Æbleskiver (danish Spherical Pancakes)

Ingredients

• 2 egg whites
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 tablespoon white sugar
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 2 cups buttermilk
• 1 cup vegetable oil

Steps

1. Beat the whites until stiff.
2. Mix together the flour, baking powder, salt, baking soda, sugar, melted butter and buttermilk at one time and beat until smooth.
3. Gently fold in the egg whites last.
4. Put about 1 tablespoon (15 ml) of vegetable oil in the bottom of each æbleskiver pan cup and heat until hot.
5. Pour in about 2 tablespoons (30 ml) of the batter into each cup.
6. As soon as they get bubbly around the edge, turn them quickly.
7. Alternatively, you can turn them halfway first, so that the baked crusts protruding from the pan will look like the Sydney Opera House.
8. And after a while you turn them the remaining 90°.
9. This will give them a perfect ball-shape.
10. Danish cooks use a long knitting needle, but a fork will work.
11. Continue cooking, turning the ball to keep it from burning.