Customer Reviews

Ębleskiver and More: A Sampling of Danish Recipes

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I ordered this for my mother, her grandmother having come from Denmark. I bought it as a companion gift for an AEbleskiver pan I got for her birthday. The book had so much more! She spent most of the evening of
her birthday pouring through the book. She found many recipes from her childhood, including "the" sugar cookie recipe that had disappeared years ago and she and my sister had spent countless hours trying to duplicate.
The bits included in the book about Danish heritage made it so much more than a cookbook. We are going to order more books for her to give her
siblings this Christmas.

I really like this book, and I don't understand so many people's negative reactions. Yet again people have failed to read the description for something, but really, I thought that since the title is: "Aebleskiver and MORE: A SAMPLING of Danish recipes" people would be able to figure out that there is other stuff in there. If you also look at the product details you can see that it is a very small book. I think this is a brilliant and fun idea because now all I have to do is take off the binding and I no longer have to transcribe all these recipes to index cards for my recipe box, since it has already been done for me! If you like buttery cookies, tarts, and other Scandinavian treats, this is a great little book. Some of the recipes aren't the best I've ever used (my grandmother's Danish bread recipes can't be compared with, after all), but all of them are still very good, and many of them are even great. With over 100 recipes for under $10, I think this would be a great gift and I think it is a clever way to introduce someone to the joys of making Danish foods and drinks.

As for people's problem with the limited number of aebleskiver recipes, the point of aebleskivers is that they are portable little round "pancakes" that you can either fill with jams, fruit, etc while you make them, and/or dip them in fun jams and syrups. It is a SIMPLE recipe that you do not need many ingredients for, and you CUSTOMIZE them to your tastes by what you put with them. Just think about sandwiches, and you will see what I mean. Sandwiches are two pieces of bread with something inside of them, and there is almost no limit to the different kinds of sandwiches you can make, simply by filling them with different things. The are essentially PANCAKES, after all, and how many different recipes for pancakes do you need? I'm sorry, but part of the fun of aebleskivers is putting something in them and seeing how they turn out. Will sprinkles in the batter make them festive, or will they just turn out weird? If I put in pieces of a very juicy apple, how long should I cook them, and should I add more flour? Just like people enjoy experimenting on and tweaking a cookie/cake recipe, it is the PROCESS of making aebleskivers that is fun. There are, in my opinion, plenty of recipes for aebleskivers to try/tweak in this book, especially considering that I would be willing to buy this book just for the other Danish recipes and instructions included within.

I ordered this book, mainly to avoid shipping costs on the Sante Cabin Kitchen Ębleskiver Pan pan I ordered. What a great little book. I have a great recipe for Ębleskivers, but this book gives me a number of other options. I knew when I ordered it that it had much more than just Ębleskiver, and that was fine because I wanted some more Danish recipes.

I will be buying more of these books to give to cousins and other family members. We're Danish (actually, I'm only half, but my cousins are 100%). In fact, some are from Elk Horn, which is featured in the book.

If you're looking for a great little (and I mean that literally) book with some really good looking Danish recipes, look no further. This is it.

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I just re-read the other reviews. A couple mentioned they were looking more for Ębleskiver recipes. I mentioned that in my review, but decided to let you know how many there are. There are 8 Ębleskiver recipes. There are 109 other recipes for things such as breads, soups, drinks, cookies, etc. Remember, a big part of the title is "...and More A Sampling of Danish Recipes". I stand by my review, this is a great little book.

The best way I could describe this is as a set of spiral bound recipe cards with a nice, glossy cover sheet. Even though it is small, I really like it. The paper and printing are very nice. I bought it primarily for the Ebelskiver recipes and there are a bunch of them so I'm happy. The spiral binding allows you to go to the recipe you want and have the whole thing lie nicely on the counter - unlike a traditional book binding which would always be slamming shut.

Tiny little book with so many recipes...easy to carry and use. The Bisquick recipe is the one I use the most and everyone loves it. Most of the grandchildren like to dip theirs in syrup...while the older folks like the powdered suger and preserves on the side. I'm very happy with this book.

This little recipe booklet is informative and attractive. The recipes are a collection of a full spectrum of Danish delicasies. Format is convenient. It's like a collection of 3 x 5 recipe cards. I am afraid to put it in the bookcase for fear I'll loose it!

I bought this for myself and then another to give as a gift a week later. The recipes are easy and taste great.

This item arrived very quickly. The book was smaller than I thought. It has some good recipes in it but I was more interested in the baking of the danish "pancake" Aebleskiver's. I would still recommend this book. Thank you.

Make sure you look at the dimensions of this "cookbook." It's very tiny. Almost index card size. The recipes look okay, but are very common from what I've read so far. Not worth it, IMO, as a companion to an Aebleskiver pan (which is why I got it).

The Ebleskiver Pan is a great investment for anyone who loves breakfast. Ebleskiver are a good pancake/waffle alternative. They make nice finger food for toddlers. Ebleskiver are homemade Dunkin Muchkins. The pan itself heats evenly and provides easy cleanup because of the preseason aspect of the surface. This will be on my holiday gift giving list.