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Donuts with American filling

Homemade Jam-Filled Donuts

Delicious, fluffy, airy donuts made at home! Make these ever-popular American-style donuts right in your own kitchen — fill them with your favorite filling, whip up your favorite glaze, and decorate them however you like.

Pirko Rita

Recipe author

Composition / ingredients

Servings:

Flour

340

Eggs

Butter

Sugar

Milk

175

Water

Dry yeast

Vegetable oil

0.5

Powdered sugar

300

Lemon juice

Jam

200

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 4 % 3 g

Fats 41 % 30 g

Carbohydrates 55 % 40 g

428 kcal

GI: 3 / 0 / 98

Cooking method

Step 1:

Heat the water to about 105°F (40°C) — it should be just barely warm. Pour it into a bowl, then add the dry yeast. Gently stir and let it sit undisturbed for 7 minutes. Pour the milk into a small saucepan and warm it over low heat to about 113°F (45°C).
Step 2:

Now take a deep bowl and add the granulated sugar, crack in the egg, and add a piece of room-temperature butter. Pour in the yeast mixture, then add half the flour (about 170 g / 6 oz), sifted. Pour in the warm milk and mix everything for a couple of minutes with a mixer fitted with a dough hook.
Step 3:

Then sift in the second half of the flour and run the mixer again. Knead until smooth, about 7 minutes. The dough should come out a little sticky.
Step 4:

Prepare your work surface by dusting it with a little flour, and turn the dough out onto it. Dust the top of the dough with flour as well, then shape it into a ball. Grease a bowl with vegetable oil, place the dough inside, and cover with plastic wrap. Set the bowl in a warm spot (next to a radiator, for example) for 1.5 hours, until the dough doubles in size.
Step 5:

When the time is up, dust your work surface with flour again. Take a portion of the dough (not all of it — it's easier to work in batches) and roll it out about 1/2 to 3/4 inch (1–1.5 cm) thick. Use a donut cutter to cut out the rings. If you don't have one, use a wide glass for the outer circle and a small shot glass to cut the center hole.
Step 6:

Pour vegetable oil into a pot and set it over the burner, heating it well (ideally to about 355°F / 180°C). Test the oil by dropping in a small piece of dough — if it starts to bubble, you're ready to fry the donuts.
Step 7:

Carefully lower the donuts into the oil one at a time, no more than 3 at once. Fry them, turning a couple of times, then transfer the fried donuts to paper towels to drain off the excess oil.
Step 8:

Now fill the donuts. Fit a pastry bag with a tip, load it with jam, make a few slits in the side of each donut, and pipe in the filling.
Step 9:

Now make the glaze. Sift the powdered sugar into a bowl and add the lemon juice one spoonful at a time, stirring well, until you have a thick paste to spread on the donuts. If you like, use food coloring to make a colored glaze. Top the donuts with grated chocolate or sprinkles if you'd like.
Step 10:

Serve the donuts with black coffee or tea!