Bite into these soft and fluffy jelly donuts and get that burst of delicious strawberry jam. This recipe proves you can make the perfect donut at home and have it fresh out of the fryer anytime. The best part is that we can stuff them with as much filling as we want.
Feel free to fill the donuts with your favorite fruit jam or other types of filling – think chocolate or custard!
Ingredients
- 390 g (3 cups) all-purpose flour
- 50 g (¼ cup) granulated sugar
- 4 g (⅔ tsp) table salt
- 1 egg
- 180 g (¾ cup) lukewarm milk
- 5 g (1⅔ tsp) instant yeast
- 36 g (2½ tbsp) unsalted butter
- strawberry jam
Instructions
- Combine flour, sugar, and salt in a large bowl. Add egg, lukewarm milk, and yeast. Mix until it becomes a dough. Cover the bowl and let sit for 15 minutes.
- Mix in the softened butter. Transfer onto a worksurface (lightly flour it if your dough is too sticky to handle). Knead until it becomes smooth and not sticky.
- Shape into a dough ball. Grease it with some vegetable oil and place in a large bowl. Cover the bowl and let sit for about 1 hour.
- Punch down the dough and divide it evenly into 10 equal pieces. Take 1 piece and shape it into a ball. Press down to flatten it a little. Repeat with the rest. Cover and let them rest for 30 minutes.
- Heat at least 2-inches (5 cm) of vegetable oil in a deep pot until it gets to 320°F (160°C).
- Place one dough at a time into the oil. Fry the one side until golden brown, 2-3 minutes. Then flip and fry for another 2-3 minutes. Remove from the oil onto a wire rack lined with paper towel to cool.
- Before the donuts cool completely, dip them into a bowl of granulated sugar to coat the entire surface.
- Poke a hole into each donut with a chopstick or paring knife. Then fill each with enough strawberry jam using a piping bag. Serve and enjoy!
