Steps to Make Perfect Sourdough baked doughnuts

Hey everyone, it is Brad, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, sourdough baked doughnuts. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Baked sourdough cake donuts are the move. Seriously, they're lighter than their fried cousins and save you the mess of cleaning up frying oil. These come together in just a few steps. Mix up a wet dough, cover and leave for four hours, mix in a few more bits and then put into the donut tray to bake!

Sourdough baked doughnuts is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Sourdough baked doughnuts is something which I’ve loved my whole life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook sourdough baked doughnuts using 9 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Sourdough baked doughnuts:

1. Prepare 235 ml milk
2. Take 1 egg
3. Take 60 g butter or margarine
4. Make ready 225 g sourdough starter
5. Make ready 500 g plain flour
6. Get 100 g granulated sugar
7. Prepare 1 tsp cinnamon (optional)
8. Prepare 1 tsp salt
9. Prepare Granulated sugar, cinnamon sugar, or icing sugar and sprinkles

They're like no donuts you've ever tasted. It's official, you guys - these are my favorite donuts ever! Add doughnuts in batches to the hot oil and cook for about one minute per side until the doughnuts are a golden brown. Donut holes will take a little less time.

Steps to make Sourdough baked doughnuts:

1. Warm milk to 120C.
2. Add sourdough starter, flour, salt, sugar, cinnamon (if using) to a bowl. Stir in milk, egg, butter using a table knife until thoroughly combined and dough comes together.
3. Knead dough on a lightly floured surface for 10-15 minutes. Form a ball and pop into a lightly greased bowl. Cover and set aside for 1 hour at room temperature to rise.
4. Pull corners into the middle of the dough. Turn over, cover and set aside. Repeat each hour several times. Finally, repeat and proof overnight.
5. In the morning, roll out onto a lightly floured surface to 3cm thick. Cut out using a large circle cutter. Use a small cutter to cut out middle.
6. Put onto a lined baking tray and brush with oil. Cover with greased foil and set aside for 30 minutes to one hour to rise.
7. Preheat the oven to 170C. Melt 30g butter and brush over dough. Flick water onto the tray between the doughnuts. When it evaporates it creates steam which helps cook and rise doughnuts further. Cook for 10-15 minutes until golden.
8. Melt 30g butter. Dip into the melted butter whilst warm and dip mmediately into sugar or cinnamon sugar. Alternatively cool and ice with icing sugar mixed with a few drops of water then add sprinkles. For glazed doughnuts, whilst warm mix together icing sugar and water to create a running consistency and dip in doughnut whilst warm. Set aside on a cooling tray to dry.
9. If you wish to freeze them, you can do so. Freeze before dipping in butter and sugar or icing and do this once defrosted.

Add doughnuts in batches to the hot oil and cook for about one minute per side until the doughnuts are a golden brown. Donut holes will take a little less time. Remove the cooked donuts from the hot oil with a slotted spoon and place on the paper towels briefly to drain. Add a new batch of donuts to the oil. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the sourdough discard, milk, egg, and vegetable oil.

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