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Title: Chanukah Jelly Doughnuts Categories: Cooking liv, Import Yield: 1 Servings 2 tb Active dry yeast; (2 -packages) 4 tb Sugar; plus sugar for -rolling 3/4 c Lukewarm water or milk 2 1/2 c Unbleached all purpose -flour; sifted 2 lg Egg yolks 1 Pinches salt 1 ts Ground cinnamon 1 1/2 tb Unsalted butter or parve -margarine; at room -temperature Vegetable oil for deep -frying 1/2 c Plum; strawberry, or apricot -jam Sprinkle the yeast and 2 tablespoons of the sugar into the water or milk and stir to dissolve. Place the flour on a work surface and make a well in the center. Add the yeast mixture, egg yolks, salt, cinnamon, and the remaining 2 tablespoons sugar. Knead well, about 5 minutes, working the butter or margarine into the dough and kneading until the dough is elastic. You can also use a food processor fitted with the steel blade to do this, processing about 2 minutes. Put the dough in a greased bowl, cover with plastic, and let it rise overnight in the refrigerator. Sprinkle flour on the work surface. Roll out the dough to an 1/8-inch thickness. Using a 2-inch cookie cutter or floured drinking glass, cut out circles. Let the dough circles rise 15 minutes more. With your hands, gently form the dough circles into balls. Pour 2 inches of oil into a heavy pot and heat until very hot, about 375 degrees. Slip the doughnuts into the oil, 4 or 5 at a time, using a slotted spoon. Turn them when brown, after a few minutes, to crisp on the other side. Drain on paper towels. Using a turkey baster or an injector available at cooking stores, inject a teaspoon of jam into each doughnut. Then roll all of them in granulated sugar and serve immediately. You can make larger doughnuts if you like. Yield: 24 two inch wide doughnuts NOTES : Recipe courtesy of Joan Nathan, "The Jewish Holiday Baker" and "Jewish Cooking in America" Recipe by: Cooking Live Show #CL9033 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest by "Angele and Jon Freeman" |