Welcome to Week 47 of Mmm Mondays, where we turn Monday woes into Mondays whoas!
Last week had 11 scrumptious posts with a flood warning, deconstruction, and green lights. It also gave us a Red Light fascination, a white dress, and some hand me down’s. You can read all those Mmm’s and more here.
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You can find more to make you say Mmm at the bottom of this post.
Week 47 Recipe
Glazed Holes
Like most North Americans, doughnuts (donuts) are a favourite in our home, but I find them to be a lot of work. This easy recipe gives you all the taste in half the time, leaving more for other lip-licking moments.
Glaze Ingredients
- 1 1/2 (300 g) confectioner’s sugar
- 3 1/2 tsp (18 ml) whole milk (cream is a great substitute)
- 2 tsp (10 ml) vanilla extract
Hole ingredients
- Oil for frying (I use a pan, but a deep fryer is a good option-ensure oil is clean to prevent taste transfer)
- 1 cup (250 ml) milk
- 1 egg (the bigger the better- if using small sized, use 2)
- 2 cups (400 g) flour (all-purpose is fine. For a crumblier hole, use cake flour)
- 2 tbsp granulated sugar (30 ml)
- 4 1/2 tsp (22 ml) baking powder
- 1/2 tsp (dash) salt
- 1/4 cup (50 g) butter melted
Directions
- Preheat Oil to 350F (180C). If using a deep fryer, this is an average temp. For those using a pan, a thermometer comes in handy, but at medium-high heat seems to work well for electric ranges, and medium for gas ranges. Warm up should take approximately 7 minutes…
- Make glaze by mixing sugar and vanilla together and adding milk slowly but continuously until smooth. Less milk makes a heavier glaze. – Set aside
- Whisk milk for holes and egg together in small bowl
- In a medium bowl, add all dry ingredients, stir to combine
- add milk and egg mixture and pour in melted butter, mixing until it forms a thick dough
- Using an ice cream scoop (this makes perfectly round balls- if you don’t care about shape, a tablespoon and your fingers will work just as well), drop 1 tablespoon scoops into the hot oil, leaving space for even cooking
- Fry for 1-2 minutes (until golden brown) and then flip, continuing to cook on the other side
- remove from oil and place on towel lined tray, cool slightly
- placing a cooling rack on a baking tray, dip holes into glaze and place on rack to dry (tray will collect any drips)
- Serve and Enjoy.
Options:
Don’t want glazed? No problem. Toss holes in a cinnamon sugar mixture, dip into a cream cheese dip or drizzle with melted chocolate and eat with fruit and yogurt. For chocolate holes add 2 tbsp (30 ml) cocoa to hole mixture’s dry ingredients.
These holes will store for 3 days in a covered container, but may “sweat” and loose there spongy consistency.