Homemade sugar free donuts, easy, hassle free and delicious. What else could we wish for?
Course Dessert
Cuisine Sugar free recipe
Prep Time 40 minutesminutes
Cook Time 10 minutesminutes
Total Time 50 minutesminutes
Ingredients
½ozFresh yeast
1cupLukewarm milk or water
5cupsFlour
3mediumEggs
4tablespoonsButter
2tablespoons Honey or sweetener of choice (optional)
Instructions
Add yeast to lukewarm milk and stir it well. Allow it to sit for five minutes. If it starts to bubble don't worry it's only the yeast working and it's completely normal.
Put flour, eggs, butter and yeasty milk into a big bowl. Knead until the dough comes together. We are after a fairly soft dough so don’t worry if it sticks to the wall of the bowl here and there.
Cover the dough then place it into a 68°F – 81°F /20°C – 27°C corner to raise for 60 – 90 minutes.
Turn out the dough on to a heavily floured surface.
Roll it out to about 1 finger thick. Keep flouring as necessary so the dough won’t stick down or to the rolling pin.
Use a donuts cutter or a cup to cut out our homemade donuts. Dip the cutter into flour after each cut so the dough won’t stick to it. Place them onto a tray so it will be easy to move them around as needed.
Cover the donuts gently.
Place them into a 68°F – 81°F /20°C – 27°C corner to raise for 60 minutes.
The ideal donut frying temperature 350-375⁰F / 175 – 190°C. If no kitchen thermometer is available then fill frying pan with oil and heat to medium heat. Try the oil by dropping a little leftover dough in there. If it sizzles and rises immediately to the surface, the oil is ready. Be patient and don’t try to put doughnut into the oil before it’s not hot enough. Also if the oil is too hot the dough won’t rise as much as it could and we end up with much denser results.Carefully place donuts upside down into the frying pan. Use a spatula to easily pick up the dough.
Put on a lid! This will trap heat and moisture which allows the donuts to increase in volume more.
After about a minute check the bottom for golden brown color. If it’s done flip them over to the other side. Now we don’t need the lid.
Remove them from the oil as soon as they’re golden brown on both sides. Let them drip off any excess oil in a prepared sieve or place them onto a paper towel. If we can see the whitish stripe in the middle then we have a nice and fluffy donuts. No stripes no fluffiness.
Notes
Serve the light, fluffy, homemade donuts with jam or chocolate spread.