DONUTS

FROM 4THSENSECOOKING

Ingredients:

All purpose flour(Maida) - 1 1/4 cup
Fresh yeast - 2 tsp
Milk - 1/4 cup
Water - 1/4 cup
Butter - 1 tbsp
Powdered Sugar - 3 tbsp
Salt - a pinch
Vanilla essence - 1/2 tsp
Glaze

Method:

Warm the water and add the yeast and a tsp of sugar to it. Leave it untouched for ten mins. Then mix well till the yeast dissolves. 

Combine the flour, powdered sugar, salt, vanilla essence, milk and the yeast mixture together and knead into a soft dough. 

Bring the butter to room temperature and mix it to the dough and knead again till the dough is smooth and elastic. 

Place the dough in a bowl and cover with cling film. Leave it untouched until it doubles. It would take around 20-40 mins. 

Press the dough lightly to remove air and knead softly. Now roll out the dough to 1/4" thickness on a well floured surface. Use cutter and cut out the desired shape and leave them on floured butter paper for another ten mins until it doubles again. 

Heat oil in a pan. Carefully lift the dough rings and fry them in hot oil on medium flame till golden brown in color. 

Donuts are ready :)

Cinnamon sugar glaze:

Powder cinnamon and mix it with some caster sugar. Spread this on a plate and dip the doughnut in it until it gets coated with sugar on all the sides. 

Sugar icing:

Take few tsps of icing sugar in a bowl and add desired food color to it. Add just a few drops of water to it and mix well till it forms a paste. Fill this in a paper cone and draw desired designs on the doughnut or simply drizzle it over the doughnut. 

Chocolate glaze:

Ingredients:

Powdered sugar - 1 cup
Cocoa powder - 4 tblsp
Milk - 5 tsp
Vanilla essence - 1/2 tsp

Method:

Mix all the ingredients in a bowl and see to that it doesn't form lumps. The thickness of the glaze is upto you. You can adjust the quantity of milk to make it thick.

Dip the doughnuts in the glaze and allow it to set for 10 mins.

Easy Doughnuts (without egg)

from my Singapore kitchen

Easy dougnuts as the name say its very easy to make..No much of kneading required like the normal bread dough. You can keep the dough in fridge and can fry these soft and yummy beauties any time when you like. No dougnut cutter or glass required to get this shape. Here I have used cinnamon and sugar. You can use any topping that you desire. The dough can be kept in fridge for 1 week without any problem.. The longer you keep the softer the doughnut become.

Ingredients:

• Plain flour- 2 cups
• Yeast- 1 tsp
• Milk- 1/2 cup
• Butter- 50 grams
• Sugar- 2 tbps
• Salt- 1tsp
• Water- as required
• Oil- 1tbps
• Oil- 1/2 cup for frying
• Sugar and cinnamon- as required

Method:

• Heat the milk until warm and add in the butter and allow it to melt completely.
• To the flour add in the rest of the ingredients and the milk and knead. 
• Add in water if required to get a loose dough which is sticky to your touch, but not too loose like batter.
• Add few drops of oil to your hand and give a good mix to the dough for a minute.
• Allow it to rise for two hours.
• Mix the dough once more and you can keep it in the fridge until you are ready to fry them.
• I make the dough and keep it ready in the fridge if some visitors are coming. Keep it out for at least half an hour before frying.
• I fry them one at a time.If you want more to be fried in a single shot add more oil.
• Heat oil and when the oil is hot, pinch a lemon size dough using a wet hand or lightly greased hands in oil.
• Lay the ball on your left palm and make a hole with your right index finger and circle it so that the hole stretches.( Just like you make vadai)
• Now lift the ball with your right hand holding on to the hole.
• Stretch the hole using your left and right index fingers and lay them into the hot oil.
• Reduce the flame and cook both sides until its done.
• Drain into paper towels and sprinkle with the cinnamon sugar.
• If you are planning to frost it with chocolate, allow the doughnuts to cool completely.
• Soft, moist and springy doughnuts are ready to tantalize your taste buds.
• Keep any left over dough in the fridge for upto a week.