Donuts


Recipe 

Ingredients
Serves 6

  • 70 gm butter
  • 500 gm plain flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 70 gm sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 260 ml milk
  • oil for frying


Procedure
  • Sieve flour and baking powder in a bowl and rub in the butter. Mix in the sugar.
  • Beat egg and milk together. Make a well in the flour mixture and then pour in the egg mixture. Mix together to make a soft dough.
  • Roll out dough on a well floured surface to about 1 cm (1/2in) thick and cut to shape of choice. You can use 2 different sized biscuit cutters for this.
  • Fry in hot oil for 30 seconds approximately, turn over and cook for  further until golden brown.
  • Drain on tissue paper until cool. Roll in sugar or decorate with icing as desired.
  • Melted chocolate can be used to glaze it, as well as sugar syrup, 























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