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This a Delicious Home-Made Donuts recipe, They are awesome and so tasty and delicious.
Delicious Home-Made Donuts
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Total Time: 50 minutes
- Yield: Depending on size – about 12-15
Description
Home-Made Donuts may seem a little intimidating, but I assure you, when you try this recipe, they are really not difficult!
What are the 2 types of donuts?
Ingredients
Donut
- 2 eggs
- 1/4 tsp bicarb
- 4 cups flour
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 4 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp crushed nutmeg
- 1 cup sour milk
- 1/4 cup melted butter
- 2 cups desiccated coconut
Syrup
- 1 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 tsp rose water
- 1 cinnamon stick
Instructions
- Boil together until the sugar has dissolved and the syrup is a bit thick
- Remove from stove
- Allow cooling
- Beat eggs in a large bowl, till its frothy
- Add, sour milk, butter, and sugar
- Beat well
- Sift in flour and baking powder
- Add salt, bicarbonate of soda, and nutmeg
- Make into a nice soft dough
- Break into 3 pieces
- Roll out into 1cm thickness
- Fry in hot oil on medium heat
- Until its a nice golden-brown colour
- Remove from oil, set aside
- Then dip in the cold syrup
- Roll in coconut
- Enjoy
The earliest origins of modern doughnuts are generally traced back to the olykoek (“oil(y) cake”) Dutch settlers brought with them to early New York (or New Amsterdam). These doughnuts closely resembled later ones but did not yet have their current ring shape.
Notes
Prepared, tried, and tested Jennifer Govender Bisnath
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1
- Calories: 349
- Sugar: 38
- Sodium: 245
- Fat: 8
- Saturated Fat: 5
- Unsaturated Fat: 2
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 66
- Fiber: 2
- Protein: 5
- Cholesterol: 34
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My family LOVES it when I make the effort to do these!
Who would not love it?
These look mouth watering delicious! We made donuts recently but we cheated and used pre-made biscuit dough. But we will definitely have to try these.
Hi Amy, I am sure your kiddo will love it. Let me know once you tried it