Yah, Aebleskiver! Yah!

Up until a couple of months ago, I had no idea what aebleskivers were. Then one day, exploring a Williams-Sonoma store (happy sigh), I learned that they are small, filled pancakes of Danish origin, and that they are supposedly freaking-holy-schnikies-delicious. I originally planned on buying the Williams-Sonoma aebleskiver pan, which is $39.95 (whaaaaat?), but then I noticed that the Target aebleskiver pan is only $17.99 (whee!). Oh, and warning: apparently Target People noticed that everyone was buying their cheaper pan instead of the newly-released Williams-Sonoma version, so they increased the price to $19.99. And second warning: it comes in a ghetto "As Seen on TV!" box, but don't be concerned. It still works fine. :-)

This morning, Tim was a super helper monkey, and he entertained Weston so that I could give the new pan a whirl. Naturally, I documented the big event. Here, I'm preparing the dry ingredients:

... while also beating the egg whites:
Then I combined the batter with the fluffy whites:

... and switched to a whisk, because my spoon was not allowing me to "fold in the egg whites" very well:

I started by preheating the pan and spraying it with cooking spray. Then I added about a tablespoon of batter into each well:

I chose pumpkin butter for the filling this time, in honor of the season:

I plopped about a teaspoon of filling into each well:

And then topped it off with more batter:

I flipped this little guinea pig much too early:

But fortunately, the first batch worked out!

Seven hours later, here was the final batch:

And voila - our mound of warm aebleskiver:

They were yummy!! Tiny, yes, but very fluffy:

We enjoyed them with a little maple syrup. He likes them! He likes them!

Oh, and in other news, Tim shaved his head yesterday. He said that he was sick of having so much hair. I asked if he was going Britney-Spears-crazy, but he said no. He just shaves his head every once in a while. Yep. :-)