Total duration: 2 hours
Difficulty: Low
For: 4 to 6 people
We’ll take donuts any day of the week. And in any form. There are so many varieties of donuts and we love them all. These custard donuts are no exception. They may look complicated, but they’re easy to make and are just what you need to satisfy your sweet tooth. With a few pantry staples like flour, sugar, buttermilk, yeast, and eggs, you’re ready to create your new favorite dessert. After resting and rolling the dough, the donuts are fried to perfection, dusted with sugar, and then filled with custard. Each bite is crispy on the outside, soft and chewy on the inside, and sweet and creamy from the custard filling.
Cream Donut Variations:
There are so many ways to customize this recipe to your tastes. Use vanilla sugar, cocoa sugar, or cinnamon sugar instead of granulated sugar. To create a sugar and cinnamon mixture, simply mix ½ cup granulated sugar with 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon. To ensure the sugar sticks to the donuts, you can brush them with melted butter. You can even top them with dried coconut flakes!
For a filling other than custard, use whipped cream, lemon curd or Nutella.
Ingredients :
HOT WATER 90 ml (6 tbsp)
BUTTERMILK 150 ml (⅔ cup)
EGG 1
BUTTER 50 g (2 tbsp)
FLOUR 500g (4 cups)
SUGAR 50 g (¼ cup)
DRY YEAST 7g
CUSTARD
CREAM SUGAR FOR COATING
Instructions:
Whisk the warm water with ⅓ of the sugar and add the dry yeast. Whisk again and let sit for 5 minutes.
Step 1
Add remaining sugar, buttermilk, eggs and melted butter to yeast solution. Whisk until sugar is dissolved.
Step 2
Add the flour to the wet ingredients and knead the dough until smooth, about 10 minutes. Transfer to an oiled bowl, cover and let rest for 1 hour.
Step 3
Roll out the dough into a large rectangle.
Step 4
Use a cookie cutter to cut the dough into circles.
Step 5
Use a smaller round cookie cutter to cut out the middle of half of the dough circles.
Step 6
Spray some water all over the round and place the circles with the hole in the middle on top.
Step 7
Press lightly. Let stand for 15 minutes.
Step 8
Heat vegetable oil in a large saucepan to about 180°C/350°F. Fry the donuts on both sides for 3 to 4 minutes.
Step 9
If the center puffs up, make a small slit to release the air.
Step 10
Cover the golden donuts with sugar and fill each donut hole with custard.
Step 11
Enjoy!