Donuts
The donut is one of the western sweets that has spread in the Arab countries; Because of its delicious taste, it is a circular dough pierced from the middle like a calf, which is prepared by frying in vegetable oil, or grilling in the oven, and decorated and stuffed with many sauces such as chocolate or custard, in this article we will learn about the steps that must be followed to make dough and its formation
How donuts work
Dough Ingredients:
- Two cups of fine flour.
- A tablespoon of instant yeast.
- Half a teaspoon of salt.
- Half a teaspoon of baking powder.
- A quarter cup of caster sugar.
- big egg.
- A teaspoon of liquid vanilla.
- Three tablespoons of white vegetable ghee.
- Half a teaspoon of finely grated orange.
- Quarter of a teaspoon of ground cinnamon.
- Three quarters of warm milk.
- Two cups of vegetable corn oil for frying.
- Food coloring for decoration.
Sugar Covering Ingredients:
- Two cups of fine powdered sugar.
- Half a teaspoon of liquid vanilla.
- A tablespoon of cream, or milk, to taste.
Chocolate Covering:
- Two cups of fine powdered sugar.
- Three tablespoons of cocoa powder, gentlemen.
- Two cups of cream or milk, as desired.
How to prepare:
- Put the flour, yeast, salt, baking powder, sugar, eggs, vanilla, ghee, grated orange, cinnamon and milk in the electric mixer, install the dough hook, and turn it on at a medium speed; To get a smooth and cohesive dough.
- Put the resulting dough in a large dish greased with a little oil, cover it with a piece of nylon, and put it in a warm place for an hour; Until doubled in size, and fermented.
Donut making method
- Spread the dough on a surface using a rolling pin until its thickness is appropriate, and cut it using round cookie cutters according to the preferred size, and then form a small circle in the center of each large circle.
- Put the circles inside the dish sprinkled with flour, cover it with a clean piece of nylon, and put it in a warm place for about a third of an hour; To rest.
- Put an amount of oil in a deep frying pan, put it on a medium heat, and leave it until the oil is completely heated, and put the donut circles inside the frying pan, and stir them using a wooden spoon with large holes, until they mature and become golden and red.
- Remove the donuts from the pan, and place them on pieces of kitchen paper; To get rid of the excess oil, leave it aside, until it cools completely before decorating it.
Donut decoration
- Put the sugar, liquid vanilla, and cream in a deep bowl, and mix the ingredients well, for complete homogeneity, and to obtain a smooth and thick cream, which is easy to apply.
- Add a few drops of your favorite food color to cover the sugar, with constant stirring; To get a colored cream.
- Put the sugar, cocoa powder, and cream in a medium-sized bowl, and mix the ingredients well with each other; to interfere with each other; To make a fish sauce.
- Put the donuts inside the chocolate, and dip them well; To cover the surface, decorate it with vermicelli, or cover it with colored sugar, and then put it in a serving dish, and serve it cold.
