Name: Doughnut recipe
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 95 min
Total time: 115 min
Yield: 25
Ingredients: 2 x 7 g yeast; 1/4 cup water warmed; 1 cup milk warmed; 1/4 cup caster sugar; 60 g butter melted; 2 egg lightly beaten; 3 3/4 cup plain flour; 1 egg whites lightly beaten; 1/2 cup raspberry jam; 1 cup oil hot; 1 cup caster sugar to coat

by Bella Last updated on 07/09/2019

Great for morning tea. - Bella

Ingredients

2 x 7 g yeast
1/4 cup water warmed
1 cup milk warmed
1/4 cup caster sugar
60 g butter melted
2 egg lightly beaten
3 3/4 cup plain flour
1 egg whites lightly beaten
1/2 cup raspberry jam
1 cup oil hot
1 cup caster sugar to coat

Method

Step 1

Combine yeast, water, milk and sugar in a small bowl. Cover and stand in a warm place for about 10 minutes.
Step 2

Stir butter and eggs into yeast mixture.
Step 3

Sift flour into a large bowl, stir in yeast mixture and mix to a soft dough. Cover and stand in a warm place for about 50 minutes or until it has doubled in size.
Step 4

Turn dough onto a lightly floured surface and knead for about 5 minutes.
Step 5

Roll dough until about 1 cm thick and cut into 5 cm rounds.
Step 6

Brush half the rounds with egg white.
Step 7

Drop 1 teaspoon of jam in centre of each round and top with remaining rounds, pinching edges together.
Step 8

Loosely cover rounds with oiled plastic wrap and stand in a warm place for about 10-15 minutes until almost doubled in size.
Step 9

Deep-fry doughnuts in batches of hot oil until well browned.
Step 10

Drain on absorbent paper and toss immediately in extra sugar.

Equipment

2 bowl
1 pastry brush
1 deep fryer

Recipe Notes

from Australia’s Best Recipes team

You can use any jam. Also works well without the jam. Just roll to about 2 cm thick and cut out a 5cm round and then a smaller hole inside the round to make the classic doughnut shape.