Ebelskivers

This is a post I wanted to put up just to show something fun I made the other day.

So these little puppies are AWESOME!!! They're called Ebelskivers. What are ebilskivers you might ask?? They're traditional danish pancakes, and they're HEAVENLY when topped with vanilla sauce!!!  The only downside is you have to have a special pan to make them, and I seriously don't know anyone besides my family and various extended family that has one. . Here's what they look like.

If anyone happens to have access to a pan, let me know and I'll give you the recipe, but since I figure no ones does, I didn't type it up here. I just wanted to show how fun they are! 

Limonada (Brazilian Lemonade)

Alright, so I had two recipes for Limonada, so I decided to put them both to the test!

The first one is a recipe I got here, from one of my favorite cooking blogs. The second one comes from my uncle who served his mission in Brazil.

We tried the both

RECIPE #1    (go to link above)

RECIPE #2

 2 1/2 limes
Water (fill blender 3/4 of the way)
1/2-3/4 cups sugar
Ice

Cut limes into quarters. Put pieces (including peels) in the blender with all the other ingredients. Blend and  strain.

We drank an entire pitcher of each

BUT

we came to different conclusions. 

I liked recipe #1 more, but Ben liked recipe #2 because he said it tasted more like what he was used to drink on his mission.
So....if you want something yummy that's more authentic, make #2. If you want something less authentic but possibly a little yummier, make #1.

Dutch Babies

Dutch babies (otherwise known as german pancakes) are one of my favorite breakfast items! Just make them, cut them into 6 pieces (the 4 corner pieces are always the best :)) , and cover the pieces with powdered sugar and  syrup for a satisfying, filling breakfast!

(These ones don't look quite normal....I'm not sure what happened but they usually have more of a crust on the outside and they don't look quite so rough on the inside. These one still tasted yummy, they just looked a little different than usual)

Dutch Babies

 1/2 C butter

6 eggs

1 1/2 cups milk

1 1/2 cups flour

 Put butter in 9x13 baking dish and melt it in the oven at 425. In the mean tim, mix batter. Put eggs in blender and whirl on high for 1 minute. With motor running, gradually add milk and then flour. Whirl for 30 seconds. Pour batter into the hot baking dish over the melted butter. Bake until fluffy 20-25 min

Best EVER Square Breadsticks

Be careful, these puppies are addicting!

Seriously.

They're the best bread sticks ever!

First, you make the dough and the topping 

 Then, you stretch the dough out a bit  (just with your hands)so it's bigger and flatter and plop it in the center of a rimmed cookie sheet. Then, using the back of a spoon, push the dough out to the corners so it's flat and even in the pan. It doesn't have to be perfect, as long as its fairly flat, somewhat even, and goes all the way to the edge of the pan, you're good. Then spread the topping on.

 Bake, Cut into squares, and you get these puppies!!!

This recipe came from my mom, who I think got it from an old neighbor of ours

Bread
1 T yeast
1 1/2 C warm water
2 T sugar
1/2 t salt
3 1/2-4 C flour

Soften yeast in warm water. Mix dry ingredients. Add to yeast and water. Knead for 3 minutes on flour-coated surface into soft dough. Let rest 10 min. Press onto pan (greased) to edges. Spread topping over dough, bake at 350 for 10-15 min, cut into squares. EAT and ENJOY!