how to make donuts in the oven without frying?
Normally frying and donuts are two inseparable notions, but it must be admitted that cooking in oil has some flaws. So to still enjoy good donuts for Mardi Gras, but also the rest of the year, find out how to make donuts in the oven!
Frying isn’t always easy. It’s greasy, you have to be equipped with a fryer, be careful when using it so as not to burn yourself and it leaves bad smells in the room. As for the fries, it is possible to make donuts without going through the oil bath box and the result is astonishing: you get a soft donut and much less fat in the mouth. A very good alternative for Mardi Gras.
Donuts in the oven: instructions for use
For the ingredients, you will need:
- 300g wheat flour
- 100ml of milk (or vegetable drink)
- 7 g dehydrated baker’s yeast
- 1 egg
- 2 tbsp. powdered sugar
- A sachet of vanilla sugar (optional)
- 0.5 tsp. salt coffee
- 20 g softened butter
1- In the bowl of the pastry robot or in a salad bowl, add the flour and the baker’s yeast and mix.
In a bowl, break the egg and beat it, then add it to the flour.
2- Heat the milk over low heat and add the sugars and butter, mix. Get out of the fire.
3- Gradually add the milk to the flour. Be careful, it must be lukewarm so as not to damage the yeast.
4- Finish with salt and work the dough by hand or with the pastry robot. The edges need to peel off, this may take several minutes.
5- Film the dough on contact and leave to rest for 1 hour at room temperature.
6- Work the dough to remove the air and form a ball again.
7- Flour the work surface and flatten the dough with a rolling pin.
8- Cut the dough with a round cookie cutter to have regular donuts. If you don’t have one, that’s okay, use a small bowl or a glass.
9- Place the dough pieces on a baking sheet lined with baking paper and let them rise for another 45 minutes at room temperature.
10: Cooking, preheat the oven to 180°C and bake for about 12 minutes.
The decisive step:
The trick that will make your donuts very soft is to brush them with very hot water before roll them in sugar right out of the oven. As they are still hot, the water will evaporate from the inside to the outside of the donut and give it a lot of softness.
You can also flavor the water with orange blossom or rum.
Here is also another alternative of donuts without frying:
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