Ingredients
Soft donut dough:
- 500 g of wheat flour
- 1 sachet of instant baker's yeast (7 g)
- 80 g caster sugar, 1 whole egg, 50 g soft butter, 200 ml lukewarm milk, 1 pinch of salt
Gourmet coconut stuffing:
- 150 g of grated coconut, 80 g of sweetened condensed milk, 1 sachet of vanilla sugar and a drop of orange blossom water
- Frying oil and icing sugar for sprinkling
Preparation
- Knead the dough: mix the flour, yeast, sugar and salt. Add the egg and lukewarm milk while kneading. Add the soft butter and knead for 10 minutes until the dough is smooth and elastic. Leave to double in volume for 1 hour.
- Prepare the coconut stuffing: mix the grated coconut with the sweetened condensed milk, vanilla and orange blossom to obtain a compact and fragrant paste.
- Shaping the donuts: degas the dough and cut into 40 g pieces of dough. Roll out each piece of dough, place a ball of coconut filling in the center, close tightly and roll into a smooth ball. Leave to rise for 30 minutes on a floured tray.
- Gentle frying: cook in oil at 160°C for 3 to 4 minutes on each side until a beautiful golden brown color.
- Finishing: drain on absorbent paper and sprinkle with icing sugar or crystal sugar before serving warm.