Reviewed: Dec. 4, 2009

Sooo good, kids loved them! Light and fluffy, full of taste. Lemon juice adds a nice zip to them. I tested the amount on the first doughnut, remember a little goes a long way. Add a small amount until you get the amount that is right for you!

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Autumn

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Reviewed: Jun. 4, 2009

More like a baby Beaver Tail, but still a lot of fun to make. Makes me will winter though......sigh.

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Reviewed: Dec. 9, 2008

The recipe was nice, although I found the lemon juice gave an unwanted bitter taste. It's just my opinion though - some might like the extra zest.

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Callie

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Living In: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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Reviewed: Sep. 9, 2008

they are excellent! we are going to use them for many diffrent dish ideas. easy to make to. i cut the recipe in half and it still made a lot.

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Reviewed: Jan. 31, 2007

I tried this one but not the other one yet. It makes a lot of Beaver tails ... regardless of what it is called. (In Ottawa it is called Beaver Tails) It is good but I find that making it the size of Beaver tails is hard to do at home. I make mine smaller (about 8inches long and 4 inches wide.

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Reviewed: Feb. 11, 2005

These are good and VERY easy. I make half the recipe and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar but haven't tried the lemon juice. They usually puff up and are hollow when fried.

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LEAH B STEWART

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Reviewed: Feb. 1, 2005

Great but I've had better! The whole wheat adds more sweetness to the dough.

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Island Girl

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Home Town: Tahiti, Archipel De La Société, French Polynesia

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Reviewed: Feb. 10, 2003

Excellent! I made these when I had lots of kids over and these doughnuts went so fast! I now get requests from these kids from time to time!! I didn't use the lemon though. Thanks for sharing this recipe

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Reviewed: Sep. 18, 2002

As a Canadian I have NEVER heard these called "Canadian Doughnuts" -- they are BEAVER TAILS (or Whale Tails for the places that rip off the Beaver Tails company). This is OK, but there is a more authentic recipe in this site called "Beaver Tails from a real Canadian". Like the original from Ottawa that recipe uses only whole wheat flour too.

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DEBIRDIE

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Reviewed: Mar. 23, 2002

Just like I use to have as a child.. wonderful a variation on a recipe my Grandmother used..She was from Ireland and then moved to Canada

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FR. KEVIN

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Reviewed: Oct. 1, 2000

The first time I have this doughnuts was in a farm fair in Ancaster. They called it "Elephant Ears", a French Canadian friend told me that they usually call it "Beaver Tails". Anyways, I found this bread tastes really great, crispy outside and soft & chewy inside. So I looked for the recipe here and tried to make it at my own kitchen. This recipe is good! Exactly the same thing that I had in the Fair! Thank you!

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Reviewed: May 22, 2000

PLEASE! Although they are LIKE doughnuts, these are called: "Beaver Tails", not "Canadian Doughnuts"! I'm from Ottawa, and my favourite is indeed the Killaloe Sunrise (fresh lemon juice squirted over a generous sprinkling of sugar & cinnamon on the Beaver Tail). That with a cup of hot chocolate after skating five miles on the Ottawa Canal, on a cold February day, is pure satisfaction. :-)

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