recipe: raised doughnuts

I am personally not a huge fan of doughnuts, but my husband and children are. It’s usually their treat whenever we make the odd trip into town and need some sort of snack in order to make it to the next meal! I’ve always wanted to try baking them myself, but never seemed overly motivated. That is, until now.

These were actually fairly easy to make! The only issue was that every website that I came across would not say how long to cook the doughnuts in the oil. I thought that turning raw dough into cooked dough would take 5-10 minutes at least. In fact, it only tastes about 2 minutes! Hence they are a little darker than they should be. However, I adjusted the recipe accordingly. My next batch (and yours) should turn out perfectly!

Raised Doughnuts

Makes 1 dozen

Ingredients:

1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 tbsp butter, plus more to grease
3/4 cup buttermilk or soured milk, hot
1/4 cup water, hot
1 1/2 tsp active dry yeast
1 large egg
3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp ground nutmeg
1 tsp salt
4 cups oil
Icing
Sprinkles

Steps:

1. In a large bowl, combine the sugar, butter, milk, water, and yeast. Stir. Let stand covered for 10 minutes.

2. Next beat in the egg. Add the flour, nutmeg, and salt and mix until well combined. Knead in bowl until consistency is firm yet not too sticky. Grease a medium-sized bowl and place dough inside. Cover with a tea towel and let stand for 1 hour.

3. Punch down dough. Move to a floured surface and roll out into one long strip. Divide into 12 balls. Poke a hole in the centre of each ball using your finger. Work into a nice, even, smooth shape of a doughnut. Repeat. Cover and let rise for 30 minutes.

4. Drop each doughnut into a deep fryer or lightly boiling pot of oil. Cook for about 1 minute on each side, then remove and place onto tea towel over a cutting board or cookie sheet. Let cool.

5. Finally, decorate as desired! I glazed with icing and then topped with sprinkles. Have fun with it! They’re yours to enjoy.

Emory