There are very few people in this world who can resist doughnuts! The perfect party food or the indulgent dessert idea!
Doughnuts are a favorite with everyone at my house! I had learned to make them in the baking course but never made them post that. In October, when daring bakers were making them, I so wanted to make them too but was just too busy with many things.
When Ojas came and told me he wants doughnuts for his party, I was like why not? So I made a small quantity, a week before the party as a trial and it was yummy! Soft and fluffy as its supposed to be and everyone in the house loved them.
The recipe is something that I made up by combining the best of both – the daring bakers recipe and the recipe I got from my institute. The doughnuts came out really really soft. And I loved the addition of cardamom and saffron that I picked up from Meeta’s version.
However, a word of caution. If you want to store it for a day or two, store it in an airtight container without the glaze. I made it again for the party one day in advance and forgot to put in an air container and they had lost some of the softness. But honestly, the taste was so good that they were a super hit at the party. And making doughnuts at home gave me that satisfaction of trying out something new and being good at it!
I know there are so many outlets which now sell doughnuts but there is something amazing about baking them at home. The smell of the fresh doughnut baking in the oven should be bottled up and sold for a price, really! The whole house smelt divine when I put in the batch to bake! Pretty similar to the awesome smell that wafted through the house when I put in a batch of double chocolate banana bread to bake!
Everyones Favourite : Doughnuts
Ingredients
- 180 ml milk
- 30 g unsalted butter
- 14 g yeast fresh (If you are using dry yeast, use only 7 grams)
- 40 ml water warm
- 1 egg large and beaten (if you don't want to use, replace it with 35-40 ml milk)
- 40 g sugar
- pinch salt
- 1 teaspoon cardamom ground
- 1/2 teaspoon saffron crushed strands
- 2 tbsps milk powder
For topping syrup
- 1 tbsp honey
- 1 tbsp maple syrup
- 1 tbsp sugar
- Sugar chocolate candies and vermicilli for decoration
Instructions
- Warm the milk just enough to a level where you can melt the butter in it, add the butter to the milk and whisk a little to melt.
- Add the saffron strands and cardamom powder to it and let it stand for sometime.
- In a separate bowl, add the sugar and yeast and pour the warm water on it. Let it stand for 10 minutes for the yeast to activate.
- Add the activated yeast mixture, the milk mixture and the beaten egg to the bowl of your mixer and mixture at medium speed for 1 minute using the paddle or the creaming blade.
- Add flour in two batches running the mixer at low speed when you add the flour and making it to medium speed for 1 minute after that,
- Change the blade to the kneading blade and knead on medium speed till you have a smooth dough, Please don't over knead the dough.
- Alternatively, you can knead the dough with your hands too, knead just enough to form a nice smooth dough, I think it would take about 7-10 minutes.
- Make a ball of the dough and keep in a large greased bowl for raising.
- Leave it for about an hour or till it has doubled in size (mine took about 45 minutes)
- Roll into a thickness of about 3/4 inch and cut using doughnut cutters or two concentric round cookie cutters.
- Leave for proofing in a dark place till they double in size and bounce back when you touch them. Mine took about 1.5 hours.
- Heat oil in a pan and deep fry for about 30secs - 1 min on each side.
- For the topping, whisk together all ingredients till just about mixed. Dip your doughnut in the liquid on one side and sprinkle one of the above toppings or any topping of your choice or eat it just like that.
Notes
Thanks so much Mon, for sharing this! Although I need to gather courage to make this one – I shy away from deep frying 🙁 But these look too good to not try 🙂
We go crazy at the Krispy Kreme outlets here – All three of us love dougnuts 🙂
That pattern on the dough looks amazing indeed and so do the doughnuts 🙂
okay Mon… where will I get sugar candies and chocolate vermicelli? pls to be telling… same place we discussed?
is it possible to bake these doughnuts instead of frying them? would love to do that… just reading about frying stuff makes me put on weight….
they look awesome btw… esp the chocolate topping ones… makes me want to come right over to your home and sit there until u make some for me….
I’m droooooling at those doughnuts Mon! I’ve been
looking for a nice doable doughnut recipe for sometime and this one def makes me want to give it a try. The three of us here are major doughnut lovers too 🙂
Smits, Krispy Kreme doughnuts are much relished here as well….they are yummmmmmy, ain’t they?
yeah I hate deep frying too but some recipes u cant just avoid 🙁
and I think home deep fried much better than store bought deep fried
🙂 thank u for noticing that line swaram
yeah we do get it at the same place we discussed or we can also get it at icablr http://www.ibcablr.com/index.html aka the institute everyone keeps talkin of 😉
and BTW preeti I found this comprehensive list on the web http://sumarowjee.blogspot.com/2010/01/whipping-cream.html
unfortunately doughnuts cant be baked and one of the reasons I dont make them at home often 🙁 I tried baking them it becomes too chewy and rubbery
and come over preeti will make some for u 😀
do try them out deeps they are not very difficult to make
Hi Mon this is a great step-by-step recipe.. Bookmarked..
Can you share the recipe for Old-fashioned doughnuts.. I like those most…
Incredible looking donuts. i think the quantity of flour is missing.