How to make Donuts

 

Who doesn't like Donuts? 

I grew up in the Philippines with Dunkin and Mister Donut shops in the corner  where I used to buy donuts particulary the bavarian flavored ones at least once a week. They were really nice and creamy. But today I won't be doing the fancy donuts...(a beginner in donut making, it's only fair to start with  the easy ones.) hehe

Been busy searching the net for the easy and yet yummy tasting donuts and I came across with a donut secret recipe, the blogger's father discover how to make his donuts taste so yummy. For his recipe please click here.

And another variation of cinnamon donut making in taste.com.au where I visit quite frequently for cooking recipes.

The secret recipe here is the mashed potato. You can taste it in the donuts. It's really nice. In this recipe I didn't let the dough rise like the other recipe suggested. Only because I can and I can't wait to taste my donuts.;-) I've only rested the dough for 15 minutes before frying. They will rise once they hit the hot oil.


Ingredients:
1 packet of yeast (approx. 8g.)
3/4  cup milk
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup mashed potato (potato can be microwaved until soft then mashed.)
2 eggs, lightly beaten
2 tablespoon oil (vegetable oil)
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups plain flour (all purpose flour)
oil for frying
1-2 tsp cinnamon, mixed with sugar for coating

Procedure:

• Add the yeast to 3/4 cup warm milk (warm the milk in the microwave, remember not to over heat.) Add a teaspoon of sugar and mixed. Cover with a cling wrap and sit for about 10minutes or until bubbly.
• In a bowl mix together sifted flour, salt, sugar and mashed potato. Mix with a fork until crumbly in texture. Pour in the wet mixture of yeast and milk, add 2 tablespoon of oil and mix. Stand for maybe 10 minutes then mix, adding flour when needed.
• Knead the dough for about 10minutes or until the dough is no longer sticky but not too dry. Be cautious in adding flour.
• Roll the dough, about 1 inch thick. Cut with a donut cutter or like me, I just cut it with one of my plastic cup then used the cap of cinnamon powder to cut a hole in the donuts. Works fine with me. Rest for about 15 minutes.
• Heat about 2-3cups of oil in the frying pan. Make sure your donut can float when it's cooked. Check if oil is hot enough or too hot by dropping a piece of the dough. If the dough is browning too fast your oil is too hot reduce the fire for best result. You want your donuts to be light golden brown and cooked through. Cook 2 to 3 donuts in batches for approximately 1 and half minute per batches. Drain on paper towels.
• Toss one donut at a time in a sugar/cinnamon mixture until well coated.

Passion for food and cooking

Who likes to cook? Or who wants to eat someone's home cookings?

My father is a a good cook and always get an invites from his friends and relatives from other town to cook for an occasion either fiesta, birthdays or weddings. But he's more famous in Fiesta's or weddings. My mother on the other hand can cook but we prefer my father's food, but being an OFW I guess she has improved a bit, (but still when she comes home and cook my siblings still add salt in it so it'd taste nicer.) My brothers can cook well too, just from their everyday life at home.
My sister on the other hand, just like my mother seems to be avoiding the kitchen. Maybe because someone else is doing it for her, either her husband or one of my brothers.

My cooking skills has improved when I went to work abroad. Some of my friends abroad are real good cook and I am always happy to watching them cook. In Hong Kong I have to cook everyday for my chinese employer who likes to have 3-5 course meal for dinner. Chinese cooking is easy, more of sauteing, stirfries, steaming and soup. Been to different families with very different cultures. And one thing I really enjoyed is learning their way of cooking, their style and technique.
Learning that when you say food it doesn't always involve "rice". Yes, In the Philippines, my home country, when they say food, it'd mean eating rice. So serving them just pasta dishes or vegetable salad for lunch or dinner, you'll get a questioning look from them. (This is it?)

I remember a girl who traveled with her American boyfriend in Hong Kong for a holiday when I asked if they've eaten dinner, she replied that they haven't and He reminded her that they already had Spaghetti bolognese, chicken and pizza from Pizza Hut. It was very funny so I explained to him that eating food without rice is not a complete meal for most of us Filipino. He laughed and scold himself that He will have to remember that.
So when we first leave our country to work overseas, adapting to new food is never easy. I often heard them say that eating noodles, pasta , salads  or anything without rice usually make them feel hungry very fast.

In my next blogs I will be sharing you some of the food I love. Some of them I have cooked for the very first time and some I have learned from the countries I've stayed and lived.

So I hope you enjoy reading my blog.
Please feel free to comment.

That's it for now.
Cheers!





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