Baked Doughnuts – We knead to bake

 For this month’s we knead to bake, we has to bake the doughnuts .

   Usually a doughnut or donut is a type of fried dough confectionery or dessert food.  Doughnuts are popular in many countries and prepared in various forms as a sweet snack that can be homemade .

  This is a baked version of the doughnuts. It was healthier than the normal donuts. The preparation are same for both .

Requirements :

Sugar – ¼ cup

Warm milk – 1 cup

Active dry yeast – 1 tbs

Salt – ½ tsp

Vanilla extract – 2 tsp

Cake flour – 1 cup

 ( or )

Corn flour 1 tbs + enough all purpose flour to make up to 1 cup

All purpose flour – 2 ½ cup

Cold butter – 100 g

For Topping :

Chocolate glaze

Or

Condensed milk

And Toppings

Method :

 In the warm milk add a spoon of sugar and the yeast , mix well and let it undisturbed for 15 minutes.

In a bowl , mix the flour , salt , sugar and butter together.

Add the proofed yeast and mix well.

Knead into a soft smooth dough .

Cover with a cling wrap and let it to double.

Knead again and place in the kitchen counter with little flour,

Roll into a thickness of ½” , cut out into doughnuts with the cutter or with the lid. Cut the hole in the center with the bottle cap.

 Place the cut doughnuts in the baking tray with 1 cm apart and let it for second rise for about 20 minutes

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 Bake in the preheated oven for 10 - 15 minutes @ 220* C.

Take off from oven and let them cool.

Apply the chocolate glaze and topping on each doughnut.

I had used condensed milk on few doughnuts.

Jam / melted butter with cinnamon sugar can also be used.

Baked doughnuts are ready to serve.

 @ My diverse kitchen