I have loved cooked and baking since I was a little girl of just 11 years. I am enjoying some free time after my recent Graduation, nothing gives me more pleasure than spending time in the kitchen trying new stuff n reviving my cooking skills.

Though i have made doughnuts alot, but this new recipe that i discovered is actually a good one, and the Chocolate topping is my own secret recipe for brownies topping, but, well i used it here on doughnuts as well.

 

Ingredients for Doughnuts 

- 1/2 cup luke warm water

- 1 packet dry Instant yeast + 1 teaspoon sugar

- 1 Cup + 1 & 1/2 cup Flour (ie total 2 n 1/2 cups flour)

- 1/4 cup butter

- 1/4 cup castor Sugar. (Castor sugar is just normal grounded sugar)

- 1 egg

- 1/2 teaspoon salt

- Oil for Frying

 

Ingredients for Chocolate Topping

- 2 Tablespoons Butter

- 3 Teaspoons full cocoa powder.

- 6 teaspoons Castor sugar (u can add more to suit ur palate)

-1/4 cup water

- 1/4 cup milk

- 1/2 cup cream

 

Preparing Doughnuts 

• Combine yeast  and 1 teaspoon sugar in luke warm water and let stand for 3 to 5 minutes.
• Sift and stir in 1 cup flour.
• Cover this spongy dough n let it rise about 30 minutes in a warm place.
• Now in a separate bowl beat butter untill soft and gradually add & beat 1/4 cup castor sugar untill light n creamy.
• Beat egg into the butter sugar mixture.
• Add salt
• Now add this mixture into the Spongy dough n mix with a spatula.
• Sift and f old the 1 n half cups of flour into the mixture.
• Knead the dough till its no longer sticky.
• Cover the bowl and let the dough rise for about 2 hours or untill almost double in bulk.
• Take the dough and divide it into two portions. Now roll 1 portion with a pin till its about 1/4 inch width. take a cutter n cut it into small rounded circles, take a small cutter n cut the centre of these circles. Make all the doughnuts like this
• Put them aside for half hour. Now make the chocolate topping.

Method for Chocolate topping: 

In a saucepan melt butter on very low flame, add cocoa powder and mix it, while constant stirring on low flame add sugar and water. Mix it well making sure no granules left, and add milk while constantly stirring on flame, now add cream and continue stirring and cooking it on low flame till the chocolate is dark in color with a thick consistency.

 

Finalising Doughnuts 

• Heat oil in a deep fryer to hot.
• Fry the doughnuts in medium flame till golden brown from both sides.
• As soon as you take the doughnuts out of fryer dip it in hot chocolate dipp n serve.