Doughnuts - Rollkuchen 

Simple informal fried dough.

~Makes a dinner plate full of doughnuts
In mixing bowl beat:
1 egg
4 oz whole milk and
1 oz whole milk yogurt

In separate bowl, stir together
10 oz white flour
1 t baking powder
1/2 t baking soda
1/2 t salt

Mix the dry ingredients into the wets gradually: begin with the whip and about 1 c of the flour mixture, mix until it forms a smooth batter. Add more flour to make a thicker batter then add the rest and mix with a silicone scraper. At this point you will stretch and press the dough. Let rest, stretch and fold until it forms a springy ball. Add just a dribble more milk into the edges of the bowl to allow the dough to become spongy and perky.

But, work dough gently and don't overwork it. It is a quick dough not a yeast dough.

Roll onto lightly floured counter into a rectangle about 1/8 to 1/4 inch thick. Cut into little rectangles or squares. Cut a slit down the middle to make a 'hole' in the middle. This makes the doughnuts fry all the way through.

~For a glaze
Stir together about two cups powdered sugar with just a bit of milk to make a very thick glaze. You will use a brush to apply it to the hot doughnuts. That way it hardens as they cool a bit.

~Just sift powdered sugar onto the finished doughnuts.

~One way to fry
Heat about an inch of coconut oil in my saucier pan (looks like a bowl) until it is 375*-400*. You will need to add some now and then but they will still fry even in a half inch as you finish. Just swirl them well. Swirl the pan to get some oil on the tops. Watch them triple in size and fry until light golden and full of fluffy holes!

~Another way to fry (uses a lot less oil)
Heat the tiny cast iron pan with 1/2 to 3/4 inch of coconut oil to 375*- 400*. Fry one at a time until very puffed and browned. Flip to finish.

Wonderfully fun recipe.

-The coconut oil, of course is good for you, but it dries into the doughnuts so they don't hold sugar, but they are really good glazed. And they are best eaten just as they are cool. They don't keep overnight.

-They work with whole wheat flour but they don't rise as much or have as big of air pockets in them. (Don't bother with the whole wheat) Worth the white!

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