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.
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Last modified on: September 22th 2013
Keywords for this recipe:For 36 Doughnuts, you will need:
- 1
1 litre 638 ml flour - 2
120 mls caster sugar - 3
390 ml Milk - 4
154.8 mls butter - 5
60 mls yeast - 6 6 tablespoons caster sugar
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Times for this recipe
Preparation: 33 min.
Resting: 2 hours 30 min.
Cooking: 10 min.
All in all: 3 hours 13 min.
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 3 min.
In a cup mix 60 mls 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 120 mls caster sugar, 154.8 mls butter and 1 litre 638 ml 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.
Keeping: 1 or 2 days in an airtight tin.
Source: Based on Jamie Oliver's recipe.
Nutritional information
| Proteins (gr) | Carbohydrates (gr) | Fats (gr) | Energy value (in k-calories) | Energy value (in k-joules) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whole recipe | 120 50 % | 1,010 100 % | 140 20 % | 5,760 290 % | 24,130 290 % |
| Per 100 g | 8 3 % | 70 6 % | 9 1 % | 390 20 % | 1,640 20 % |
| Per piece | 3 1 % | 30 3 % | 3 1 % | 160 8 % | 670 8 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 36 Doughnuts : 4.12 €
- Per Doughnuts : 0.11 €
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
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Flour
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