Baked yeasted doughnuts

We knead to bake #6 June 2013. Half a year is already gone.....and this is the 6th bread, I learnt to bake with success. It was a fool proof and easy recipe. The doughnut glaze was a bit difficult for me, I need to try it again. I made it in a hurry, and dipped and clicked pictures, as I had to take my little one out for his summer holiday activity. The doughnuts were nice and soft. I left the "holes" un-glazed and just dabbed them with melted butter and they tasted lovely just like that. Another beautiful recipe, shared by our host +Aparna Balasubramanian. 

6 months back, I wouldn't have even dreamt about making a doughnut at home... :)  They were so soft and perfect....!!!

Ingredients:

• 1/4 cup superfine sugar
  
• 1 cup warm milk
• 3/4 tsp instant yeast
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 and 1/2 to 2 and 1/2 cup all purpose flour
• 1 cup of cake flour
• 100 gm butter
• more flour for kneading
• for the topping: Glaze of your choice. I have used cinnamon sugar glaze and lindt chocolate glaze (Recipe follows)

Recipe(Lara Feroni's dougnuts):

• I used a food processor to make the doughnut dough, but it can be made with a hand whisk with a dough hook attachment or by kneading with hand.
• Put the milk, vanilla, sugar, salt and yeast in the food processor bowl and pulse till everything is well mixed.

• Add a cup of cake flour and all purpose flour, and pulse the processor to get a sticky dough.
• Now keep adding more flour and pulse, till all the flour forms a dough.

• Now, add butter and mix till the butter in well incorporated in the dough. You can add more flour to get a soft, non-sticky dough.

• I used 1 cup of cake flour and about a little less than 3 cups of all purpose flour.
• Take the dough out of the food processor, and knead it for 2-3 minutes by hand.
• Put it in a well greased bowl to rise.Cover with a plastic wrap.

• It will double in about an hour or two.

• Punch the dough down. Divide the dough in 2 or 3 portions and keep them covered.
• Roll out one of the portions to 1/2 inch thick. 

• Cut out the doughnuts with a doughnut cutter ..or anything else like maybe 2 lids. 

• Carefully, lift out the doughnuts and put them on a baking sheet about 1 inch apart.

• Let them rise again for about 20 minutes.

• Bake in a preheated oven at 200 degrees for 5 to 10 minutes.

• Brush them with melted butter, as soon as they are taken out of the oven. 

• Glaze them as you wish.

Recipe for melted chocolate:

• I used lindt bar. Used about 4 squares of chocolate. Keep them in microwave safe bowl and microwave for 40 secs to 1 minute or more..checking every 20 seconds.
• You can also melt the chocolate in a double boiler.

Recipe for cinnamon sugar glaze:

• I added 1 tsp of cinnamon powder to 1/4 cup of sugar. Added about 3-4 tsp of water till all the sugar was soaked.
• Boil the sugar and water, till the sugar is melted. I was in a hurry, so my sugar didn't melt well.

Quantity:

• 24 mini doughnuts and holes

Notes:

• This is yet another recipe which I tried for the first time and got perfect results. The doughnuts were very soft and yummy. Thank you, +Aparna Balasubramanian  one more time :) !!!