This year is almost over...finally! Let´s hope for a better 2021 (2020 set the bar low if we are being honest). In the Netherlands, it is customary to eat "olliebollen" (basically, fried dough balls) for the New Year. They are really yummy (lekker!) but my oh my... so much oil!
I came upon a recipe for "oviebollen", it´s just as olliebollen...the only difference is that instead of being fried, they are done in the oven. They have no sugar added (unless you sprinkle powdered sugar on top before you eat them, of course) and the only oil you use is the one to grease the muffin tin. I did not have high expectations about the taste to be quite honest but I was pleasantly surprised! My toddler loved making them (yes, he helped!) and eating them so I decided that the recipe was worth sharing.
Oviebollen
Ideal for: New Year´s celebration
Servings: 14 oviebollen (recipe says 10 but I got 14)
Level of difficulty: Medium
Preparation time: 1.5 hours to 2 hours
Ingredients
250 gr warm milk
1 egg
350 gr "speltbloem" (flour made of hulled wheat)
A pinch of salt
Cinnamon
3.5 gr dry instant yeast
225 gr raisins
1 apple
Sunflower oil (to grease the tin)
Instructions
Add the yeast to the warm milk and mix.
In a separate bowl add the flour, the salt, the cinnamon (as much as you want..here we add lots!) and mix. Add the milk with yeast and 1 egg. Mix everything.
Peel the apple and cut it in small pieces.
Add the apple and the raisins to the mixture. Mix and cover with a humid kitchen towel and set it somewhere warm. Let it rise for 1 hour minimum.
Warm the oven to 200 C (fan oven setting).
Grease the muffin tin.
Once the mixture has risen, add one scoop of the mixture to each hole (if this does not work for you, you can grease your hands, form a ball with the dough and add it to the hole).
Bake in the oven for 20-25 minutes until they are brown.
Take out of the oven and let them cool.
Serve.
Tips and notes:
*For young children you can skip sprinkling the customary powdered sugar. My toddler had no problem whatsoever. The sweetness from the raisins and apple is more than enough.
*Take into consideration that, given that these oviebollen are not fried, they are a little bit drier than the normal olliebollen
*I still need to try this recipe with normal flour, I will keep you posted.
Finally, this is the webpage from where I got the recipe. There are almost no changes from the original recipe (we just added more cinnamon and made the ball forms with our hands):
Enjoy!
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