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How to Make the Tastiest Donuts

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How to Make the Tastiest Donuts

Donuts made with a truly delicious, 100% successful recipe. No rolling pin is needed — you can simply shape the dough by hand. The chocolate sauce method is included too.

Total time60 min
Prep20 min
Cook40 min
Yield8 servings
DifficultyEasy
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Sauces and dipsInternationalVegetarianGluten freeNut freeEgg freeEasyBalanced time

Recipe story

Donuts made with a truly delicious, 100% successful recipe. No rolling pin is needed — you can simply shape the dough by hand.

Ingredients

  • 5 cups flour
  • 2 egg yolks
  • 2 cups lukewarm milk, or as needed for the flour
  • 2 tablespoons instant yeast
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • A pinch of salt
  • 1 tablespoon butter, at room temperature
  • Chocolate sauce for decoration:
  • 1/2 cup cocoa
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup milk powder
  • 1/2 cup water or liquid milk
  • 1/2 cup oil - less or more, depending on the sauce thickness
  • Chocolate sauce:

Method

  1. Mix all the ingredients together except the butter, then start adding the lukewarm milk gradually while kneading
  2. Finally, add the butter and knead well
  3. Cover the dough and let it rise well
  4. After that, shape the dough into balls according to the donut size you want, and arrange the pieces on parchment paper so the doughnuts keep their shape, then cover them again for 1 hour so they can rest well
    Timers: 60 min
  5. After 1 hour, use a very small cutter and cut out the center of each piece to get the final donut shape
    Timers: 60 min
  6. Let the donuts rest for another hour before frying
  7. Fry the donuts in plenty of hot oil over medium heat so they do not burn if the heat is too high
  8. Remove the donuts from the oil and place them on paper towels to absorb any excess oil
  9. Once they have cooled, decorate them with chocolate sauce or as desired
  10. Add the oil in a thin stream and stop when you reach the desired consistency
  11. Also from the delicious dessert recipes, try ghurayba made by Ruwaida
  12. Who loves cheesecake?? Here is the tastiest Nutella cheesecake
  13. Whisk all the ingredients together in a blender, except the oil

Notes and serving ideas

  • ghurayba
  • Nutella cheesecake
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Ruwaida Al-Haj Al-Rifai

Homemaker and mother who loves cooking and everything to do with the kitchen. She enjoys working with dough and learning new dishes from around the world to present them beautifully to her family and guests.

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