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🍽️ Crispy Quark Balls from the Air Fryer

285 kcal · 26 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 1 egg
• 25 g sugar
• 1 pkg. vanilla sugar
• 1 tbsp rapeseed oil
• 125 g low-fat quark
• 0.25 bottle butter-vanilla aroma (or lemon aroma, to taste)
• 125 g wheat flour Type 405 (or spelt flour Type 630)
• 7 g baking powder
• 1 pinch(es) salt
• some butter, liquid
• 2 tbsp sugar
• 0.5 tsp cinnamon powder

Instructions

1. 1. Whisk an egg with sugar and vanilla sugar in a bowl until creamy using a whisk.
2. 2. Add oil and quark (curd cheese) to the egg mixture and stir briefly.
3. 3. If desired, add some baking aroma and mix it in.
4. 4. In a separate bowl, mix flour, baking powder, and a pinch of salt.
5. 5. Stir the flour mixture into the quark mass briefly until a uniform, slightly sticky dough forms.
6. 6. Form six balls from the dough using two tablespoons.
7. 7. Place the balls with some space between them on a tray lined with baking paper.
8. 8. Preheat the air fryer for 5 minutes at 160 °C.
9. 9. Place the balls in the air fryer and bake them for approx. 8 minutes.
10. 10. Carefully turn the balls and bake them for another 8 minutes until golden brown.
11. 11. Meanwhile, melt some butter in a small pot.
12. 12. Mix sugar and cinnamon powder in a small bowl.
13. 13. Brush the still warm quark balls with the melted butter.
14. 14. Roll the buttered balls immediately in the cinnamon-sugar mixture.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 285
• Protein: 9 g · Fett/Fat: 6 g · Carbs: 49 g