Donuts are one of the most favorite sweets, which are prepared especially often in winter. To put it simply, this is a sweet dough pie, which is usually fried in a huge amount of oil, which makes it not a completely healthy food, but in this article, we will tell you how to reduce the calorie content of donuts with the help of a little secret. Donuts are made from yeast dough and a variety of fillings. It is very important to choose the right ingredients for the filling; there are a couple of tricks here too.

As usual, we start by preparing the dough. As we wrote above, the dough should be yeast. To prepare the dough we need: wheat flour, milk, yeast, sugar, a little salt, butter or margarine, vanilla extract, lemon zest. Start preparing the dough with milk and yeast. You can use either regular or dry yeast, whichever you prefer. Heat the milk to room temperature, add yeast, sugar and just a little flour. This needs to be done to activate the yeast, and warm milk, a little flour and sugar are the best environment for this process. Never add yeast to hot milk, because at high temperatures the yeast will die. After half an hour, when the yeast has stood, we can add flour, vanilla and lemon zest.It is very important to knead the dough for a long time, because it is thanks to this that the dough turns out very soft, just airy. And at the very end, add melted margarine or butter, also at room temperature, and knead for some more time. The dough should sour for about an hour in a warm place and it is best to cover the bowl with the dough with a towel. .

Now let's move on to the filling. It all depends on your taste and imagination. Most often, donuts are made with various jams, berries, poppy seeds, boiled condensed milk, chocolate, and halva. Under no circumstances use liquid jam, because firstly, it will be difficult for you to make donuts, and secondly, it will leak out. It is very good to choose apple or Troyand jam for the filling. If we talk about chocolate, then it is more convenient to make with chocolate paste, you can take it with a nutty aroma, then the donuts will taste even more interesting.

To fry the donut, use a deep saucepan and plenty of vegetable oil. After you remove the finished donuts from the pan, first place them on paper towels, they will remove excess oil.