Light Baked Donuts (without Frying)

Here is a recipe for baked donuts (without frying) for a gourmet craving, soft, delicious and also easy and simple to make.

Ingredients 

• For the donut dough 
• 15 cl of lukewarm milk
• 55 g of powdered sugar
• 12 to 15 g of fresh baker’s yeast
• 30 g of softened butter
• 1 teaspoon of salt
• 1 egg
• 310 g of flour
• 1 teaspoon of orange blossom water
• For decoration 
• 85 g of sugar
• 1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon
• 50 g melted butter

Preparation 

1. In the bowl of a food processor, mix the lukewarm milk with the sugar. Dissolve the crumbled yeast in the milk. Let sit for 10 minutes. Add the butter, salt, then the beaten egg. Pour in the flour, mix and work the dough in a mixer fitted with hooks. The dough should be smooth, elastic but not too sticky.
2. Cover the dough with a cloth and let rise until it doubles in volume.
3. Roll out the dough on a floured work surface to a thickness of approximately 1 cm. Cut out circles of approximately 7 cm using a cookie cutter. Using a smaller cookie cutter (or nozzle), make holes in the center of each circle. Place the donuts on a baking tray lined with baking paper.
4. Let rise for 30 minutes at room temperature. Preheat the oven to 180°C. Bake the donuts for 8 to 10 minutes. Melt the butter.
5. Remove the donuts from the oven and let them rest for 2 minutes. Mix the sugar with the cinnamon. Dip the still warm donuts in the melted butter on both sides, then dip them in the cinnamon sugar, then place them on a rack.
6. Enjoy the donuts warm or cold or filled with jam, chocolate, compote, pastry cream…