Homemade donuts are a traditional European dish.
The filling may be salty or sweet.
In this article we will share with you the best recipes for jam donuts.
Jam donuts - basic principles of preparation
Donuts are prepared from yeast and yeast-free dough on kefir or sour cream. The main ingredient for the dough is flour. The appearance and taste of donuts will depend on its quality. Best for this baking is fine flour of not too fine grinding.
Yeast for dough will suit both raw and active instant. Live yeast is moody enough, so if you haven’t worked with it before, it’s better to use dry yeast.
Donuts are fried in tall cast iron or aluminum dishes. There should be enough oil for the donuts to float in it. You can fry in any oil, but ideally use refined corn, it has almost no smell and taste. Donuts can also be cooked in the oven. This cooking method reduces the calorie content of the finished product.
Jam for donuts is used berry or fruit, the main thing is that it is thick enough. It is placed in the dough before frying, or it is filled with ready-made donuts.
Recipe 1. Jam donuts
Ingredients
jam;
550 g of wheat flour;
salt;
125 ml of warm drinking water;
sugar - two tablespoons;
vegetable oil;
125 ml of yogurt;
half a glass of milk.
Cooking method
1. We combine water with milk. Both fluids should be warm. Add the sour milk at room temperature and pour the vegetable oil. Dissolve the yeast in the resulting mixture and let stand for several minutes until the mixture begins to foam. Gradually pour in the flour and knead the tender dough. We put it in a deep bowl, cover with a napkin and keep it warm for two hours.
2. Put the dough on the work surface and knead well. We roll the dough into a centimeter thick layer and cut out a glass of circles. We put donuts on the surface of the table, cover with a towel and leave for half an hour.
3. Pour vegetable oil into a deep cauldron and heat it until light smoke appears. Carefully lower the donuts into the hot oil and fry until brown on both sides. We put the finished donuts on the dish, covering it with a paper towel.
4. Put the jam in the confectionery syringe. We make a small hole in the cooled donut with a sharp knife and fill it with jam. Serve donuts with milk or hot cocoa.
Recipe 2. Curd donuts with jam
Ingredients
vanillin;
half a kilogram of cottage cheese;
cinnamon;
any jam;
two eggs;
75 g of powdered sugar;
a glass of sugar;
2 cups vegetable oil;
baking soda;
500 g of wheat flour.
Cooking method
1. Rub the eggs with cottage cheese until a homogeneous mass is obtained. This is best done with a hand blender. Add sugar, vanillin, soda, cinnamon and mix. Pour in flour a little and knead the dough. We send it for 15 minutes in the refrigerator.
2. Divide the dough into identical pieces. We put a piece of dough on a board sprinkled with flour and knead it with a palm in a cake. In the center we put a little jam and collect the edges of the dough to the center. Breaded in flour.
3. Heat the vegetable oil in a saucepan. Gently lower the donuts into the hot oil and fry, constantly turning until they are covered with a golden brown. There should be enough oil for the donuts to float in it. We put the finished donuts on the dish and immediately sprinkle with powdered sugar.
Recipe 3. The most tender jam donuts
Ingredients
jam;
a kilogram of flour;
refined sunflower oil;
21 g dry yeast;
icing sugar - 150 g;
cane sugar - 100 g;
salt;
half a liter of milk;
orange peel;
six egg yolks;
20 ml of lemon juice;
egg;
50 ml of alcohol;
100 g ghee;
a bag of vanilla sugar.
Cooking method
1. Combine the yolks with sugar and beat until fluffy. Pour in milk and alcohol, add vanilla sugar and salt. Continue whisking at low speed until smooth.
2. Combine the flour with yeast and sift. Add half the flour and the egg to our mixture. Change the nozzles on the mixer, beat, gradually introducing flour, and adding ghee. Knead a couple of minutes until the dough is soft, like on pies. Sprinkle a bowl of flour and put the dough into it. Cover with a towel and hold for an hour and a half to make the dough come up.
3. Put the dough on a table crushed by flour and knead it. Roll out a layer a centimeter thick and cut a glass of circles. Leave on the table with a towel for an hour.
