Nutella Doughnuts

By CruelK8E

Ingredients

• 3 to 3 1/4 cups all purpose flour
• 2 1/4 teaspoons instant yeast
• 6 tablespoons sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2/3 cup milk, room temperature
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten
• 6 tablespoons butter, room temperature
• oil for deep frying
• Nutella
• 1 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 cup sugar

Details

Adapted from lick-my-spoon.blogspot.com

Preparation

Step 1

Add all the dry ingredients together in a bowl (start with 3 cups of flour). Add the butter and mix with your fingers until it resembles bread crumbs. Make a well in the center and add the milk and eggs. Start kneading the dough and of you feel it is sticky or wet, then add a little bit more flour. Knead for 10 minutes or so. Then cover the bowl and place in a warm area to rise for an hour to an hour and a half or until double in size.

Lightly flour a surface and roll the dough to a thickness of a 1/2 inch. Cut the dough into 3 inch rounds. Re-roll and repeat until all the dough scraps have been used.

To add the Nutella, you can do it in two ways. The first way is to put half a teaspoon into each 3 inch circle and then carefully close to form a ball. Pinch the ends before smoothing the surface as you don't want the ball to open up whilst frying. Otherwise, you can add the Nutella after deep frying using a piping tip. I found it easier to add it before frying. However, the texture of the Nutella wasn't as shiny. If you are not adding the Nutella before frying, make a ball out of each 3 inch circle. Place balls on a lightly floured tray and cover loosely with cling film. Let the balls rise for 30-45 minutes.

Heat oil on medium heat. Place the balls into the oil 4-5 at a time. Fry until golden brown on medium heat. When done, remove from the oil and transfer to a paper towel. If you haven't added the Nutella, do so now using a piping bag and tip. Coat in sugar and cinnamon mix whilst still warm.