New Year's Berliner
A fresh dough recipe for New Year's Berliners featuring yeast dough. Try this and other recipes from Spoonsparrow!
Ingredients
- 500 g flour
- 1 cube yeast
- 200 g lukewarm milk
- 50 g sugar
- 5 egg yolks
- 60 g softened butter
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 tsp grated lemon zest
- flour (for working)
- apricot jam (for filling)
- 1.5 l fat (for frying)
- powdered sugar (for dusting)
Instructions
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1.
Dissolve the yeast and sugar in the milk, then mix with flour, egg yolks, butter, salt, and lemon zest using a dough hook until a soft dough forms; knead until it releases from the bowl. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled.
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2.
On a floured surface, punch down the dough, divide into halves, shape into rolls, cut each roll into six equal pieces, form balls, and let proof for about 30 minutes.
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3.
Fry the dough balls in hot fat (about 180 °C) portion by portion, turning once; each side takes roughly 1–2 minutes.
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4.
Remove the fried Berliner with a slotted spoon, drain on kitchen paper, let cool slightly. Then use a pastry bag with a long thin tip or a cake filling nozzle to inject jam from the side.
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5.
Dust the fresh Berliners with powdered sugar and serve immediately.
