Hanukkah Jelly Doughnuts
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1/4 cup white sugar
- 2 1/2 teaspoons dry yeast
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 egg yolks
- 3/4 cup milk warm
- 1/4 stick butter softened
- 1 1/2 quarts vegetable oil
- 1 jar raspberry jelly
- powdered sugar for dusting
- Combine dry ingredients in the bowl of a stand mixer with a whisk.
- Attach the hook attachment to mixer and gradually add wet ingredients on low speed until the dough is smooth and elastic.
- Place dough in a well greased bowl.
- Cover with plastic wrap and allow to rise for about an hour.
- Once dough has risen, use a rolling pin to roll dough out on lightly floured surface until 1/4 inch thick.
- Use a two inch round cookie cutter to form rounds.
- Place on parchment covered baking sheet and cover with plastic wrap for one hour until doubled in size.
- Once rounds have risen, heat oil in dutch oven to 350 degrees F and add the rounds to the oil about an inch apart, frying for two minutes on each side.
- When golden brown on both sides, remove doughnuts from oil.
- Once doughnuts are cooled, pike each doughnut with a hole and use a pastry bag with raspberry jelly to fill doughnuts with about 1 tbsp. of jelly.
- Dust with powdered sugar and enjoy.
flour, white sugar, yeast, salt, egg yolks, milk, butter, vegetable oil, raspberry jelly, powdered sugar
Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Hanukkah-Jelly-Doughnuts-1424947 (may not work)