Sugar Raised Donuts
Easy-fry donuts sprinkled with granulated sugar!
⏱️ Prep: 90 min🍳 Cook: 60 min🍽️ Makes 24
Ingredients
| 1/2 cup | 120 ml | warm water |
| 3/4 cup | 180 ml | milk (lukewarm) |
| 2 packages | active dry yeast | |
| 1 tsp | 5 ml | white sugar |
| 1 tsp | 5 ml | salt |
| 2 | large eggs | |
| 4 cups | 960 ml | flour (sifted) |
| 1/3 cup | 80 ml | vegetable shortening |
| — | vegetable oil, deep for frying | |
| — | granulated sugar, for sprinkling |
Instructions
- In a small bowl, stir in yeast, 1 teaspoon of sugar, and 1/2 cup of warm water. Allow to stand for 5 to 10 minutes. In a small saucepan, heat milk and vegetable shortening over medium-low heat. Cook until the vegetable shortening has melted then remove the saucepan from heat.
- In a stand mixer, pour 1/4 cup of sugar and the salt. Add in the milk and shortening mixture then mix on a low setting.
- Add the yeast mixture, 1 cup of flour, and eggs. Keep on low speed. Once it's smooth, add in remaining flour. You'll get a nice, soft dough.
- Beat for 2 to 3 minutes. The dough should settle in the center of the bowl when it's ready. Take it out of the mixer bowl and place it on a well-floured area. Knead until it becomes elastic.
- Make the dough into a ball. In a greased bowl, toss in the ball and slather grease on top of it then cover the bowl with parchment paper. Place the bowl in a warm place and let the dough rise. It should double in size in about 1 hour.
- Once ready, roll out the dough on a floured surface. It should be around 1/2-inch thick. With a 3 and 1/2-inch donut cutter, cut donuts out of the dough. Using a 1-inch smaller cutter, cut out the centers of the donuts. Let all of the donuts rise. This should take about 40 minutes to an hour.
- Heat oil in a deep-fryer to 350°F. Take a donut and gently drop it into the oil. Do not fill the deep-fryer, work with small amounts of dough; that way they don't stick to each other. Cook until the donuts are slightly golden brown.
- Take them out of the oil and drain in paper towels to remove excess oil. Sprinkle with sugar.
- Serve and enjoy.