Airy sweet donuts coated with icing sugar or colored icing are a real treat for both children and adults. Of course, you can buy them in the store, but made by yourself, they turn out so airy, lush, mouth-watering, in the heat of the heat! Doing this at home is a snap. One has only to learn how to cook donuts, and you will fry them constantly.
Ingredients
The composition of the ingredients is very simple, but requires some nuances to be taken into account. It is better to take flour not of the highest grade, as for rich pastries, but of the first. It contains a slightly larger amount of bran, so the yeast donuts are less harmful. So, to prepare this treat you will need:
- flour - 1 kg;
- high-speed yeast - 30 g;
- salt - 10 g;
- sugar - 120 g;
- water - 0.6 l;
- egg - 2 pcs.;
- butter or margarine - 60 g;
- vegetable oil - 2 tsp;
- icing sugar - 60 g.
You will also need a large amount of vegetable oil. The exact amount depends on the size of the container in which you will cook. It turns out very tasty dough for donuts in milk, but in accordance with GOST they are cooked on water.
Kneading dough
For donuts, yeast dough is cooked in a gratuitous way. Dissolve dry yeast in warm water, add sugar, salt, add the egg, pour the sifted flour in small portions, carefully stirring the mass with a spatula each time. If you decide to make donuts in milk, then use it instead of water. Knead an elastic, very soft dough that does not stick to your fingers. Pour in the melted butter and continue kneading for a few more minutes. Form a large kolobok from the dough, coat with vegetable oil on all sides, place in a large bowl or enamel pan. Cover with a clean cloth and leave in a warm place to lift. After 2-2.5 hours, knead the dough, put it in a bowl again, cover and set to rise. After two hours, knead the dough again, and then you can proceed to the formation of donuts.
Please note that the dough turns out to be very soft, but you do not need to add more flour than indicated in the recipe, otherwise the finished dish will come out not so airy and porous.
How to make donuts
Pour a little vegetable oil onto the work surface and lay out the dough. Divide into 5-6 parts and roll each into a thin 4 cm thick tourniquet. Cut into small pieces with a knife and roll into balls of diameter like a walnut. Put the balls on a flat surface, cover with a clean cloth and leave for half an hour to lift. Then make a hole in each kolobok with your index finger or wooden stick - and you can start frying the donuts. It is not necessary to make a hole in the middle, donuts of a round shape are no less tasty. Just with a hole they look more interesting.
Please note that donuts in flour are categorically not recommended: during frying, it will char to black and spoil the taste of the finished dish.
Deep-frying
Pour vegetable oil into a deep fat fryer or other container. Fat should be enough to cover the pieces of dough in half. If you do not have a deep fryer, you can use any deep capacity: enameled, aluminum, cast-iron, stainless pan, stewpan, wok pan. So how to make donuts? Heat fat to 180 degrees. If there is no thermometer, focus on the power of fire: fry should be at an average level. Put the donuts in hot oil and fry on each side for about 3 minutes. Do not put a lot of dough at once, otherwise the products will stick together and do not have time to cook from the inside. You can take it out and turn it over with cooking tongs, a slotted spoon or just a fork. Put the fried donuts on paper towels to get rid of excess fat, then sprinkle with powdered sugar and enjoy the great taste!
Glaze
Lush donuts in sweet glaze look like delicious cakes, so if you have the time and desire to tinker a bit, then you should definitely do it.
Products:
- egg white - 3 pcs.;
- icing sugar - 0.3 kg;
- lemon juice - 60 ml;
- beet, strawberry, cherry or carrot juice - 70 ml.
Remove the eggs from the refrigerator, separate the squirrels and beat them in a dense foam with soft peaks, pouring powdered sugar in small portions. Pour lemon juice just before the end of the process. If you use only one colored juice for coloring, pour it in and beat again. To get the glaze of different colors, divide the mass of whipped proteins into several parts and add a liquid of the desired color to each. Beetroot juice gives the glaze a lilac hue, strawberry juice - soft pink, cherry - burgundy, and carrot - light orange. After the donuts have been prepared, grease them with icing while they are still hot, and leave them to solidify for a few minutes.
Curd donuts
This treat is incredibly tasty, crispy on the outside and tender inside.
- cottage cheese - 450 g;
- egg - 3 pcs.;
- flour - 150 g;
- soda - 1/4 tsp;
- sugar - 90 g;
- lemon juice - 10 ml;
- icing sugar - 45 g.
Combine granulated sugar with eggs and whisk lightly with a whisk. Add cottage cheese and flour, mix soda with lemon juice and pour into the dough too. Pound the mass with a fork until smooth. Scoop the finished mass with a moist teaspoon and put in hot vegetable oil. Fry on both sides until golden brown, remove with a slotted spoon and lay on paper towels. After the curd donuts have cooled a little, sprinkle them with powder and enjoy this delicious treat.
Delicious, delicate, porous donuts in sweet powder or glaze are a wonderful homemade delicacy that is easy to make with your own hands. Great for a family Sunday lunch.