Doughnuts

It’s very hard to resist warm, fresh and yummy doughnuts. They’re so tempting and appetizing that you simply can’t refuse! The good news is that they’re also quite easy to prepare, even for a person with no experience in baking. Surprise your loved ones with these delicious doughnuts! Bon appétit!

Ingredients (35-40 doughnuts): 

2 cups milk
1.76 oz (50 g) fresh yeast or 56 oz (16 g) dry yeast
2/3 cups sugar
1 tablespoon cardamom (may be left out)
1 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
1/2 cup melted butter
about 6 cups all-purpose flour

Directions: 

1. In a large bowl slightly warm up the milk (about 37 degrees C or 98.6 degrees F). Add the yeast and mix until it has dissolved in the milk.
2. Add the sugar, cardamom, salt, eggs and melted butter into the milk and yeast mixture
3. Knead the dough by slowly adding the flour. Knead until the point where the dough does not stick to the walls of the bowl.  
4. Cover the dough with a piece of cloth and leave it to rise in a warm place for about an hour.
5. Place the dough on a surface covered with flour, and slightly knead it again in order to get the possible bubbles of air out of the dough. Make small balls from the dough (about 2 ½ inches or 6-7cm in diameter) and leave them to rise under a piece of cloth for about 30 minutes.
6. Use your finger to pierce the ball in the center and by spinning it around your two fingers make the hole larger.
7. In a large casserole bring an appropriate amount of oil to a temperature of 170-180 degrees C (340-350 degrees F) and cook the doughnuts for about 1-2 minutes on each side. Place the cooked doughnuts on paper towel in order to drain the excess oil.
8. When the doughnuts have cooled enough, coat them on both sides with sugar. And voilà!, we have made sugar-coated doughnuts. 

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Also, you can make glazed doughnuts. 

In order to prepare the sugar icing, you will need to mix together 2 1/2 cups of powdered sugar (confectioners' sugar) and 6 tablespoons of berry juice. Cover the doughnuts with the icing. I covered one of my doughnuts with it in order to show you how it looks like.  

Tip: Note that the doughnuts can become stale after one day. However, you can "freshen them up" a little by simply putting them in the microwave for a few seconds.
  

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