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Lately I have been feeling an urge to get to know more about my Danish ancestry. I've always known that it was part of who I am, but I feel like I know a lot more about my British ancestors than my Danish ones. I've started looking up things about Denmark and finding out some fascinating things. And, what better way to get a feel of a group of people than to learn about their food and why they ate the way they did.
Alicia did a series of recipes from her ancestry a couple of years ago and she shared an Æbleskiver recipe with you that she was given by a friend. In order to make it, she purchased an actual cast iron æbleskiver pan that she ordered from Amazon.
I haven't yet purchased the correct pan, so I started wondering if I could make aebleskivers using a different method. My granddaughter accidentally left her cake pop maker at my house, and while the molds are smaller, I thought some little pop in your mouth aebleskivers might be fun to try! It worked out pretty well. (My granddaughter found her cake pop maker at a thrift store at a fabulous price. Here is a similar one on Amazon. There are many brands and varieties available.)
I used this recipe from International Cuisine. It is very similar to Alicia's recipe, except it is a smaller batch. I was happy about that since it still made a ton and since the maker only made 6 at a time, it was time consuming. Here are some tips that I figured out as I made the aebleskivers in a cake pop maker:
Although my great grandfather came to the USA from Denmark, I was never raised with any idea of the Danish traditions. My grandmother, who was his daughter died before I could have known her. But as I learn of the Danish culture and foods. I get an understanding of things that I like and feel that are part of my make-up that I have possibly inherited from the Danish side of my family. (Seafood! Hello!) And, LEGOs originated there!
Aebleskivers are my first try at a Danish recipe, but I have seen others that I am soon going to give a try! So, keep your eyes open for those! Have you tried Aebleskivers in one form or another? What is your favorite filling? I wish my granddaughter had been here to make these with me, I know she would have loved doing it. Maybe next time!
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Today I want to share with you a recipe I love to make with my toddlers, hamburger buns. It’s the easiest and done in under an hour.
Hamburger Buns
I got this recipe about 8 years ago when we were first married and poor. I was trying to save on our grocery budget so i made from scratch as much as possible, buns, bread, tortillas. I’m not sure if we really saved that much but if I compare the quality of the buns to those in the store, I feel I did save!
These are not your one dollar package of buns. These buns are fluffy but sturdy enough to hold up to the ingredients and juices of a burger loaded with toppings. The taste is divine. And you don’t have to just use them for hamburgers, they make a good dinner bun with butter too! It makes 12 buns so my family of four always has extra to enjoy.
I love this recipe now because my kids can help me make it. It’s fast and uncomplicated. My kids love to dump the ingredients in, watch the yeast form pockets of CO2, and knead the bread. A good time is had by all.
I hope you’ll enjoy this recipe too! Let us know if you do in the comments below.
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A few different things inspired this bread. First of all, I was watching a BBC show called Britain's Best Bakery, and there are some amazingly beautiful loaves of bread on that show. One particular loaf was made by a British Bakery called Thankful Bakery, and they used nettles and chives in their bread. They put a nettle leaf on the top to make it pretty. It was so simple and I loved it. I have no idea what nettles are, but I started thinking about that idea for an herb filled savory bread. Then, I remembered that my mother used to make a Dilly Bread, only rather than fresh herbs, she used dried. But, I figured I could adapt that idea to fresh. Also, I remembered that her recipe used cottage cheese. I had some ricotta cheese in my fridge and I wondered if I could make that work instead. Guess what! You can!
The beauty of this recipe is that it only takes 2 cups of flour to make a nice loaf to go with a soup or a stew, or just to eat all by itself! Also, It is almost like a batter bread because there is no kneading and you bake it in a 2 quart Pyrex dish! It is a super simple loaf to whip up.
Trust me, you are going to want to give this simple, savory bread a try!
Below the recipe you will see tools and utensils similar to what I have used. Not exactly, my bread board was handmade for me, but I found one similar for you to see. Happy Baking!
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Last year at Christmas, Maddy got my husband and I an Amazon Echo device for Christmas. (There is it on our messy end table). I was excited about it because my experience with Echo devices had been that you could ask Alexa for a song and she would play it for you! But, beyond that I was pretty clueless and my husband was even more clueless that I was about the fun we could have with this little beauty. Our kids make fun of how lacking we are in technology skills, and using Alexa has certainly been a learning curve for us. But, now, a year later, I am ready to share with some of our favorite uses for our Echo.
Amazon Echo Devices continue to get smarter and smarter and are able to do more and more to help you out in your day to day routine, plus add fun and entertainment to your life! These things that I have found to be of benefit to our family are probably just scratching the surface of the uses available. If you haven't tried out the Echo Device for yourself, you may want to give it a try! You obviously don't need to be a computer guru to understand how to work it, as you can see. If you do use the Amazon Echo Device, you may have a few ideas to fill me in on that will make my experience even better! Please share in the comments below!
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Helen Reynolds: Mother of six children , grandmother to eleven! I love to cook, craft and create things and I especially love doing that with my family, So, when my lawyer daughter, Lindsey, my artist daughter, Madalynn, and I came up with the idea of Hot Cocoa Bombs, this blog was born. Then, one more daughter, with her technical and science skills, plus creativity has joined in to round us out! Read more about us here! Archives
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