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donuts

Quick and easy homemade donuts

Crispy on the outside, soft on the inside and glazed with choocolate
Prep Time: 1 hour
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
Calories:

Servings: 2 People

Ingredients

Doughut dough Recipe

  • 280 g All- purpose flour
  • 1/2 tsp Salt Table salt
  • 1 Egg
  • 40 g Butter Melted ( In microwave)
  • 40 g Sugar White sugar
  • 120 g Milk Fresh Milk, Warm
  • 7 g Yeast Instant Yeast

Chocolate Glaze

  • 1 1/2 cup Icing Sugar
  • 4 tbsp Cocoa Powder
  • 5 tbsp Milk Fresh Milk
  • 2 tsp Vanilla essence

Instructions

Donut dough

  • Heat milk in the microwave until warm
  • Combine yeast, sugar & milk together and leave aside until it froths
  • In a separate bowl place the flour, salt, butter, egg and the yeast mixture and mix well using a whisk
  • Transfer the dough onto a work surface and knead it for 8-10 mins ( You can also use the stand mixer or handheld mixer with the hook attachment to knead the dough)
  • Place the kneaded dough in a bowl, cover and rest until doubled in size
  • once doubled in size, knock the air out and turn the dough out on to a surface dusted with flour and roll it out to a 1 cm thickness, using a rolling pin
  • Cut the dough using two rounds ( big round and slightly small round) or by using a dough cutter. This should resemble a circle with a hole in the middle
  • Place the donuts on a tray lined with baking paper and let it rest in a warm area until doubled in size
  • Heat a pot with oil to 190C
  • Once heated carefully drop the donuts into the oil and let it cook and colour on one side, then flip it over and cook the other side
  • Once cooked transfer them onto a paper towel to drain and cool down

Glaze

  • Sift icing sugar and cocoa powder together
  • Mix all other ingredients into the icing sugar and cocoa powder , mix well using a whisk

Glazing the donuts

  • Transfer the glaze to a shallow bowl and dip the top of the donuts into the glaze and twist to shake off excess glaze. Place it on a baking paper to settle the glazing

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