RED GLAZED EGGLESS DOUGHNUTS WITH COCONUT SHAVINGS

Happy New Month Loves! It's May! My birthday Month too! So excited to share with you today's recipe. Eggless doughnuts with red glaze and generously sprinkled with coconut shavings. How delicious are these doughnuts? Very! I literally ate half the batch, I kid you not! Doughnuts are like an ochestra in your mouth, delicious that they just make you sing like you are at the opera. I always make my doughnuts with eggs but today I chose to make some without. I love the flavor combinations that make these doughnuts totally addictive. Easy to make and more delicious to eat.

INGREDIENTS
2 Cups All Purpose Flour
3 Tablespoons Sugar
1/4 Teaspoon Salt
4 Tablespoon Butter
21/4 Teaspoon Yeast
1/2 Cup Milk
1 Teaspoon Vanilla Essence
Vegetable oil for frying
Desiccated Coconut

Red Glaze
1 Cup Icing Sugar
1/4 Cup Milk
Red Food coloring

INSTRUCTIONS

Whisk flour, salt, instant dry yeast and sugar. Set aside. Warm milk and butter until butter melts. Add the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients. Mix to form a dough
Set the mixture on a lightly floured surface and knead until it forms a soft pliable dough.  Oil a large bowl and place the dough into it. Cover with damp kitchen cloth and let rest for 1 hour or until doubled in size

Once dough has doubled in size. Cut into four equal sizes

Roll out one of the dough into a 1/4 inch thickness. Use a glass orcookie cutter to cut out round shapes. Use a bottle cap or smaller round cookie cutter to cut out the middle part

Repeat until all the dough is cut into donought shapes. Heat a deep bottomed heavy pan until oil is hot. Drop several pieces of the donought into the oil, cook until golden brown on both sides. Set aside on a kitchen paper lined bowl to seep excess oil and keep warm

To make red glaze add 1 cup icing sugar into a bowl. Add a tablespoon of milk and mix until combined. Add more milk if needed but the glaze has to be thick enough

Dip one doughnut into the red glaze, gently press so the glaze is well coated on the donought. Set on a plate. Repeat with all the doughnuts.

Sprinkle with dessicated coconut before serving

RED GLAZED EGGLESS DOUGHNUTS WITH COCONUT SHAVINGS

Recipe by Mulunga Alukwe

Prep time: 20 Minutes + 1 Hour Rising Time
Cook time: 15 Minutes
Total time: 1 Hour 35 Minutes
Yield: 16-18 Doughnuts
Ingredients

• 2 Cups All Purpose Flour
• 3 Tablespoons Sugar
• 1/4 Teaspoon Salt
• 4 Tablespoons Butter
• 21/4 Teaspoon Instant Dry Yeast
• 1/2 Cup Milk
• 1 Teaspoon Vanilla Essence
• Vegetable Oil For Frying
• 1/4 Cup Desiccated Coconut
• 1 Cup Icing Sugar
• 1/4 Cup Milk
• 1-2 Tablespoons Red Food Color

Cooking Directions

1. Whisk flour, salt, instant dry yeast and sugar. Set aside. Warm milk and butter until butter melts. Add the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients. Mix to form a dough
2. Set the mixture on a lightly floured surface and knead until it forms a soft pliable dough. Oil a large bowl and place the dough into it. Cover with damp kitchen cloth and let rest for 1 hour or until doubled in size
3. Once dough has doubled in size. Cut into four equal sizes
4. Roll out one of the dough into a 1/4 inch thickness. Use a glass or cookie cutter to cut out round shapes. Use a bottle cap or smaller round cookie cutter to cut out the middle part
5. Repeat until all the dough is cut into doughnut shapes. Heat a deep bottomed heavy pan until oil is hot. Drop several pieces of the doughnut into the oil, cook until golden brown on both sides. Set aside on a kitchen paper lined bowl to seep excess oil and keep warm
6. To make red glaze add 1 cup icing sugar into a bowl. Add a tablespoon of milk and mix until combined. Add more milk if needed but the glaze has to be thick enough
7. Dip one doughnut into the red glaze, gently press so the glaze is well coated on the doughnut. Set on a plate. Repeat with all the doughnuts
8. Sprinkle with desiccated coconut before serving