Doughnuts
Ring doughnuts are a traditional American treat. In the United States they are part of the culture and come plain or with lots of different icings and toppings.
Here is a recipe for plain doughnuts to which you can add your own choice of icing.
Here is a recipe for plain doughnuts to which you can add your own choice of icing.
66,0384.7/5 for 18 ratings
Grade this recipe: Last modified on: September 22th 2013
For 12 Doughnuts, you will need:
- 1
350 g flour - 2
40 g caster sugar - 3
130 ml milk - 4
50 g butter - 5
20 g yeast - 6 2 tablespoons caster sugar
- Total weight: 620 grams
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
Keeping: 1 or 2 days in an airtight tin.
| Preparation | Resting | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| 33 min. | 2 hours 30 min. | 10 min. | 3 hours 13 min. |
At what time?
- When will I finish if I start the recipe at a certain time?
When should I start for the recipe to be ready at a certain time?
Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 3 min.
In a cup mix 20 g yeast with 4 tablespoonsful of warm milk. Leave to ferment for 30 minutes at room temperature.
This makes a yeast-based "leaven" which improves the flavour of the doughnuts.
This makes a yeast-based "leaven" which improves the flavour of the doughnuts.
Stage 2 - 30 min.
After this time, put 40 g caster sugar, 50 g butter and 350 g flour into a food-mixer bowl with the rest of the milk.
Stage 3 - 10 min.
Pour in the yeast leaven liquid and knead on slow speed until the dough is evenly mixed.
Stage 4 - 2 hours
Gather the dough into a ball and put this into a clean bowl. Cover with a plastic sheet and leave to rest for 2 hours at room temperature.
Stage 5 - 20 min.
After this time, roll out the dough and shape the doughnuts as shown in this video. Once they are all on the baking sheet, cover with a plastic sheet again and leave to rest for 1 hour.
Stage 6 - 10 min.
Heat the oil to 180°C (360°F) and lower in the doughnuts. Fry until golden brown...
Stage 7
...on both sides.
Stage 8
Sprinkle the cooked doughnuts with caster sugar.
Remarks
You can also top your doughnuts with fondant icing or chocolate ganache.
And to drink?
A cup of good coffee.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 2,024 Kcal or 8,474 Kj | 46 gr | 341 gr | 53 gr |
| 101 % | 18 % | 32 % | 8 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 326 Kcal or 1,365 Kj | 7 gr | 55 gr | 9 gr |
| 16 % | 3 % | 5 % | 1 % |
| Per piece | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 169 Kcal or 708 Kj | 4 gr | 28 gr | 4 gr |
| 8 % | 1 % | 3 % | 1 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 12 Doughnuts : 1.50 €
- Per Doughnuts : 0.13 €
Source
Based on Jamie Oliver's recipe.More recipes?
This recipe uses (among others) | Flour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Grandma Solange's biscuits, Fougasse with bacon and Comté, Sweet pastry, Milk rolls, Elsa's Comtoise galette, ... All |
| Milk: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Thin endive tart, Pesto crackers, French custard tart, Muffin dough, Ciabatta, ... All |
| Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Eggs "en cocotte" with spinach, Spinach and hard-boiled egg gratin, Nantes Tourton, Fish petals, vegetables julienne, and beurre blanc, Little caramelized peach tarts, ... All |
| Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Chocolate cream with a crunch, irish coffee mousse, Crème brulée, Household cake (Gâteau de ménage), Arizona cupcakes, Apricot blancmange, ... All |
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