Pastry Cream Donuts

Ingredients

• For the dough
• 1 tbsp. baker’s yeast
• 3 medium bowls of white flour
• A pinch of salt
• 1 sachet of vanilla sugar
• 1 egg, 1/4 small glass of oil
• 1/4 small glass of melted butter
• A little coloring saffron
• 1 large glass of water
• 1 small glass of milk
• For the stuffing
• Custard
• Apricot jam
• Caster sugar

Preparation

1. The dough: dilute the yeast in a little warm water. Put the flour in a terrine, dig a well in the center and add the salt, vanilla sugar, egg, oil, butter, coloring saffron, water and milk.
2. Gradually add the yeast and knead well until you obtain a soft dough. Let rise for about 1 hour.
3. On a floured surface, roll out the dough with a rolling pin (about 1 cm thick) then cut out circles.
4. Place them on a clean cloth and cover them with a second. Let them rest for another 1 hour.
5. Immerse the donuts in a hot oil bath, brown them on both sides and drain them in absorbent paper.