Jam doughnuts


Jam doughnuts
These were originally a traditional German treat (Berliner Pfannkuchen in German): big fried doughnuts filled with jam and sprinkled with icing sugar.
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Last modified on: May 27th 2011
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Times for this recipe
Preparation: 1 hour 3 min.
Resting: 3 hours
Cooking: 20 min.
All in all: 4 hours 25 min.
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Stage 1 - ⌛ 5 min.
Jam doughnuts : Stage 1
Warm 250 ml milk, 50 g caster sugar and 10 g vanilla sugar.

Stage 2 - ⌛ 15 min.
Jam doughnuts : Stage 2
Put in a food processor bowl: 500 g flour, 50 g butter, 2 eggs, 20 g yeast and 1 pinch salt.

Stage 3 - ⌛ 2 hours
Jam doughnuts : Stage 3
Start kneading on slow speed, pouring in the milk and sugar mixture in a thin stream.

Continue kneading for 5 minutes until the dough is smooth and evenly mixed.

Cover the bowl and leave in a warm place to rise for 2 hours.

Stage 4 - ⌛ 5 min.
Jam doughnuts : Stage 4
After this rising time, tip the dough onto the worktop and roll out to 1 cm or ½ inch thick.

Note: flour the worktop liberally as the dough is sticky.

Stage 5 - ⌛ 5 min.
Jam doughnuts : Stage 5
Cut the dough into circles about 7 cm or 2.5 inches in diameter.

Stage 6
Jam doughnuts : Stage 6
To fill the doughnuts you can use two methods.

First method:

Wet the tops of 2 circles of dough with a brush.

Place a spoonful of jam on one of the circles.

Stage 7
Jam doughnuts : Stage 7
Place the second circle on top with the wet face downwards and press the edge down to seal it.

Stage 8
Jam doughnuts : Stage 8
Second method:

Spread a circle of dough out with your fingers until it is about twice the size.

Wet the top surface and place a spoonful of jam in the centre.

Stage 9 - ⌛ 30 min.
Jam doughnuts : Stage 9
Fold the edge in over the top and press to seal.

Place the doughnut with the join underneath.

Stage 10 - ⌛ 1 hour
Jam doughnuts : Stage 10
Arrange all the doughnuts on a baking sheet, cover and leave to rise in a warm place for one hour.

Stage 11 - ⌛ 20 min.
Jam doughnuts : Stage 11
After they have risen, fry the doughnuts until they are golden brown on both sides.

Stage 12 - ⌛ 3 min.
Jam doughnuts : Stage 12
To finish, sprinkle a little icing sugar over the top.
Remarks
My favourite jam for the filling is raspberry, but you can use any flavour. You might also like to try them with stewed apple or even chocolate ganache.
Keeping: 1 or 2 days.
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Nutritional information
Proteins (gr)Carbohydrates (gr)Fats (gr)Energy value (in k-calories)Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe80 RDI=30 %550 RDI=50 %70 RDI=10 %2,980 RDI=150 %12,470 RDI: 150 %
Per 100 g7 RDI=3 %50 RDI=5 %6 RDI=1 %280 RDI=10 %1,150 RDI: 10 %
Per doughnuts5 RDI=2 %40 RDI=3 %4 RDI=1 %200 RDI=10 %830 RDI: 10 %
The % figures are calculated in relation to the Recommended Dietary Intake , or RDI of 2,000 k-calories (or 8,400 k-joules) per day for a woman
Possible allergens in this recipe: milk, Gluten, egg
How much will it cost?
  • For 15 doughnuts : 2.75 €
  • Per doughnuts : 0.20 €

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