Easy doughnuts

This recipe was written by the amazing Christy from Venezuela.

I have only had the pleasure to make doughnuts two times, and I can assure you that I’m officially addicted to them! I want them to keep coming more often.

This is a common recipe that has been modified by my mom, after our little experience with it. I find it very easy to make because it doesn’t take much ingredients and the only effort goes when kneading the dough.

Yield: 35 doughnuts approximately

What you need:

• Big bowl
• Pastry board / flat surface
• Roll dough
• Doughnut cutter / cup and a plastic bottle cap
• Paper towel
• Frying pot
• Medium-sized pot

Optional: Mixer

Ingredients:

• 500g of all-purpose flour. Add more for dusting
• 100g of granulated sugar. 1 tablespoon additional to go along the yeast
• 1 tablespoon of active dry yeast
• 1 quart of cooking oil
• 4 tablespoon of olive/maize oil
• 2 large eggs
• ½ teaspoon of salt
• ½ teaspoon of vanilla essence
• 200ml of milk

Optional: Sugar and cinnamon to sprinkle

Method:

1. Take part of the milk and heat to 37ºC approximately in a medium-sized pot. Add a tablespoon of sugar, the yeast and stir to dissolve. Cover it and place in a warm spot, without air for 10 minutes, to ferment.
2. Add the vanilla and the 100g of sugar to the other part of the milk left.
3. Place the 500g of all-purpose flour in a volcano shape in the big bowl. Add the eggs, olive/maize oil, the milk with fermented yeast, the remaining milk with sugar and vanilla, then mix all together with your hands or a mixer.
4. Dust the pastry board or a flat surface. Place the dough and knead, keep adding flour as needed. Make sure it’s elastic and smooth. Leave to rest in a ball shape for 30 minutes covered.
5. Take the dough and press it down gently with your hands, then spread it with a roll until you get about ½ inch of thickness.
6. Add the cooking oil to the frying pan and start to heat it. Take the doughnut cutter/cup and bottle cap to cut the dough in a doughnut shape. Fry each doughnut for about 30 seconds each side.
7. Pass the doughnuts on the towel paper to absorb the fat. Sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon if desired.

Did you know that?

• If you dip your doughnut in coffee it will give it a magical taste.
• Doughnuts day is celebrated the first friday of June each year in the U.S.
• The original name for doughnuts was “Oily cake”.
• Eating a doughnut per day can boost your happiness if you truly believe it!