4. Fry the donuts in a hot oil until golden brown. Spread on a paper towel. When the donuts are warm, fill them with jam and brush with a mixture of powdered sugar and lemon juice. Sprinkle with orange zest from above.
Recipe 4. Mini donuts with jam
Ingredients
100 g apricot jam;
250 g of flour;
Art. a spoonful of butter;
150 ml of warm milk;
two eggs;
salt;
12 g of yeast;
25 g cane sugar.
Cooking method
1. Sift flour into a deep bowl. Salt it and add sugar, yeast and lemon zest. Mix. Drive eggs and add soft butter. Pouring warm milk into a thin stream, knead the dough. At first it will be sticky, but we continue to mix without adding flour. You get a homogeneous dough. Cover the bowl with a towel and keep warm for an hour and a half.
2. Lubricate the hands with vegetable oil. We take out the dough and crush it well. We take small muffin tins and pour in each little vegetable oil.
3. We pluck a small piece from the dough and form a cake out of it. Gather the edges to the center. It should turn out a little ball. Continue making donuts until the dough ends. Cover the balls with a towel and leave for half an hour.
4. Then we transfer the balls to the muffin cells and put in the oven preheated to 200 C for 20 minutes. We take out the donuts and cool them to a warm state.
5. Fill the pastry bag with jam. We pierce a donut with a plastic nozzle and fill it. Sprinkle with icing sugar.
Recipe 5. Jam donuts "Berliners"
Ingredients
30 g of powdered sugar;
150 ml of warm milk;
a glass of vegetable oil;
370 g flour;
any jam - 100 g;
two eggs;
vanillin - a bag;
butter - ? packs;
50 g of white sugar;
finely ground salt.
Cooking method
1. Dissolve a teaspoon of sugar and yeast in half a glass of warm milk. We stand for a while until the mixture begins to foam.
2. Beat eggs with sugar and vanilla until sugar is dissolved. Pour the yeast mixture, the remaining milk, pour sugar and add the melted butter. Beat with a mixer until smooth. We change the nozzles and continue to knead, gradually introducing flour until a soft dough is obtained. We collect it in a ball, cover and leave for an hour and a half to come up. Then we crush the dough, cover and stand for another half hour.
3. Roll out the dough into a layer two centimeters thick. Cut a glass of circles. We lay them out on the spacing and cover. Leave for forty minutes to come up.
4. In a cauldron we warm up a large amount of oil. Gently lower the donuts and fry them until golden. Put the finished donuts on a paper towel. As soon as they cool slightly, make a hole on the side and fill the donuts with jam using a pastry syringe. Bread donuts in icing sugar.
Recipe 6. Donuts with jam from the oven
Ingredients
150 ml of milk;
350 g of flour;
two egg yolks;
any thick jam;
20 g pressed yeast;
50 g of powdered sugar;
two tbsp. l cane sugar;
butter - half a pack;
table salt.
Cooking method
1. Dissolve the yeast in warm milk. Add half the melted butter, salt, egg yolks and sugar to the mixture. Whisk with a whisk until smooth. Pour the sifted flour in portions and knead the dough. Lubricate your hands with vegetable oil. Collect the dough into a bowl, place it in a deep bowl and cover with cling film. Put for two hours in the heat. After it rises, knead it and form small koloboks.
2. Put the donuts on a baking sheet, covering it with baking paper, cover with a towel and leave to proof for 20 minutes. Bake at 190 ° C for a quarter of an hour. Grease the finished donuts with melted butter, sprinkle with powdered sugar and cool.
3. Each donut is not fully cut with a sharp knife. Start with a thick jam. Serve donuts with hot cocoa or tea.
Jam donuts - tips and tricks
Dip donuts only in hot oil, otherwise they will absorb a lot of oil.
For piquancy, you can add zest of orange or lemon to the dough.
Forming a donut, you can put a little jam on the cake and pinch the edges in the center or cover with a second circle of dough and tightly connect the edges.
Donuts will turn out airy and crispy if you add vodka or brandy to the dough.
Stuffing donuts with jam will be easier if you use a plastic or iron tip on the pastry sleeve.
