How to prepare Fried Donuts

• Let’s proceed to the preparation of Fried Donuts, if you have a stand mixer it will certainly be easier and faster to prepare, otherwise don’t worry, you can knead in a bowl. Dissolve the yeast with a little milk. Work the flours, sugar, and salt in the stand mixer. Then add the dissolved yeast and the remaining milk and water. Knead everything and finally add the butter, continue to work the dough until well incorporated. Cover the bowl with cling film and let rise for 2 or 3 hours, the dough should double.  

• Transfer the dough to the work surface and roll it out to a thickness of about 1/2 inch and with the help of a cookie cutter, cut out the discs and with a smaller cookie cutter make the hole inside. Place the donuts on parchment paper well spaced and let rise for another hour, either covered or better yet in a turned-off oven.  

• After the rising, cut the parchment paper so that each donut has its own paper, this will help us to place them in the oil. Now pour the peanut oil in a pot and bring it to a temperature of 340/360°F, if you don’t have a thermometer do the test with the handle of a wooden spoon, if bubbles form around it, it means the temperature is perfect to pour the first donut. Take the parchment sheet where the donut is placed and lay the donuts one at a time in the oil, you will see that they will detach by themselves from the paper, remove the paper and let the donuts cook, do not cook too many at once. When they are golden brown, drain them and let them dry on absorbent paper. Pass them on both sides over granulated sugar so that they are well covered, serve them hot or at room temperature.