Glaze Doughnut

Ingredients

Yeast

Y4 cup of warm water

One cup of milk

cup of sugar

One teaspoon salt

2 eggs

5 cups of flour

2 cup of shortening

One litre of vegetable oil

Ingredients for the glaze

% cup of butter

2 cups of sugar

Two teaspoons vanilla

Instructions

•Gather the required ingredients.

•Mix the yeast with warm water in a small basin/bowl

•Add sugar, salt, eggs, milk, two cups of flour and shortening in the yeast mixture and use a wooden spoon to mix.

•Mix the remaining flour, half cup at a time until the dough no longer sticks to the basin, at a low speed.

•Using your hands Knead the dough you prepared until it becomes elastic and smooth.

•Place the dough in the greased bowl so that it can rise.

•Using a floured surface, roll the dough such that it is about 1.3cm thick and then cut it into doughnut shapes.

•Place the doughnuts on a tray covering them with a clean towel and let them rise again until they double their size.

•Prepare a glaze while the dough is still rising. A glaze is prepared using butter sugar and vanilla.

•Deep fry the oil and monitor its temperature using a kitchen thermometer until it reaches 175 degrees Celsius

•Slide the doughnuts in the oil using a spatula, turn them over the oil until both sides are golden brown.

•Remove all doughnuts from the oil and drain them on a wire rack.

•Finally, when the doughnuts are still warm, dip them in the glaze.

Explanation of the steps

Doughnuts are made from dough and are deep-fried snacks that are mostly enjoyed for breakfast. Doughnuts will come in many flavours, size, and shape. Preparation of doughnuts will take approximately three hours, 2 and a half hours preparing the ingredients and less than 30 minutes cooking. The first step in the preparation of doughnuts is gathering the required ingredients. You will require the above-listed ingredients to prepare some doughnuts enough for the family breakfast. The second step in the preparation process is mixing some warm water with yeast in a small bowl, the yeast will help the doughnut to rise and will require some warm water to activate. The mixture is left for five minutes to activate. The third step is adding sugar, salt shortening, eggs, flour and milk to the yeast mixture. Only 2 cups of flour will be used in this stage. The mixture is then mixed with a wooden spoon. To ensure that all ingredients are well mixed, the dry and wet ingredients are mixed separately and then combined.

The remaining flour is then mixed with the mixture at a low speed and is added % cup until the dough is soft and does not stick to the bowl. The fifth step involves kneading the dough with your hand for approximately five minutes until it becomes elastic and soft. The other preparation step is setting the dough in a bowl which is greased to give it time, about one hour, to rise. Cover the bowl with a clean towel giving the dough time to rise, double in volume.

The dough after one hour is then rolled on a floured surface until it is about 1.3 cm thick. Using your hands cut the dough into doughnuts shapes, or you may use a doughnut cutter. Next, cover the doughnuts again with a clean towel and give them time to rise until they double their size. The next step involves the preparation of glaze. Preparation of glaze involves melting the butter over medium heat, add vanilla and sugar (confectioner's) in it and then stir until smooth. After preparation of glaze heat, some oil in a deep fryer for five minutes until the temperature reads 175 degrees on the kitchen thermometer. Please kindly observe the temperature to avoid the greasy taste of the doughnuts. Carefully slide the doughnuts into the oil using some metal tongs to turn the doughnuts as they float on the surface until both sides are golden brown. More precaution is taken in this step. Next, remove the doughnuts from the oil and drain them on a wire rack. Ensure that all the oil drips off before you glaze the doughnuts.

Finally, dip the doughnuts in the glaze while they are still warm and ensure they coat evenly and then place them to dry on a wire rack.