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Doughnuts / Donut

Ingredients
For Doughnuts
  • Milk (Luke Warm) - 3/4 cup
  • Active Dry Yeast - 2 tsp
  • Sugar - 2 tsp
  • All-purpose Flour / Maida - 2 cups
  • Melted Butter - 2tbsp
  • Oil - for deep frying
For Sugar Glaze
  • Powdered Sugar - 1 cup
  • Butter - 1 tbsp
  • Milk - 2 tbsp
For Chocolate Glaze
  • Chocolate - 50 gms:
  • Butter - 2 tbsp
  • Vanilla Essence - 1/4 tsp
Preparation Method
Doughnuts
  1. In a large glass bowl mix together milk, sugar, and yeast. 
  2. Mix till the yeast dissolved completely and leave aside for 10-15 mins: (till the milk froth)
  3. To the milk gradually add maida and kneed well (the dough will be sticky).
  4. Add melted butter and knead again.
  5. Apply some oil to the kitchen countertop, transfer the dough to the countertop; kneed for 10-15 mins: (till the dough become soft and not sticky).
  6. Tuck in the sides of the dough and make a ball.
  7. Apply 1tsp oil to the bowl and place the dough in the bowl.
  8. Cover the bowl with cling wrap or kitchen towel and leave in a warm place for 1-1.5hrs, till the dough become double in size (depending on the weather condition and quality of yeast the time will vary).
  9. Apply some oil to the hand and punch the dough, so that the air gets released.
  10. Knead the dough for another 2-3 mins:
  11. Sprinkle maida to the countertop and using a rolling pin, roll the dough to 1/2 inch thickness.
  12. Cut dough using a cookie cutter or doughnut cutter to the desired shape.
  13. Place the shaped dough in the serving plate and keep aside for 15-20mins:
  14. Heat oil in a deep bottom pan and fry the doughnuts in the low-medium flame till both the sides become golden in color (Fry one doughnut at a time for better result).
  15. Remove fried doughnut in a strainer to remove excess oil.
Sugar Glaze
  1. Mix well and heat together sugar, butter, and milk. 
  2. Once the sugar dissolved completely, remove from flame and keep aside.
Chocolate Glaze
  1. Melt the chocolate and butter using the double boiler method.
  2. Once the chocolate becomes smooth, remove from flame; add vanilla essence, mix well, keep aside.
Glazing the Doughnuts
  1. Once the doughnuts reached room temperature, dip each doughnut in the desired topping.
  2. Keep aside till the glazing set on the doughnuts.
  3. Enjoy the soft, sweet, home-made Doughnuts.

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