Classic Fluffy Doughnut Recipe

It's entering cold season now. I thought of doing some classic doughnyt that goes with a cup of tea or perhaps some coffee.

The ingredients:

• 500g plain flour
• 2 tablespoon or (6g) instant yeast
• 1 tablespoon of shortening (I don't use in this session)
• 50g unsalted butter/margarine
• 2 tablespoon  sugar
• 2 teaspoon condense milk/milk powder
• 1 egg
• 1/2 small spoon salt
• 200ml warm water(not so hot)
• castor sugar or melting chocolate for topping (up to you)

 Directions:

1. 1 Put the warm water- then pour into a big bowl. Add in yeast and then whisk. Follows by the 2 sugar, milk, margarine/unsalted butter and shortening (if you have it). Whisk all together to mix well then let it sit to rising and bubbles for 10-15 minutes.
2. Once yeast bubbled up, sift half of the flour into the mix. Also, add the egg together.
3. Mix well until it becomes a firm, soft dough where it doesn't stick anywhere else. Depend on the size of the egg, if needed add 1-2 tbsp flour to stabilise the dough
4. Add the rest of the sifted flour. You can use a bread maker to mix the ingredient. But I just use my hand.
5. Put aside, cover with a kitchen towel or kitchen plastic wrap & let it rest for minimum 45 minutes and not more than 60 minutes to raise double.
6. Sift some flour on your kneading spot and soak your hand with some meal before taking out the dough.
7. Take out the dough and roll to about 1-inch thick and cut with a doughnut cutter or alt you can use any jar lid to cut them,(I use the small cup) into a round shape and any smaller round plastic bottle to cut the centre hole
8. Let it sit again for at least 15 minutes/max 20 minutes to raised double back, or when you lift them, they are more fluffy and lighter
9. Preheat cooking oil in a generous size pan.  adjust to the  heat later when frying your raw doughnut, so it cooked evenly out and inside until they become golden brownish
10.  When it becomes golden brownish, remove from the oiled pan into a strainer.
11. Let it dry down some oil and then dip or sprinkle a fine sugar and its ready to be served.
12. You can use chocolate and sprinkle too on top.

Waiting for the yeast to bubble

Then add the flour.

This dough after rested for about 30 minutes.

Cut the dough into a small circle using a small cup (you can use doughnut cutter if you have one)

Please excuse the look as this is done with my little chef :)

Fry the doughnut!

Ready to eat! :)

credit to blogger friend http://noriatisaud.blogspot.jp/search/label/Resepi

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