Basic Doughnut Recipe

I always dread making doughnuts because all the recipe I found online always gives huge quantity!! These made around 16 doughnuts which was perfect! 

Basic Doughnut Recipe

1 sachet instant yeast (11g)

1/4 cup water (lukewarm)

3/4 cup warm milk (pop in the microwave for a bit)

Stir yeast in the milk / water mixture and let it bubble up for about 5 minutes

1/3 cup sugar

1/2 tsp salt

1 egg

40g shortening (slightly less than 1/4 cup)

2 1/2 cups flour (pour only 2 cups first)

Add the above ingredients in and beat with a paddle attachement until well mixed. If dough is still sticky, add in the extra 1/2 cup flour. Change to hook attachment and knead for about 3 minutes on medium scraping the sides every now and then. Remove from mixer and let dough rest until doubled the amount. It was a warm day today so it doubled around 45 minutes. 

Roll the dough on a well floured surface and cut into circles with a round cutter. Use the smallest cutter to cut the holes in the middle. Arrange cut dough on a floured tray and let rise for another 10 minutes. Heat oil and fry the doughnuts until golden. Sprinkle icing sugar or you can make some browned butter glaze with it (in the previous post) http://www.narny.blogspot.sg/2013/04/browned-butter-glazed-doughnuts.html