Homemade Donuts Recipe
Homemade Donuts Recipe | Basic Eggless Doughnuts are a popular treat worldwide enjoyed as a dessert, snack or treat. Freshly made, they’re crisp on the outside, irresistibly soft inside, and simply melt in your mouth..
Instructions
Make Dough and First Rise
- Firstly, in a bowl, add lukewarm milk, sugar and yeast. Mix and keep aside for yeast to activate.
- In another mix bowl add all-purpose flour, salt and milk powder.
- Now add the activated yeast-sugar-milk solution to the flour and mix it well. Add vanilla essence.
- You may continue to mix with spatula or mix with hand. Add water if needed to make a sticky dough.
- Then add butter (leave some butter for later) and mix well to and make a soft dough.
- Now transfer onto work surface and dust with some all-purpose flour. Knead to make a smooth soft dough. Add remaining butter as needed.
- Form a smooth dough ball, apply oil, cover and keep it in a warm place for first proofing for 40 minutes or till dough doubles in size
Shape Donuts and Second Rise
- After an hour when the dough has almost doubled in size punch it down to knock out air.
- Roll out the dough to ½” thickness sheet and shape donuts with donut cutter. Place them in a tray with sufficient gaps to allow them to rise. Keep them covered for 20 minutes or so. The donuts will increase in size.
Fry Donuts
- In the meanwhile, heat oil. Fry the donuts in medium hot oil till they turn light brown on both sides. Fry donuts in batches of two or three. Avoid overcrowding in the oil. Once fried let them cool.
Toppings
- Once considerably cooled down, you might dust them with powdered sugar. Alternatively, when donuts cool down completely, drizzle streaks of melted chocolate over them.
- Enjoy with family and friends
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Notes
- Since it is instant yeast, you could add everything directly to the flour, instead of activating the yeast.
- Add some flour if dough is too sticky to handle.
- Alternatively, you could bake them in a preheated oven.