yeast doughnuts

Ingredients

• Servings: 18
• 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 (.25 ounce) packages active dry yeast
• 3/4 cup milk
• 3/4 cup white sugar
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs
• 2 quarts oil for deep frying
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar for dusting

Recipe

Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins Ready Time: 2 hrs 45 mins


• in a large mixing bowl combine 1 3/4 cups flour with yeast. in a saucepan heat milk, sugar, butter and salt until butter melts. stir milk mixture into flour along with eggs, beating with a heavy-duty electric mixer on low for 30 seconds, just to combine. increase speed to high and beat 3 minutes. add the remaining flour, a little at a time, stirring with a spoon to make a firm but pliable dough. knead dough on lightly-floured work surface 4 to 5 minutes until smooth and supple. transfer to an oiled bowl. cover and let dough rise until it doubles in size, about 1 hour.
• turn dough out floured surface, punch down and roll out to 1 /2- inch thickness. cut out doughnuts with a floured doughnut cutter; re roll trimmings and cut them into doughnuts as well. transfer doughnuts to baking sheets, cover and let rise 45 minutes.
• heat oil in a deep-fryer to 360 degrees f (180 degrees c). fry doughnuts, in batches, turning several times, until golden all over. using a slotted spoon remove doughnuts to a rack to drain. let doughnuts cool and dredge in confectioners' sugar.