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! 🙂
Masha allah ur recipes are
Masha allah ur recipes are lovely…….realy vry tasty..
Hi fauziya
Hi fauziya
Could u pls tel me the size of chocolate u used for the glaze
Thank u
Hi! I really did not measure,
Hi! I really did not measure, just melted 1 bar of cadbury’s dairy milk chocolate, the plain bar, and dipped as many of the doughnuts as I could to use it up. 🙂 I would approximate 100 gm maybe.
Assalamoalaikum Warehmatullah
Assalamoalaikum Warehmatullah Fauzia Baji*,
I wanted to ask tha if we are using Cooking Chocolate for glaze then the above mentioned will remain same also…?
JazakAllah khair* will try 1st time InshaaAllah.
W/Salaam, yes that is fine.
W/Salaam, yes that is fine.
Sister.. thanks for the
Sister.. thanks for the recipie. I would like to know if we cud use the same recipie fir machine cooked doughnuts
Sorry I have not tried this
Sorry I have not tried this recipe in a doughnut machine.
how long does it take to make
how long does it take to make these yeast raised doughnuts?
About 2 and a half hours
About 2 and a half hours (including the two ‘proofing and rising’ times)
Assalamualaikum fauzia,
Assalamualaikum fauzia, Jazakallah fr the wonderful recipes.i wanted to knw if you knw how to make the crisy creme doughnuts bought frm the store wth custard creme filling n al different types if different filling.and also could you give recipes for ferero rocher cakes nd cheese cakes cos they Are very famous here in the uk..jazakalah for al the lovey recipes
W/Salaam, will try and add
W/Salaam, will try and add that recipe inshaAllah.
Could you also guide me how
Could you also guide me how to make french macaroons
AOA,I MADE THE DOUGHNUTS.THEY
AOA,I MADE THE DOUGHNUTS.THEY WERE GREAT BUT HARD FROM OUTSIDE.ARE THEY THIS WAY OR SHOULD I APPLY SOMETHING
Maybe you fried them too long
Maybe you fried them too long, or the dough was not very soft.
Salams, fauzia, hav ttried
Salams, fauzia, hav ttried these doughnuts alhmd they hav cumout nice.Just wanted to knw how can i store the rest of dough as dnt want to make them all now. Jazakillah.
W/Salaam, thanks! Have never
W/Salaam, thanks! Have never tried storing the dough, let me know if you did and how it worked out. 🙂
Hi Fauzia do u have a recipe
Hi Fauzia do u have a recipe for koeksisters – the traditional cape Malay ones please
Thank you so much for all the great recipes
Hi, sorry had not heard of
Hi, sorry had not heard of that recipe before but will definitely look it up inshaAllah. 🙂
how many doughnuts can be
how many doughnuts can be made from 1 chocolate please reply soon
I did not understand your
I did not understand your question.
Assalam u alaikum Fauzia….
Assalam u alaikum Fauzia…. how are you?? you are doing an amazing job Masha’Allah … i love all ur recipes and i’ve tried couple of them too…. pls could you assist me, i want to try your dough nut recipe tomorrow Insha’Allah, can i use “pomace extra virgin olive oil” to fry dough nuts ??? i’ve googled over the internet and found out they turn amazing when fried in olive oil….. but mine is not cholestrol free, it’s simplly “pomace extra virgin olive oil…. or can we use any other frying oil instead….
i’ll wait for your assistance,,,
thanks,,,
🙂
W/Salaam, thanks dear. I
W/Salaam, thanks dear. I personally have never tried to deep fry using olive oil so am not sure on how the results would be but yes you can go for it if you like. Let me know how they turn out if you do. 🙂
Thanks Fauzia for the great
Thanks Fauzia for the great recipe. It came out great. Love your recipes. Thanks for sharing 🙂
Salam sister. Its awesome. I
Salam sister. Its awesome. I made it. Yummy. Thnx for u. 🙂
I tried these doughnuts
I tried these doughnuts yesterday. I replaced the butter with ghee. So yum.
Salam sis can this be baked
Salam sis can this be baked.if not can I HV a baking doughnut receive plz
W/Salaam, yes you can bake
W/Salaam, yes you can bake them in a preheated 180 C oven for about 15 minutes or until done.
Do we need to add baking
Do we need to add baking powder if we are baking this
No need for baking powder. We
No need for baking powder. We use yeast in this recipe.
Assalamu alaikum… Made ur
Assalamu alaikum… Made ur doughnuts today…. It was amazing.. Evryone loved it… Will definitely try ur other recipes too… Thanks a lot for sharing…
hey Fauzia can i use
hey Fauzia can i use margarine instead of butter?
Hi yes you can although
Hi yes you can although butter will taste a lot better.
made doughnuts yesterday but
made doughnuts yesterday but i baked d doughnuts n it came out awsum… 🙂