German Berliners
These fluffy and golden donuts originate from Germany. They are very delicious, and you can add any filling inside: fruit preserves, jams, or boiled condensed milk. The recipe makes 25-30 pieces.
- Total cooking time
- not set
- Number of servings
- 25
- Recipe difficulty
- 4 / 5
Ingredients
for 25 servings
- milk 250 ml
- sugar 50 g
- egg 1
- dry yeast 7 g
- butter 60 g
- 1/2 tsp salt
- flour 400-450 g
- frying oil
- jam
- fruit preserve
- boiled condensed milk
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Instructions
Preparing the starter
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Warm the milk until it is warm (avoid hot).
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Stir in 20 g sugar and mix.
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Add yeast, then stir.
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Mix in 100 g flour.
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Leave the mixture to rise.
Preparing the dough
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Mix the egg with salt and sugar.
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Mix thoroughly.
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Add the starter to the mixture.
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Mix the ingredients.
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Add butter and mix.
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Stir in all the remaining flour.
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Knead the dough for at least 10 minutes.
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Place the dough in a bowl.
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Leave to rise.
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Roll out the dough to a thickness of approximately 1 cm.
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Cut out circles about 7 cm in diameter.
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Roll out the dough scraps again and cut out circles, then let them rise.
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Heat the oil. You can check if the oil is ready by dropping in a piece of dough: if bubbles and sizzling appear, it is time to fry the donuts.
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Fry until golden brown and let cool.
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Add filling inside.
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Decorate with powdered sugar if desired.
