Danish apple doughnuts (æbleskiver)

  • Portion size: Makes about 50
  • Hands-on time 40 min, plus 40 min resting
  • Difficulty: easy
Recipe by: Trine Hahnemann

Danish food writer and chef Trine Hahnemann’s home-made version of æbleskiver – Danish baked doughnuts – are apple-flavoured morsels of doughy heaven. They’re served everywhere in Denmark throughout December, although we think they make a lovely sweet treat any time of year.

Take your love for doughnuts to the next level with these charming mini doughnut muffins. 

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Ingredients

  • 20g fresh yeast (or 15g fast-action dried yeast)
  • 400ml lukewarm whole milk
  • 2 medium free-range eggs, separated
  • 300g plain flour
  • 1¼ tsp salt
  • ¾ tsp ground cardamom
  • 1½ tbsp caster sugar
  • 1 vanilla pod, split lengthways and seeds scraped
  • 75g butter for frying
  • 1 eating apple, peeled, cored and cut into 1cm cubes
  • 50g icing sugar to dust
  • Raspberry jam to serve
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Method

  1. Dissolve the yeast in the milk in a large bowl, then whisk in the egg yolks. In a separate mixing bowl, combine the flour, salt, cardamom, sugar and vanilla seeds, mixing well.
  2. Add the dry ingredients to the milk mixture and beat to make a smooth batter, like a thick pancake batter.
  3. In a separate clean bowl, whisk the egg whites until stiff, then fold into the batter. Leave to rest for 40 minutes.
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  5. Heat the æbleskiver pan over a medium heat. Put a tiny knob of butter in each indentation and, when it has melted, pour in some of the batter. Put a piece of apple in the middle of each, then cook for 3-5 minutes or until golden underneath. Turn the doughnuts over using a skewer, continue frying for 4-5 minutes until golden, then remove from the pan. Repeat with the remaining batter.
  6. Dust with icing sugar and serve immediately with raspberry jam.

Nutrition

  • 13kcals Calories
  • 0.4g (0.2g saturated) Fat
  • 0.2g Protein
  • 2.1g (0.9g sugars) Carbs
  • 0.1g Fibre
  • trace salt Salt

Quick wins & tips

You need an æbleskiver pan for this recipe but it’s worth buying and it doesn’t cost too much. We used a KitchenCraft one, £14.99, from amazon.co.uk.

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