Dessert
Soft and Airy Donuts
2 h 30 minServes 12Nutri-Score D€€
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2 h 30 min
2 h 30 minSoft and Airy Donuts
what you need
Ingredients
milk (lukewarm)Dairy150 ml
sugar (divided between yeast activation and dough)Pantry30 g
active dry yeastPantry5 g
eggs (room temperature)Dairy2 pieces
bread flour (12.5% protein)Grains400 g
saltSpices3 g
unsalted butter (softened)Dairy40 g- frying oil (for deep frying)Pantry1 litre
- sugar (for rolling the warm donuts)Pantry60 g
per serving
Nutrition
199kcal
- Carbs
- 33 g
- Proteins
- 5 g
- Fat
- 5 g
what you’ll use
Tools
Mixing bowl ×2
Frying pan
Rolling pin
Cookie cutter
Kitchen thermometer
Slotted spoon
step by step
Method
- Step 1
Activate the yeast
- Warm the milk until lukewarm.
- Stir in the yeast and a bit of the sugar.
- Let it sit until foamy.
- Step 2
Mix the dry ingredients
- Combine the bread flour, the remaining sugar and the salt in a bowl.
- Step 3
Make and knead the dough
- Add the foamy yeast mixture and the eggs to the dry ingredients and mix.
- Knead for a few minutes.
- Gradually add the soft butter and keep kneading until the dough is stretchy and smooth.
- Step 4
First rise
- Cover the dough and let it rise until doubled in volume.
- Step 5
Shape the donuts
- Punch down the dough.
- Roll it to about half an inch thick.
- Cut out donut shapes.
- Step 6
Second rise
- Let the shaped donuts rise again until light and puffy.
- Step 7
Fry the donuts
- Heat the oil to 150–160 °C.
- Fry each donut for 2 minutes on each side until puffed and golden.
- Step 8
Finish and serve
- Roll the warm donuts in sugar, or glaze them once slightly cooled.
most cooked first