Jam Doughnuts
Soft, yeasted doughnuts cooked in hot oil, rolled in sugar and filled with raspberry or strawberry jam.
Photograph credit: Food homemade Krapfen doughnuts 001 (53611076778) by Jan Helebrant · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Build the Meal Around Jam Doughnuts
- Hot tea
- Coffee
- Hot chocolate
- Fresh berries
Making Jam Doughnuts, Step by Step
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Mix the flour, 60 g sugar, yeast and salt. Add the milk, egg and butter and knead for 10 minutes until smooth and elastic.
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Cover and leave to rise for 1 hour until doubled.
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Roll out to 2 cm thick and cut 12 rounds, 8 cm across. Place on floured paper and leave to rise for 30 minutes.
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Heat the oil to 170°C / 340°F. Fry the doughnuts in batches for 2 minutes on each side until deep golden. Drain on kitchen paper and roll in the 100 g sugar.
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Cool for 10 minutes. Using a piping bag with a long nozzle, pipe the jam into the side of each doughnut.
A Few Notes
Use a thermometer for the oil.
Do not overcrowd the pan.
Eat them the same day.
Leftovers
Best eaten the day they are made.
Common Questions
How long does Jam Doughnuts take to make?
40 minutes of preparation and 20 minutes of cooking, plus 1 hour 30 minutes of Proving, so allow 2 hours 30 minutes from start to finish. The recipe serves 12.
Jam Doughnuts Nutrition
No nutrition figures are given for this recipe: they cannot be worked out reliably from its ingredient list (how much frying oil the food takes up cannot be known from the recipe). Why some recipes have none.
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