As of: January 31, 2024, 3:15 p.m
By: Clara Kistner
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Just in time for carnival season: The quick Americans with colorful icing, chocolate lenses and gummy bears are impressive both visually and in terms of taste.
If you hear “Helau” and “Alaaf” again in Cologne and the surrounding area, the carnival season has probably begun again.
Here you can experience spectacular parades, colorful costumes and loud cheering up close.
There is also no shortage of sweet food during the carnival season.
Because in addition to the classic “Kamell”, i.e. the sweets of all kinds that are enthusiastically thrown down into the crowd from the parade floats, carnival time is also donut time.
And equally colorfully decorated Americans are particularly popular at this time.
Like from the bakery: sweet particles simply baked
Many people like to go to the neighboring bakery, and not just for freshly baked bread and crispy rolls.
Even a piece of cake, a croissant or a sweet item always finds its way into the paper bag.
Most of the delicacies that are on display at the bakery's counter can also be conjured up at home in a short time.
This means, among other things, that you can bake delicious Belgian waffles quickly and without any yeast in your home waffle iron until golden brown.
Whether with a simple icing and sugar pearls, or with colorful icing, chocolate sprinkles, Smarties, gummy bears - there are no limits to your imagination when decorating.
(Symbolic image) © Westend61/Imago
In addition to nut and raisin rolls, juicy cinnamon rolls can also be wonderfully rolled at home.
A croissant or pain au chocolat can also be enjoyed wonderfully from your own kitchen, but it falls more into the category of advanced baking.
This makes it all the easier for you to prepare authentic nut wedges.
Ingredients for colorful glazed Americans like from the bakery
For fourteen mini Americans you will need:
For the basic dough:
250 g wheat flour
90g sugar
1 packet of pudding powder (vanilla flavor)
1 packet of vanilla sugar
1 packet of baking powder
100g butter
2 eggs
5 tbsp milk
For the glaze and garnish:
150g powdered sugar
4 to 5 tbsp lemon juice
Optional food coloring for the icing
Choice of sugar pearls, chocolate sprinkles, Smarties, gummy bears
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It's that easy to bake the popular carnival pastries yourself
While the oven is preheating to 175 degrees top and bottom heat, beat the butter with the sugar and vanilla sugar in a large mixing bowl until fluffy.
Stir in the eggs one at a time.
In a separate bowl, mix the flour, baking powder and vanilla pudding powder.
The dry ingredients are then stirred into the butter-sugar mixture, alternating with the milk.
Using a tablespoon, place about fourteen heaps of dough on a baking sheet lined with baking paper, leaving enough space between each other.
The Americans are now baked on the middle rack for about ten to twelve minutes in the preheated oven until golden.
Then carry out the swab test and remove it.
Carefully remove the Americans from the baking paper and let them cool on a cake rack.
For the icing, stir the powdered sugar with the lemon juice and optionally some food coloring until smooth.
Dip the Americans with the flat side or brush them as evenly as possible with the glaze.
Decorate as you wish with sugar pearls, chocolate sprinkles, Smarties, gummy bears or similar.
Allow the casting to harden.
Bon appetit!
Anyone who has caught carnival fever with the colorful Americans can try classic donuts next time.