Berliners (German Yeast Doughnuts w/ Oma’s Marmalade)

Light, fluffy yeast doughnuts, dusted with sugar and filled with Oma’s marmalade.

There is nothing quite like a Berliner! I will never forget the first time I tried one. It was my first time in Germany and my husband and I visited a bakery in Leipzig and introduced me to this beautiful German specialty.

Germany has so many wonderful varieties of breads, cakes and baked goods. I am always so thrilled to visit bakeries in Germany because it is always such a delightful experience.

But, living outside of Germany means that many of these beloved baked goods are not so easily accessible. But this recipe, and many of my other German recipes are a great solution. I love to prepare them for my husband and I hope that you like them and this recipe too!

Here’s the recipe:

• 2 2/3 c all purpose flour (+more for kneading and dusting)
• 1/3 c sugar
• 1/3 c melted butter
• 2/3 c warm milk
• 3 tsp (10 g) dry active yeast
• 2 whole eggs + 1 egg yolk
• 1/4 tsp salt

Preparation:

To prepare the dough: in a large bowl, combine the yeast, warm milk and sugar and stir well. Meanwhile, in a separate bowl whisk together the eggs.

Add the melted butter to the yeast mixture and stir well. Keep stirring and add the eggs. Then mix together the flour with the salt in a separate bowl. Stirring constantly, add the flour mixture in batches to the yeast mixture.

Continue stirring until a dough forms (it will start to get difficult to stir by hand at this point but don’t worry). Then place the dough on a floured surface and knead it well for 7-8 minutes. Then cover it with a dish towel and let it rise in a warm place for 30-60 minutes.

Once the dough has risen, cut the dough into even pieces and roll them each into a ball.

Place the balls on a parchment lined baking sheet, dusted with a little bit of flour. Then cover the dough balls again with a dish towel and place them in a warm place and allow them to rise again for another 30 minutes.

Heat a large heavy stock pot with oil. Test the heat of the oil using a wooden spoon. If bubbles start to form around the spoon, then the oil is hot enough.

Carefully place each of the doughnuts in the oil and fry on each side for 2-3 minutes or until browned.

Then place them on a paper towel lined plate and allow the excess oil to drain.

Continue until all of the doughnuts are fried.

Then using a “donut jelly filler” proceed to fill each doughnut with the jam, being careful not to overfill.

Then dust the doughnuts with powdered sugar, serve & enjoy!

Guten Appetit!

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