Cinnamon sugar or whiskey, orange glaze doughnuts

ingredients

makes 20 doughnuts

  • 1kg plain white flour

  • 120g caster sugar

  • 14g dry yeast

  • pinch salt

  • 6 yolks

  • 210g butter melted

  • 2 cups milk (warm)

method

collect all the ingredients before you start

  1. in a large mixing bowl add flour, sugar, salt and yeast

  2. in a second bowl mix egg yolks, melted butter and warm milk

  3. add egg mix to the flour mixture

  4. knead for on a floured surface until smooth

  5. place dough into a clean bowl and cover with a damp towel

  6. leave for an hour or until double in size

  7. roll dough until it’s 1cm thick

  8. using an 8cm circular cutter cut the doughnuts and place on baking paper

  9. then take a second smaller cutter to cut out the centres

  10. don’t throw away the centres keep them and make doughnut holes

  11. fry doughnuts @ 180 degrees for 2 mins on each side until golden brown

    for cinnamon sugar doughnut roll in cinnamon sugar while warm so the sugar sticks

    for whiskey glaze let the doughnuts cool and dip into glaze then set on a baking rack

whiskey glaze

  • 200g icing sugar

  • zest of 1 orange

  • 20ml orange juice

  • 30ml whiskey

mix together until smooth

Matt Birley