Easy recipe for making doughnuts, Easy Desert Recipe

A doughnuts or donut is a kind of fried dough bakery or dessert food. Doughnuts are popular and prepared in different ways as a sweet snack that can be homemade or purchased in bakeries and supermarkets. They are usually deep-fried from a flour dough, and shaped in rings or flattened spheres that sometimes contain fillings. Other types of batters can also be used, and various toppings and flavorings are used for different types. i am going to share my best recipe for doughnuts.

Ingredients for making doughnut :

3/4 cup milk

2 x 7g packets dry yeast

1 cup caster sugar

pinch of salt

4 1/2 cups plain flour

220g butter, chilled and cut into small cubes

3 eggs, lightly beaten

2 teaspoons cinnamon

vegetable or light olive oil, for frying

Method for Making Doughnut :

Heat milk over low heat until just warm (overheating will kill yeast). Remove from heat and pour into a jug. Add yeast, 2 tablespoons caster sugar, and salt. Whisk with a fork until well-combined. Allow to stand for 10 minutes.

Sift flour into a large bowl. Add butter and rub in with fingertips until mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Add 1/4 cup caster sugar, stirring until well-combined. Make a well in the centre. Add yeast mixture and eggs. Mix until well-combined. Drop mixture onto a floured surface. Knead for 10 minutes. Place dough into a lightly oiled bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Stand in a warm place for 45 minutes.

Combine remaining caster sugar and cinnamon on a plate. Knock down dough and turn onto a lightly floured board. Cut dough in half and knead each piece for 5 minutes. Roll one piece out to 1 1/4cm thick. Cut 8cm circles with a biscuit cutter. Using a 4cm round cutter, cut out centre of each circle to form donuts. Continue with remaining dough.

Half-fill a frypan with oil. Heat over medium heat until oil is hot. Add 2 to 3 donuts at a time, cooking for 2 to 3 minutes on each side or until golden. Remove with a slotted spoon and drain on paper towels. Toss donuts, one at a time, in cinnamon sugar until well-coated.