Chocolate doughnuts
Small eggless fried doughnuts dipped in chocolate
Little eggless ring doughnuts made from a simple soft milk dough, fried until golden and coated with melted chocolate. They're crisp outside and soft inside. Serve them with ice cream, or dust with icing sugar instead and serve at tea time.
- Total time
- 65 min
- Difficulty
- easy
- Serves
- 10
Ingredients
For the dough
For the coating
Method
0/5 doneStep 1: Mix 4 ½ oz plain flour, 1 tsp powdered sugar, 1 tsp baking powder and 1 tsp butter, then add ½ cup milk gradually to make a soft dough. Cover and leave for 30 minutes.
30 minStep 2: Divide the dough into 20 balls and roll each into a 5 cm round. Make a small hole in the middle of each.
Step 3: Heat oil in a deep pan over a low-medium heat and fry the doughnuts a few at a time, turning, until golden and cooked through. Drain on kitchen paper.
15 minStep 4: Melt 3 ½ oz cooking chocolate over a pan of hot water and dip the top of each doughnut in it. Leave to set.
5 minStep 5: Serve with ice cream, or dust with icing sugar instead of chocolate and serve at tea time.
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 170 kcal
- Protein
- 3 g
- Carbs
- 20 g
- Fat
- 9 g
- Fibre
- 1 g
Nutrition values are estimates.
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Good to know
- How long does chocolate doughnuts take?
- About 65 minutes in total: 45 minutes to prepare and 20 minutes to cook.
- How many people does it serve?
- 10 as written. Change the servings above the ingredients and every amount scales to match.
- Is it vegetarian?
- Yes. It has no meat or fish.
- What can I use instead of plain flour?
- Self-raising flour, same amount (then leave out the baking powder).
- What can I use instead of powdered sugar?
- Caster sugar, same amount.
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