How to Make Jelly Doughnuts

Serves: 12

Preparation time: over 2 hours

Cooking time: 30 mins

Ingredients needed to make Jelly Doughnuts:

• 1 2/3 cup all purpose flour
• 1 tsp dried yeast
• 1 egg
• 1 egg yolk
• 2 tbsp sugar
• Pinch of salt
• ¼ cup lukewarm milk
• 2 drops vanilla extract
• 3 tbsp vegetable oil
• jam of your preferred flavour
• vegetable oil, for deep-frying
• icing sugar, for dusting

Cooking instructions for Jelly Doughnuts:

• Stir in the yeast into the lukewarm milk, along with a tsp of sugar until well combined; allow to rest for about 10 minutes or until the yeast becomes active and the mixture turns frothy.
• Crack the egg into a medium bowl and add the egg yolk as well as remaining sugar.
• Whisk them together thoroughly until mixed thoroughly and the sugar dissolves.
• Drizzle the oil into it, along with a splash of vanilla and salt and continue to beat the mixture until well mixed.
• Add the flour, few tbsp at a time, and fold it into the mixture, until all of it is incorporated into the mixture to form a soft and smooth dough.
• Place the dough onto a lightly floured flat surface and knead the dough for about 4-5 minutes, dusting it with more flour if it appears too sticky.
• Transfer it to a pre-oiled bowl and roll it along its sides to oil all over.
• Wrap its surface with a plastic wrap and allow to rest for a couple of hours, in a warm place, until it rises to double its previous size.
• Return it to the floured surface and punch it down for several minutes to deflat it.
• Flatten it out into a ¼’’ thick rectangle, using a rolling pin, and carve out 2’’ wide discs with the help of a cookie cutter.
• Gather the scraps together and roll it into a large ball.
• Process it similarly to cut out more discs from it.
• Spoon in small amount of jam at the middle of each dough disc and paint its sides with small amount of water.
• Place another disc on top and press the open ends together firmly to seal.
• Place it on a floured plate and make rest of the doughnuts in a similar fashion.
• Set them aside for half an hour or until they rise up again.
• Pour in vegetable oil into a deep fryer until it stands 1 ½’’ from the base and heat it to moderate hotness.
• Working in batches, lower the stuffed doughnuts into the hot oil and deep-fry them for 3-4 minutes or until it browns nicely.
• Flip it over and fry for another minute before draining it out into a tray lined with paper towels.
• Once all the doughnuts are fried, dust them generously with icing sugar and serve warm.

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Last Updated on March 2, 2013 by