Servings : 18 doughnuts
I’ve had several requests for soft and light yeast-raised doughnuts. Well, they definitely don’t get any softer or lighter than these yummy ones here. Took bites out of 2 just so you can see the fluffy airy insides…soooo soft and delicious!
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup warm milk
- 2 1/2 tsp. instant yeast
- 2 tbsp. warm water
- 2 1/2 tbsp. melted butter
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 tsp. vanilla essence (or you can use cinnamon/nutmeg)
- 1 egg lightly beaten
Instructions
Have an extra quarter cup of flour handy in case the flour gets too sticky you can sprinkle some more a little at a time.
For the Donuts
Add the yeast to the warm water in a small bowl, cover and set aside for about 5-10 minutes.
In the meantime sift the flour. Add the salt and sugar. Stir with a whisk just to combine everything properly. Once the yeast has proofed/become activated (it will have swollen up and become bubbly in the water), add it to the flour.
Now add the melted butter, beaten egg and the warm milk. Stir everything together and knead to form a sticky dough. You can use the hook attachment if you’re using a machine, otherwise you can just do this by hand. Remember, you want the dough a little bit sticky. So if it’s tooo sticky to handle, dust a bit of flour or oil your hands lightly and knead, but try not to get it too firm as that will not give you light and soft doughnuts. Knead for about 4-5 minutes, then turn the dough into a lightly greased bowl and cover with cling film. Set aside for about an hour or until the dough doubles in volume.
If you are kneading the dough at night and want the doughnuts for the following day, after kneading the dough and putting it in a bowl, cover with cling film and refrigerate. The dough will slowly rise in the refrigerator, and the next day you can just proceed to shape and fry your doughnuts. DO NOT cover with aluminum foil.
Once risen, knock the air out of the dough, turn it out on your work surface and roll out to a little under a half inch thickness. Cut out your doughnuts and set them aside on a floured surface or tray. Keep the doughnuts covered with a light kitchen towel.
Bunch together all the scraps of dough and keep forming doughnuts until all the dough is used up.
Let the shaped doughnuts rest and rise for about another hour.
Heat your oil. If you have a kitchen thermometer, get the oil to about 170-180 C. This is the ideal temperature for frying doughnuts.
Fry the doughnuts, maintaining the heat on medium. If the oil gets too hot, the doughnuts will color too quickly and remain doughy in the center. Drain on a rack until all the doughnuts are fried.
Once they’ve cooled, you can glaze or sugar-coat them according to your preference. Here are the glaze recipes I used.
Ingredients & Instructions for the Glaze
For sugar glaze, measure out 1 cup of icing sugar, add a few drops of vanilla essence to it, then gradually add warm milk or water a tsp. at a time and mix until it becomes smooth and of a thin consistency. Make this right when you are about to dip the doughnuts as the glaze will set as it dries on the doughnuts.
For chocolate glaze, I just melted cadbury’s milk chocolate, added 1 tsp. butter to give it a shine and a tiny pinch of salt to add depth of flavor to the chocolate. Then dip the doughnuts one at a time and place them on a rack until the chocolate sets. If you want, you can add sprinkles or whatever toppings you like before the chocolate sets.
Otherwise you can dust some icing sugar on the doughnuts or even just serve them plain, or top them with some warm jam. Anything you like! 🙂
Enjoy! 🙂
salamz sis, can i know how much does 1 cup of flour represent?
W/Salaam, 120gm.
Nice fauzi deedhi…..i made it…thank u fr d recipe….
hi,sis my problem is i measherd the flour correctly as u have shown in your recipe but i coudnt add full of milk because a little milk was enough for dough and already the dough was little sticky i didnt add water too….
can we bake the doughnuts
Yes you can. At 180 C preheated oven for about 15-18 minutes on a greased tray.
Assalamu Alaikum, pls I want to make the dough in a bread maker, do I need to reduce any ingredient or change anything since am using d bread machine?
Assalam o laikum,
thank you so much for this recipe.i tried this.. though everything came out perfect, i wasn’t satisfied with the amount of oil it had inside. i am not sure wether i needed to drain them real long, or was it the readymade icing i used… but there was just so much oil in it…. can these be baked instead? if yes, what temp is ideal…? also i forgot to add vanilla essence…
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W/Salaam, that is strange as there shouldn’t be that much oil as you have described. Have never tried baking them myself, but yes you can if you like. 180 C.
W/Salaam, have never tried making dough in the bread maker. But it should be fine just follow the recipe exactly.
Salam! Sis can I use donought maker?
Have never tried it in a doughnut maker.
hi can u tell me it i use instant yeast which is used directly in flour should i also add warm water 2tbsp directly in flour or skip adding water thanks…..
Hi, yes for this recipe add the warm water even though you are using instant yeast. It just gives better results that way for some reason. 🙂
How to melt the chocolate?
In the microwave or on a double boiler, not on direct heat.
Hi,
can the butter be replaced with ghee??
thanks
Hi, no you will need butter for this recipe.
Hi,
Can we use oil instead of butter?
Hi, wouldn’t recommend it.
I made them today, and they turned out really good. Thanks alot 🙂
The only thing about which, I am doubtful is sugar. are we suppose to use 1/4 cup of sugar or more can be used? I used 1/4, and felt that it should be more sweet (without any glaze )
Thanks for the feedback. I guess sweetness is a matter of personal preference. Best to make a syrup or ganache or melt some chocolate and drizzle them over the doughnuts.
One more clarification, when you mention sugar does it mean
regular white sugar
or
castor sugar
Regular.
asalkm i tried ur chkn bread it was excellent nd every1 really liked it i just wanted to know if dried yeast cud b used in doughnuts as v r nt getting instant yeast
W/Salaam, thank you and yes you can use dried yeast. Add a little bit extra yeast, about a half tsp extra.
Hi fauzia,tried d doughnuts but had a problem with the glaze it wasn’t as sticking to the doughnuts,it was as if it was being sucked into the doughnuts.
Hi, maybe the glaze was too thin/watery? Thicken it slightly next time by using more icing sugar or less liquid.
Salam dear, my question is can I prepare d doughnut dough at night and then refrigerate overnight because I want to make ddoughnut for breakfast and can d dough rise when I do dat?
W/Salaam, yes that is absolutely fine. In fact you can make the dough, allow it to rise, then cut the doughnuts and place them on a well floured tray. Then cover them with a loose plastic sheet so they do not dry out. Don’t tighten the plastic, they will expand in the fridge. In the morning get them out and let them sit for a while outside, like half an hour or so, then fry and serve. Saves on time. 🙂
Salam sister,
Salam sister,
I’m using “dried active yeast”. Is that the same as you mention in the recipe??
No, I use instant yeast.
No, I use instant yeast.
hi fauzia..is.it ok if i make
hi fauzia..is.it ok if i make equal balls of the dough n then use a bottle cap to make a hole?
The thickness may not be even
The thickness may not be even and the sizes will vary, but yes you can do it that way if you want.
As salaamu alaykum sis, i
As salaamu alaykum sis, i tried this recipe but unfortunately the dough did not rise. I followed the recipe step by step. Don’t know what went wrong 🙁
Could you guide me?
Yusra
W/Salaam, please check if
W/Salaam, please check if your yeast is working.
Salaams Fauzia…i want to
Salaams Fauzia…i want to try ur yummy doughnuts..i have never tried doughnuts before…but m a bit confused to how thick i need to roll da dough…?? thanx
W/Salaam, you may have missed
W/Salaam, you may have missed this line in the instructions:
Once risen, knock the air out of the dough, turn it out on your work surface and roll out to a little under a half inch thickness.