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Cinnamon Doughnuts
Makes: 14
Preparation: 20 mins + proving
Cooking: 10 mins
2 teaspoons dry yeast
1 ¼ cups buttermilk or milk, warmed
¼ cup caster sugar
4 cups plain flour
1 teaspoon salt
¼ cup light olive oil
2 eggs, lightly beaten
Vegetable oil, for deep frying
Cinnamon Sugar
1 cup caster sugar
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1. In a small bowl, whisk the yeast into the
warmed milk with 1 tablespoon of the
sugar. Mix well and stand in a warm place
for 10 minutes or until the mixture begins
to bubble.
2. Sift the remaining sugar, flour and salt into
a large bowl. Make a well in the centre
and mix through the oil, eggs and yeast
mixture. Mix to a soft dough.
3. Place mixture onto a lightly floured surface
and knead dough for about 10 minutes or
until dough is smooth and elastic.
4. Place dough in a bowl; cover, and stand in
a warm place for about 40 minutes or until
dough has doubled in size.
5. Turn dough onto a lightly floured surface
and knead again until smooth and elastic.
Roll dough out to a 1 cm thickness for a
thinner doughnut or to a 1 ½ cm thickness
for a thicker doughnut. To cut doughnuts
use either a doughnut cutter or a 9cm
cutter and a 3cm cutter. Place doughnuts
onto a tray lined with baking paper and
cover with plastic wrap, stand in a warm
place for about 20 minutes.
6. Heat oil in wok on setting 9-10.
Note: See tips on deep frying in a wok on
page 7.
7. Cook doughnuts, in batches, turning once
during cooking, until golden in colour.
8. Drain doughnuts on paper towelling then
toss in cinnamon sugar mixture.
Banana Fritters
Serves: 4
Preparation: 10 minutes
Cooking: 5 minutes
½ cup plain flour
¼ cup cornflour
2 teaspoons sugar
1 egg
¹⁄
³
cup cold water
4 medium bananas
Vegetable oil, for deep frying
Icing sugar for dusting
Ice cream, to serve
1. Sift flours and sugar into a large bowl.
Make a well in the centre and whisk
through combined egg and water.
2. Heat oil on setting 9-10 until hot.
Note: See tips on deep frying in a wok on
page 7.
3. Cut bananas in half lengthways. Dip
halves, one at a time, into batter. Carefully
lower banana halves into oil in batches.
Fry for 1-2 minutes or until golden. Drain
on paper towelling.
4. Serve fritters dusted with icing sugar and
serve with ice cream.
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