Pebber Nodder

God jul!

Pebber Nodder is a cookie from Danmark that is made around Christmas time. They are a type of spiced shortbread cookie that one can eat with Glogg. They are quite delicious. They are fairly easy to make and they keep really well. So, here you go.

Ingredients

·         1 cup of butter

·         ½ cup of vanilla sugar

·         ½ cup of white sugar

·         2 large eggs

·         2 ½ cups of unbleached all-purpose flour

·         1 teaspoon of ground cardamom

·         1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon

Directions

·         Preheat the oven to 350°F

·         Mix the butter in sugars in a large bowl until smooth

·         Beat in eggs one at a time and stir until light and fluffy

·         In a separate bowl, mix the flour, and spices

·         Stir in flour mixture with butter and sugar mixture until well blended

·         Separate into six parts

·         Roll into a rope about ½ an inch in diameter

·         Cut into ½ inch pieces

·         Place on a cookie sheet and bake for ten minutes or until light brown

Aebleskiver

Ahh, the Danes. They make great food, or at least pastries. Aebleskiver is a pastry or sorts, but is more of a pancake. They are sort of spicy, not in a hot spicy way, rather a they have a variety of spices in them way. They are pretty tasty and you can add a filling or dip them in a jam or syrup or whatever you want to dip them in. So, on with the recipe! Also, it should be noted that an Aebleskiver pan is needed to make them round. They are not too expensive and some stores sell them as "pancake puff pans". Here are a few places you can buy them: Amazon, Target, Food Network, andKitchen Kapers.

Ingredients

• 1 cup of flour
• 2 tablespoons of sugar, vanilla sugar is prefered, but not required
• 2 1/2 teaspoons of baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon of sea salt
• 1/4 teaspoon of ground cinnamon
• A dash of ground nutmeg
• A dash of ground cloves
• 1 egg, beaten until well mixed
• 3/4 of a cup of milk, soy milk works well too
• 2 tablespoons of melted unsalted butter
• 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract

Directions

• Stir the flour, sugar, baking powder, and dry spices in a large bowl
• Mix in the egg, milk, butter, and vanilla until well mixed
• Heat an aebleskier pan over medium heat
• Prepare with cooking spray 
• Pour batter into each cup until about 2/3 full, make sure you remember which one you poured first (that is very important)
• Cook for 3-4 minutes, or until golden.
• Use a skewer to lift one edge and turn it about 1/4 of the way so that the uncooked batter runs out to cook
• Repeat until all sides are golden

How to Fill Aebleskiver

You do not have to fill the Aebleskiver, but it does taste better if you do. There are several ways to do this, I will tell you the two easiest ways that I know. 

The first the one that many are most comfortable with; filling it after they are done. For this you will need a pastry bag or a pastry filler. Put your filling into the bag or filler and stick it into the pancake and fill. Tada! Filled pancake. 

The second is the slightly harder and works best with dense fillings that clump together and does not melt quickly such as Nutella or fruit preserves. For this you will only need to fill the mold 1/3 of the way full of batter. After that you place your filling in the middle so that you cook the pancake around it. 

There you have it. A good Danish recipe, one of my friends said they wanted me post one. Also, these taste good rolled in powdered sugar and if you use a pastry bag to fill the Aebleskiver the sugar clumps around the hole and seals it for you. Isn't that fun? I hope you enjoy making these and like the way they taste!