Doughnuts
This recipe is for homemade doughnuts made with flour, butter, eggs, vanilla, salt, yeast, sugar, and milk. The ingredients are kneaded in a stand mixer, then the dough is left to rise for 1 hour. It is rolled out, cut into circles, and left for another 25 minutes, then fried in a pan at 160 or just below medium heat until golden. After draining, decorate with chocolate or sugar. The chef says this quantity makes about 15 pieces of this size.
A homemade doughnut recipe for a light sweet fried treat.
Like classic ring doughnuts from a bakery.
Let the dough rise well so the doughnuts stay soft and airy.
Ingredients
- 650 g Flour
- 100 g Butter
- 2 medium eggs Eggs
- 1 tablespoon Vanilla
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 1 tablespoon Yeast
- 40 g Sugar
- 250 ml Milk
- for decoration Brown chocolate
- a little Oil or butter for greasing the bowl
- to cover the pieces Damp cloth
- to drain the oil Kitchen paper towels
Instructions
- Place the liquid ingredients in the stand mixer, starting with the slightly warm milk, then the butter.
- Add the sugar and yeast to the stand mixer with the liquid ingredients.
- Mix the salt and vanilla together, then add them over the liquid ingredients.
- Mix the dough in the stand mixer for the first 2 minutes on a low speed, then increase the speed until it comes together and becomes smooth.
- Shape the dough into a ball and place it in a bowl greased with a little butter or a little oil, then grease its surface as well.
- Cover the bowl and leave the dough for a full hour until it doubles in size.
- Roll out the dough on a surface dusted with a little flour, preserving the bubbles inside it and the thickness of the dough.
- Cut the dough with a round cutter, keeping the circular shape, then cut out the center with a smaller cutter.
- Place the pieces on parchment paper, then arrange them on the tray.
- Cover the tray with a damp cloth and leave the pieces for about 25 minutes to rise a second time.
- Heat the pan to 160, or to just below medium heat if a temperature-controlled pan is not available.
- Carefully lower the doughnut pieces into the pan together with the parchment paper so their shape does not change.
- Remove the parchment paper after placing the pieces in the pan.
- Fry the pieces until golden on both sides; this takes about 4 minutes.
- Remove the pieces from the pan and place them on a tray lined with kitchen paper towels to drain the oil.
- Decorate the doughnuts with chocolate or sugar, as desired.
- After decorating, place the doughnuts in the refrigerator or freezer for a short time until the chocolate sets.