Heart-Shaped Valentine’s Berliners Recipe - Made With Love!
This delicate heart-shaped Valentine's Berliner's recipe is easy to make and stuffed with flavor - literally! You can use any filling that you'd like and even make your own jam at home!
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup oat milk
- 3 tbsp margarine (make sure it's vegan)
- 2 tsp active dry yeast
- 3 tbsp lukewarm water
- 1 large beaten egg
- 2 1/2 tbsp granulated white sugar
- 1 tsp fine salt
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 2 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
- Vegetable oil, for frying
- Raspberry jam or jelly, without seeds
- Powdered sugar, for garnish
Instructions
Make the Berliner dough
- To start, heat the oat milk over medium-low heat until it's lukewarm. Do not allow the milk to boil! It denatures the proteins and could ruin the final texture.
- Remove the milk from the heat and add the margarine. Stir gently until it's completely melted. Set this mixture aside.
- Add lukewarm water to a mixing bowl. Stir the active dry yeast into the water and leave it to rest. This will activate the yeast and the mixture will become foamy.
- Once foamy, combine this mixture with the milk in a stand mixer with the dough hook attachment.
- Next, add the egg, sugar, salt, and cinnamon. Stir them in well. Then, add sifted flour and mix on a low speed until a ball of dough has formed.
- When the ingredients have come together, increase the mixer speed and knead the dough until it becomes smooth and pulls away from the edges. This will take about 4 minutes. Keep in mind that the dough shouldn't be sticky at all.
- Transfer the kneaded dough to a lightly oiled mixing bowl. Cover it with plastic wrap or a cloth and leave it to proof for 1 hour.
Shape the dough
- When your dough has risen, you can place it on a lightly floured surface. Roll it into a sheet with a thickness of about 3/8 of an inch (1cm).
- Lightly dust a heart-shaped cookie cutter. Cut out your shapes and transfer them to a lightly floured baking sheet.
- Cover the heart-shaped Berliners with a damp cloth or tea towel. Leave them to prove for another 35 minutes.
Deep-fry the Berliners
- Heat your frying oil to 320ºF (160ºC).
- Add a couple of Berliners at a time and leave them to fry for roughly 3 minutes. They should be golden brown on both sides.
- Once cooked, remove them from the oil and drain the on pieces of paper towel. Allow them to cool completely.
- Repeat the process until all of your Berliners have been fried.
Finish your stuffed donuts
- You can place the jam or jelly in a piping bag.
- Then, use a knife to poke a tiny hole in the side of each Berliner donut.
- Place the nozzle of the piping bag through the hole and start filling the fried dough.
- Once they are all filled, dust them with powdered sugar and serve them immediately.
Nutrition
Calories: 146kcalCarbohydrates: 24gProtein: 4gFat: 4gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0.002gCholesterol: 16mgSodium: 245mgPotassium: 61mgFiber: 1gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 181IUVitamin C: 0.02mgCalcium: 31mgIron: 1mg
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