Donuts

Ingredients for Donuts:

Unsalted Butter: 40 gms (chilled)

Sugar: 60 gms (1/3 cup)

Flour (Maida): 250 gms 

Eggs: 1 no.

Salt: ¼ tsp

Baking Powder: 2 small pinch

Vanilla Essence: ½ tsp

Milk: 100 ml

Yeast: 1tsp

 Ingredients for Chocolate Glazing:

Chocolate chips: ½ cup

Butter: 2 tsp

Fresh Cream: 2 tsp

Ingredients for Sugar Glazing:

Powdered Sugar: ½ cup

Butter: 1 tsp

Vanilla essence: few drops (optional)

Water: 2 tbsp

Method:

Measure all the ingredients. Sieve the flour, Baking Powder and salt together  combine well.

In a cup, add 1 tsp yeast and 1 tbsp sugar and pour half of the Luke warm milk, stir and keep aside for rising.

Take the chilled butter and mix with the flour to form bread crumb texture. Mix the rest of the sugar with the remaining milk. Slightly beat the egg and add vanilla Essence. 

Pour it to the Maida mix along with fermented yeast and milk and combine well to form a soft smooth dough. Cover well and let it rest till double in size (around one and half hour).

Tap the dough and roll into ¼ inch thickness. Cut out rings with a donut cutter and keep in a dusted plate for rising again (20 minutes).

Heat oil in a pan and fry the donuts on both sides till golden brown, drain and keep aside. Coat on one side with chocolate or sugar glazing and decorate with sprinkles or icing sugar.

For chocolate glazing:

Melt the chocoloate chips and butter together in a bowl (double boiler method). Add cream and mix well to get thick, smooth consistency.

For sugar glazing:

Mix the powdered sugar, warm water and butter together. Add two drops vanilla essence. Dip the donuts in the chocolate or sugar glazing and top with sprinkles or icing sugar.