Okay, so I love donuts! But, I absolutely hate the whole proofing process with yeast recipes. There are benefits, trust! Like, the taste and texture are the ones but you can always get an easier option and trust me to try it out and share 😉 so here goes my fluffy, no yeast donut recipe. It took me lots of research to get right, but the method didn't take long at all. Do try them out!
Ingredients:
3 cups (750g) of cake flour
2 tablespoons of sugar
1 teaspoon of salt
1 tablespoon of baking powder
100g melted butter
150ml milk
1 large egg
150ml cooking oil (for frying)
Method:
1. Place oil inside your desired frying pan and set aside (don't heat yet)
2. Break and beat the egg
3. Add sugar, cooled down melted butter, egg and milk and mix with a fork or whisk
4. Fold in salt, flour and baking powder until everything is well mixed (if the dough is too soft to roll, let it sit in the fridge for about 10 minutes)
5. Flour your surface and knead the dough for about 5 to 10 minutes
6. Cut the dough in half and place one half in the fridge while you work with one half
7. Begin to heat the oil at medium heat
8. Roll the half that's not in the fridge and cut into desired donut sizes O
9. Use one donut center to test the oil, if it sizzled, it's ready
10. Fry a few donuts at a time, they cook very fast. Be careful not to burn them. You can use a chopstick to turn and remove them from the oil when cooked. Do not poke them!
Glaze:
1 cup icing sugar
2 teaspoons of vanilla essence
1 to 3 tablespoons of milk
2 tablespoons of cocoa (for chocolate glaze)
Method:
Sift icing sugar into a bowl, add vanilla essence. Add one tablespoon of milk at a time until you reach desired consistency. Dip the donuts while they're still warm and leave to rest.
For chocolate, sift the cocoa and the icing together. If you don't sift, just ensure that you crush all "lumps" when mixing.