Baked Donut Recipe
A healthier version of soft and fluffy Donuts which are Baked and not deep-fried.
Servings: 12 pcs
Ingredients
- 300 gms All-purpose flour
- 50 gms Sugar
- 1/4 tsp Salt
- 1 tsp Instant Yeast
- 160 gms Milk
- 50 gms Unsalted Butter
- 80 ml Water
- 1/4 tsp Vanilla Extract
- For Frosting Melted chocolate
- For Frosting Castor Sugar
Instructions
- In a bowl add flour, sugar, salt, and instant yeast. Mix all ingredients well.
- Add approximately 160ml of warm milk, 50 gms of melted butter and vanilla extract.
- Mix them well, with other ingredients and gently add water to knead the dough.
- Ensure you knead a non sticky dough, if the dough is sticky dust little flour and knead it again. Dough should not stick to your hands and sides of the bowl.
- Cover the bowl with a cling wrap and let the dough rest for 40 mins. This is the proofing time.
- After approximately 40 mins the dough doubles in size.
- Remove the cling wrap and punch the dough to remove the excess air.
- Using a rolling pin, roll the dough into circular shapes of half-inch thickness.
- Using a cookie cutter or donut cutter, cut a 2 ½ inch circle at the centre. Repeat the entire process till all the dough is shaped.
- Place the shaped dough into a lined tray and cover it with a kitchen towel. Leave it for another 20 mins for the shaped donuts to double.
- Preheat the oven at 200°C for 20 minutes.
- After 20 mins, brush the donut dough with milk.
- Place the tray in the oven and bake it at 200°C for 20 mins. As the dough contains sugar, keep an eye on the donuts as the crust might brown quickly.
- If you notice this, lower the temperature by 20°C and continue baking.
- After the donuts are baked, remove them on a wire rack and allow them to cool.
- For Chocolate coating on Donuts, Melt chocolate and Dip the donuts in chocolate, coat them and allow them to cool on a wire rack.
- For Sugar-coated Donuts, Apply a layer of hot melted butter on the donuts and then dip them in a plate of powdered sugar. Ensure the coats are well on the entire donut surface.
- Mouth watering donuts are ready to serve.