Here’s a great recipe for making scrumptious sugar donut balls at home. I love the vanilla, lemon and rum flavours. Serve dusted with icing sugar and apricot jam on the side.
Easy Sugar Donut Bread Balls Recipe
Ingredients
- 130g butter, soft
- 60g sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 egg yolks
- 500g plain flour
- 1 tsp vanilla sugar
- Zest of 1 lemon
- 7g dried yeast
- 1 tsp salt
- 3 tbsp rum
- 1 tbsp vinegar
- 200g milk
- Peanut oil for frying
- Apricot jam with a little rum
- Icing sugar
How to make the donuts
- Whisk the butter and sugar in a bowl until creamy
- Add the egg and the egg yolks bit by bit – whisk well
- Sieve in the flour
- Add the remaining ingredients (vanilla sugar, lemon zest, yeast, rum, vinegar and milk)
- Combine well and knead for 5 minutes
- Place the dough back in the bowl
- Cover the bowl and leave the dough to roughly double in size (it took 2 hours for me but the time depends on the room temperature)
- Roll the dough into a thick sausage shape and divide into 18 pieces on a floured work surface
- Shape each piece into a smooth ball, rolling it between your hands
- Place the dough balls on a floured work surface
- Cover with a tea towel and cling film or a plastic bag to prevent them from drying out too much
- Uncover for 30 mins at the end of the second rise so a thin skin can be formed
- Heat the oil to 160°C – 170°C
- Carefully slide the donuts into the oil (top side down) then cover the pot to allow the steam support the rise
- Fry covered for 1.5 minutes, check and if they have turned golden brown, carefully turn them and fry for another 1.5 mins (without the cover)
- Turn again and fry the top side for another 30 seconds
- Place on some kitchen roll and leave to cool for 30 minutes
- Serve with icing sugar and apricot jam
