BeaverTails
Allergens: Eggs, Gluten, Milk
Canadian fried dough, flat, hand-stretched and sugared, the Ottawa original.
Ingredients
- Vegetable oil
- Salt 1.5 tsp
- Plain flour cup
- Sugar
- Lemon
- Butter 6 tbsp
- Eggs 2
- Milk 0.5 cup
- Cinnamon
- Dried yeast 2 parts
Method
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, add warm water, a big pinch of sugar and yeast.
- Allow to sit until frothy.
- Into the same bowl, add 1/2 cup sugar, warm milk, melted butter, eggs and salt, and whisk until combined.
- Place a dough hook on the mixer, add the flour with the machine on, until a smooth but slightly sticky dough forms.
- Place dough in a bowl, cover with plastic wrap, and allow to proof for 1 1/2 hours.
- Cut dough into 12 pieces, and roll out into long oval-like shapes about 1/4 inch thick that resemble a beaver’s tail.
- In a large, deep pot, heat oil to 350 degrees.
- Gently place beavertail dough into hot oil and cook for 30 to 45 seconds on each side until golden brown.
- Drain on paper towels, and garnish as desired.
- Toss in cinnamon sugar, in white sugar with a squeeze of lemon, or with a generous slathering of Nutella and a handful of toasted almonds.
- Enjoy!