Eggless donuts
Donuts , eggless donut dough is made with flour, milk, sugar, yeast and then the donuts are fried and coated with sugar and cinnamon. It sounds a bit intimidating to make them from scratch but this is a classic recipe for beginners .You can try different variations by coating them with chocolate glaze , lemon glaze .....
All purpose flour 2 & 1/2 cup
Sugar 3 tbsp
Salt 1 tsp
Melted butter 1 tbsp
Instant yeast 1 & 1/2 tsp
Lukewarm milk 1 & 1/4 cup
Cinnamon 2 tsp
Brown sugar / cane sugar 1 cup
Mix sugar and cinnamon and keep aside.
Milk quantity depends on type of flour so add milk gradually to knead the dough.
Method
- Mix flour , sugar , salt and yeast together in a mixing bowl.
- Add milk gradually and knead it for 7-8 minutes.
- Once the dough is smooth , add butter and knead again to incorporate butter uniformly into the dough.
- Keep it covered in a greased bowl for first proofing, until it doubles .
- Once doubled, punch it down to release air.
- Roll the dough out to a thickness of 1/4 inch.
- With the help of cutter , cut the donuts.
- Keep them covered for second rise .
- Once they have risen, deep fry them in hot oil.
- Turn them over as soon as they become golden on underside .
- Remove and place them on paper towel.
- Roll them in cane sugar - cinnamon mixture.
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