Chocolate Glazed Doughnuts

Doughnuts are popular all over the world; nothing is more scrumptious than a homemade doughnut. While not a healthy dessert but it sure is a wonderful occasional treat. My favorite is chocolate glazed doughnuts with a steaming cup of tea...

Ingredients For Doughnuts

2 &1/2 cups flour

3 tbsp milk powder

1/2 tsp salt

3 tbsp caster sugar

1 & ½ tsp instant yeast

3-4 tbsp melted butter or oil

½ cup warm water

For Chocolate Ganache:

¾ cup semi sweet chocolate chips

½ cup cream

Method:

1) Mix all these ingredients and knead it with warm water till the dough forms. Dough should be soft. If the dough is sticky, add additional flour, 1 tablespoon at a time, until the dough comes together in a solid ball. If the dough is too dry, add additional water, 1 tablespoon at a time.

2) Turn the dough onto a lightly floured surface and knead for 10 minutes or until smooth, rub a bit of oil all over the dough, place dough in bowl and cover it.

3) Cover it with a kitchen towel and put it aside for an hour or till it doubles in size.

4) Turn the dough out on to a floured surface, now roll out the dough in to ½ inch thickness, cut with a floured doughnut cutter, set them aside and let them rise until they rise again , cover loosely with a cloth.

5) Heat oil in a deep fryer, now slide doughnuts in to hot oil, one at a time, turn them over as they rise to the surface, fry the doughnuts until golden brown, about a minutes on each side.  Remember not to over crowd the fryer, removes from oil and drain on paper or a wire rack.

6) While the doughnuts are cooling, make ganache by heating the cream in a small sauce pan over medium heat, put chocolate chips in a bowl,  once the cream gets heated pour it  over chocolate  chips and let sit for a couple minutes, and then stir until chocolate is fully melted, and the ingredients are combined.

7) Dip one side of the doughnut into the ganache, and set on a cooling rack, chocolate side up. Dip the remaining doughnuts, and then sprinkle with sprinkles of choice or you can also leave them plain. Enjoy!!!

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