BeaverTails
A weekend Canadian dessert. Ready in about 2 hours 25 minutes. Difficulty: more effort.
- 2 hr 25 minPrep (about)
- 2 hr 25 minTotal time
- 4Servings
- More effortDifficulty
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Join the waitlist Not nowIngredients
Fresh & other
- 1 cup water
- 4 yeast
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup milk
- ½ cup + 2 tbsp butter
- 4 eggs
- 2 ¼ cups flour
- garnish lemon
- garnish sugar
Sauces & oils
- for frying oil Shopping tip: Vegetable or canola oil.
Spices & seasonings (2): salt, cinnamon
- 2 ¾ tsp salt
- garnish cinnamon
How to make it
Steps in our own plain words.
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Add warm water, big pinch of sugar and yeast in the bowl of a stand mixer.
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Let it sit until frothy.
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Add salt, eggs, melted butter, warm milk and 1 cup sugar into the same bowl.
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Whisk until mixed.
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Place a dough hook on the mixer.
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Add the flour with the machine on, till a smooth but slightly sticky dough forms.
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Place dough in a bowl.
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Cover with plastic wrap, and let it proof for 1 1 2 hours.
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Cut dough into 12 pieces.
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Roll out in long oval-like shapes around 1 4 inch thick that resemble beaver’s tail.
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Deep pot in a large.
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Heat oil to 350 degrees.
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Place beavertail dough into hot oil.
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Heat for 30 to 45 seconds on every side until golden.
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Drain on paper towels.
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Garnish as wanted.
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Toss in cinnamon sugar, in white sugar using a squeeze of lemon, or using a generous slathering of Nutella plus a handful of toasted almonds.
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Join the waitlistRecipe from TheMealDB, adapted from the original. Steps rewritten in our own words. Times are estimates.