Aebleskiver Fest is Saturday, February 22, 2025!
9:00 am to 2:00 pm
Food Tickets: $10 age for 12-adult, $5 for children 4-11, under 4 free
Embracing Our Danish Heritage in Service to Ministries in Our Community:
All funds raised will be divided among Crossways Camping Ministries, Ecumenical Partnership for Housing (EPH),
Feed My Starving Children, Lutheran Social Services & Bethel Ministries
Tickets can be bought ahead of time at the chruch office or you can purchase them the day of. We will have a few to-go options as well. When you arrive at church on the day, we suggest you go to the sanctuary first to put your name on the list to eat. Then we invite you to visit the bake sale of the Women of Bethel or purchase tickets ($2.50/ticket) for the dozens of gift baskets full of goodies that the congregation has donated. Tickets will be drawn at the end of the day and the winners will be contacted to pick them up the next day or the following week.
Danish Aebleskiver pronounced “able-skeever”, are a delicacy, supposedly invented by some Dane back in history. They are like a waffle or a pancake formed like a tennis ball. The name makes people believe that they have slices of apples inside, which is correct— if you put apple slices inside!
Back in the good old days, when the Vikings were roaming up and down the coasts of Europe and the waters of the Atlantic, one band of these Vikings had been particularly hard hit in battle, so, when they got back on their ship with their horn helmets and shields all dented and banged up, they decided to have one of their favorite dishes to help them regain their strength —- pancakes!! In those days they did not have modern conveniences such as frying pans, so, they greased their shields and poured the pancake batter on them over the fire but, guess what came out of the holes of the shields!! Aebleskiver!!!
INGREDIENTS:
2 egg whites
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 tablespoon white sugar
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 tablespoons butter,
melted 2 cups buttermilk
1 cup vegetable oil for frying
DIRECTIONS:
Note: You will need an Aebleskiver pan to cook these properly. Beat the whites stiff. Mix together the flour, baking powder, salt, baking soda, sugar, melted butter and buttermilk at one time and beat until smooth. Gently fold in the egg whites last. Put about 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil in the bottom of each Aebleskiver pan cup and heat until hot. Pour in about 2 tablespoons of the batter into each cup. As soon as they get bubbly around the edge, turn them quickly (Danish cooks use a long knitting needle, but a fork will work). Continue cooking, turning the ball to keep it from burning.
