Doughnuts

Doughnuts come in 2 varieties; the glaced ring doughnuts and the filled versions. These yummy doughnuts are super soft and you can use the dough to make either of the 2 mentioned above. However, here I am showing the glaced ring version.

Ingredients:

All purpose flour – 2 ½ cups

Milk – ¾ cup

Yeast – 2 ½ tsp

Butter – 2 ½ tbsp

Warm water – 2 tbsp

Salt – ½  tsp

Sugar – ¼ cup

Vanilla essence – ½ tsp

Egg – 1 (beaten)

Method:

Add yeast to warm water and set aside for 10-15 mins for fermentation.

Sift flour & salt. Add sugar, yeast solution, melted butter, beaten egg & milk to it. Knead to form sticky dough for 4-5mins. The dough should me sticky but still manageable. (Don’t worry about the stickiness; you can adjust it later once the dough has risen)

Cover with a cling wrap and keep in a warm place until it rises in double. I usually keep it in the microwave to rise.

You can now see how the dough has risen! Now knead it again. Here you can add some more flour to remove the stickiness. Now roll them and cut into doughnut shapes. Leave them on a floured surface to rest for an hour.

After an hour fry on medium heat.  You can have them as it is or with toppings of your choice. I had it with choc topping. Simply melt some dark choc and dip the doughnuts and enjoy!

For sugar glaze:

Mix 1 cup icing sugar with a few drops of vanilla essence and some warm milk or water until smooth. Make sure you make this topping once you have finished making the doughnuts coz the glaze sets very fast.