Doughnuts
This is one of the easiest ways to satisfy all your doughnut cravings. Doughnuts are delicious breakfast or dessert treat that we love to have occasionally. But ever since I tried making this recipe, my family has been craving these donuts every single day. These glazed doughnuts are light and fluffy, and will simply melt in your mouth. The best doughnuts that I have ever had !!
Servings: 24 doughnuts
Calories: 272kcal
Ingredients
- 1 ¼ cup Warm milk
- ¼ cup Sugar
- 1 packet Active dry yeast 2 ¼ tsp
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 1 stick Butter ½ cup, melted
- 2 Eggs
- 4 cups All-purpose flour plus more if needed for rolling
- Oil for frying
For Vanilla Glaze
- 2 cups Confectioners sugar
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
- ⅓ cup Heavy Cream
- 2 tablespoon Butter melted, optional, I have used salted butter
For Maple Glazed
- 2 tablespoon Butter salted
- 5 tablespoon Pure Maple Syrup
- ½ cup Confectioners sugar
For Cinnamon sugar coating
- ½ cup Sugar
- 1 teaspoon Cinnamon powder
Toppings
- ½ cup Grated Coconut toasted
- 1 teaspoon Sprinkles
- 1 tablespoon Almonds
Instructions
Step I
- In a bowl of a stand mixed fitted with dough hook attachment, add warm milk, sugar and mix. Sprinkle yeast. Leave it undisturbed for 5 minutes. Let the yeast activate.1 ¼ cup Warm milk, ¼ cup Sugar, 1 packet Active dry yeast
Step II
- Add the eggs, butter and salt to yeast mixture. Beat until well mixed.1 stick Butter, 2 Eggs, 1 teaspoon Salt
- Add 2 ¼ cup of flour and mix till combined. Then, add rest of the flour and mix till the dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl. Add any extra flour in increments of tablespoon if the dough is too wet or sticky.4 cups All-purpose flour
- Transfer the dough to a greased bowl. Let it sit for about 1 hour 30 minutes or until doubled in size.
Step III
- Transfer the dough to a floured surface, and using a rolling pin roll it into a ½ inch thick rectangle.
- Cut the doughnuts with a doughnut cutter, or cookie cutter, or any drinking glass and bottle cap.
- Keep the doughnut holes aside. If you are planning to make any filled doughnuts do not cut out in the middle.
- Do not throw away the scraps. Combine the scraps, knead it and roll it again to form doughnuts and donut holes.
Step IV
- Transfer each of these doughnuts to parchment paper pieces cut into small squares.
- Cover this with a kitchen towel and let it rest in a warm place for about 1 hour or until doubled in size.
Step V
- Heat oil in a heavy bottomed pan. Meanwhile, prepare the glaze or any coating that you prefer, cooling racks and plates with paper towels.Oil
Step VI
- Once the oil is hot, add doughnuts few at time, depending on the size of your pan. Cook them on medium flame.
- Once the bottom turns golden brown, flip and cook on the other side. Once you are done cooking doughnuts cook the doughnut holes. They cook faster.
- Transfer these doughnuts to cooling racks or paper towels. When its still warm enough glaze it the way you prefer.
To Prepare Vanilla Glaze
- Whisk all the ingredients mentioned under vanilla glaze. Dip warm doughnut into glaze. Don't wait for them to cool. Place these onto the wired rack so that any excess glaze will drip down.2 cups Confectioners sugar, 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract, ⅓ cup Heavy Cream, 2 tablespoon Butter
- Immediately sprinkle toasted coconuts or sprinkles.½ cup Grated Coconut, 1 teaspoon Sprinkles
- This will harden and set in 20 minutes.
To prepare Maple glaze
- Melt together butter and maple syrup on medium low heat stirring occasionally. Once butter is melted remove from the flame.2 tablespoon Butter, 5 tablespoon Pure Maple Syrup
- Add confectioners sugar and whisk. Let it cool and thicken.½ cup Confectioners sugar
- Dip warm doughnuts into the glaze. Don't wait for them to cool. Place these onto the wired rack so that any excess glaze will drip down. Garnish it with some slivered almonds.1 tablespoon Almonds
For Cinnamon sugar coating
- In a bowl, add sugar, cinnamon powder and mix.½ cup Sugar, 1 teaspoon Cinnamon powder
- Add and coat each doughnut when it is warm into this mixture so that it is well coated.
- Doughnuts are now ready. Serve the way you prefer as soon as possible and enjoy!!!!
Nutrition
Calories: 272kcal | Carbohydrates: 39g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 34mg | Sodium: 155mg | Potassium: 77mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 22g | Vitamin A: 266IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 32mg | Iron: 1mg