday and we've been having loads of fun with it!
We tried the regular Aebleskiver recipe*, but Chris thought it was too eggy. (It's basically like waffle batter)
He, of course, decided to think outside the box:


Fried egg 




scrambled egg




Fried egg on toast



pancake batter worked OK.


Elle and I made blueberry muffin-skivers and they were very tasty.  Like muffin tops, only all over!
(Unfortunately, I forgot to take a picture)





aebleomlets




It turns out that one of these babies makes it WAY easier to fill the holes!

See!
That's waffle batter.  It worked great too, and Chris was satisfied by the taste. 



And Aeble-cupcakes!
(It was hard to get the temperature just right with the cupcakes)
We want to try cake donuts, cookies and bread dough.
It's not the most efficient way to cook things, but it's sure fun!



*Ebelskievers
2 Cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1 Tbs. sugar
4 eggs, separated
2 cups milk
4 Tbs. unsalted butter, melted, plus more for cooking

In a bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar.  In a small bowl, lightly whisk the egg yolks, then whisk in the milk and the 4 Tbs. melted butter.  Whisk the yolk mixture into the flour mixture until well combined; the batter will be lumpy.

In another bowl, using an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, beat the egg whites on high speed until stiff but not dry peaks form, 2 to 3 minutes.  Using a rubber spatula, gently stir the whites into the batter in two additions.

Put 1/4 tsp. butter in each well of the Filled Pancake Pan.  Set over medium heat and heat until the butter begins to bubble.  Pour 1 Tbs. batter into each well.  Put 1 tsp. of the filling of your choice in the center of each pancake and top with 1 Tbs. batter.  Cook until the bottoms are golden brown and crispy, 3 to 5 minutes.  Using 2 wooden skewers, flip the pancakes over and cook until golden and crispy, about 3 minutes more.  Transfer to a plate.  Repeat with the remaining batter and filling.  Serve immediately with syrup or whipped cream.  Makes about 40.

Thursday, January 16, 2014

"Chicken" Pot Pie



OK boys and girls, what's wrong with this picture?

That's right! The chicken is supposed to go inside the pie...

Which is what I discovered  halfway through cooking dinner for my friend.  

It's been one of those days...

Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Christmas!

Better late than never, right?

Elle wanted snow for Christmas so I cut out a bunch of snowflakes and hung them up Christmas Eve.
"It's like in the movie Elf!" She said



Chris's annual shoe selection for me
(They didn't fit, but the sassy red pair did ;)



Handmade bracelet. . .

And necklace from Elle
(It says "MOM")


Pocket knife for Elle


My special book for Chris that I did on PowerPoint.
I put it on YouTube, but you'd need the link to see it.
It's pretty awesome, BTW


Book binding kit for Elle


Embroidered pillowcases made by Elle
(That girl was so impressive this year!)


A very tricky toy
(Still a work in progress) 


Hammer-head shark made by Elle


Chris has always said that Cookie Crisp cereal should contain little cookies instead of the cookie-shaped puff balls that you get so. . .

I made a  Cookie Crisp box then filled it with mini-Chips Ahoy!
(He did have a tiny bowl of them cereal-style)



Elle and her friend have taken up oil painting so she painted this masterpiece for Chris!


Chris has also been teaching Elle oil painting, but it's very chilly in the garage where they practice.  I got them a portable heater.


And Santa brought BINGO
"Who invited that kid?!"  Chris asked.
(Um, hell-o, dear.)
"Oh."  was his sheepish reply.

I thought it'd be fun OK!

Those are just the highlights.  We got lots of amazing stuff from family too!
(We are so spoiled!)

I hope you also had a Merry Christmas 
:)

 

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