How to make Doughnuts

Doughnuts are popular pastries that are eaten regularly. You can get a lot of money from making and selling doughnuts here in Nigeria. Learn how to make doughnuts for free on Elistatus.

Preparation Time: 2 hours

Ingredients (Doughnut)

3 cups of all-purpose flour
1/2 cup of flour (for kneading the dough)
3/4 cup of milk
1 teaspoon of nutmeg (optional)
3 tablespoons of warm water
1 1/2 tablespoon or 2 packets of yeast
2 eggs
4 tablespoons of butter
Oil for frying
4 teaspoons of Sugar
2 cups of confectioner’s sugar.
1 teaspoon of salt

Ingredients (Doughnut Filling)

5 grams of raspberry jam or jelly (Optional)

Instructions

Sift 2 cups of flour into a medium-sized bowl together with the nutmeg powder, sugar, salt and yeast. Mix the contents thoroughly.
Break the eggs and empty their contents into a small bowl. Add the warm milk and butter into the bowl. Mix them.
Create a hollow space in the centre of the sifted flour. Pour the egg mixture into the well at the centre of the flour. Knead the flour until it forms a soft and consistent dough.
Rub some flour on your work surface or slab. Put the kneaded dough on the slab and knead again for nearly five minutes until it becomes soft, non-sticky and moist. Add the water.
Grease another medium-sized bowl thoroughly. Place the dough in the bowl. Grease the surface of the dough to prevent it from drying.
Cover the pan with a cloth or nylon. Leave the dough to rise for about one hour.
Expel the trapped air from the dough by punching it several times. Place it on your work surface or slab.
Cut the dough into doughnut-shaped circles. When you are done with this, place all the doughnut circles inside a bowl and allow them to rise for another 20 minutes.

Frying

Preheat the oil to about 180 degrees Celsius.
Place the doughnut-shaped dough inside the preheated oil.
Fry until they are golden-brown in colour.
Place the doughnuts into a bowl lined with paper towels to absorb the excess oil from the doughnuts.