I tried making doughnuts about ten years ago. It was too much work. You need to knead and let the dough rise …yadiyadiya…
A few months ago because I was craving for doughnuts at 12am so bad so I decided to search online for an easy no yeast doughnut recipe. Luckily I found one and it was really easy to do! You’ll be eating donuts in 20 minutes! I just made little adjustments on the recipe.
Here it is:
Prep time: 18 minutes
Cook time: 2 minutes
Ingredients
2 tablespoons lemon juice (the original recipe asked for white vinegar)
3/8 cup (6 tablespoons) milk
2 tablespoons softened butter (original recipe: shortening)
1/2 cup white sugar
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
Oil for deep frying
Extra white sugar with cinnamon (original recipe: 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar for dusting)
1. Stir the lemon juice into the milk, and let stand for a few minutes until thick.
**The taste of your doughnuts will have a hint of lemon after each bite. On your first bite you'll taste the sweet cinnamon flavor.Once you finish chwing then you'll taste the lemon flavor.
2. In a medium bowl, cream the butter and sugar together until smooth. Beat in the egg and vanilla until well blended.
3. Sift together the flour, baking soda, and salt; stir into the sugar mixture alternating with the vinegar and milk.
4. Roll dough out on a floured surface to 1/3 inch thickness.
5. The original recipe will tell you to let the dough stand for 10 minutes after cutting into desired shape. What I do is transfer the dough into a cling film and refrigerate it for about 15 minute. This will make the dough a lot easier to work with. You may cut it into 1-inch squares or shape it like a ball. The size will double once cooked.
6. Heat the oil in a skillet. You may use whatever frying device you have. I just use our tiny skillet and fill it half way with oil. Fry doughnuts in the hot oil until golden, turning over once. Sometimes it will turn by itself so you have to babysit. Don't worry it will only take a 2 minutes per batch. Don't burn it!
Drain on paper towels. Roll cooked doughnut in the cinnamon sugar while they are still warm. You may serve it still warm or cooled.
If you're not a cinnamon sugar fan, you may also just dust it with confectioner's sugar and dip the doughnuts in pastry cream, nutella or whatever chocolate sauce you have or maybe cheese. Its all up to you!
I hope you like this recipe.!
Let me know if you have any question or suggestions. ENJOY!!!
**Sorry the pictures aren't very clear. I'll do better next time!
