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Mini donuts

Mini donuts with pink strawberry frosting are perfect for Valentine's Day. With this recipe, you will make about 10 large or 20 mini donuts.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time6 minutes
Additional Time1 hour
Total Time6 minutes
Course: Valentine's Day
Cuisine: World
Keyword: easy donut recipe, mini donuts, strawberry donuts
Servings: 20 mini donuts
Calories: 123kcal
Author: Maayke

Ingredients

For the donuts

  • 2,5 cup flour
  • ¾ cup milk
  • 1 package yeast
  • ¼ cup sugar
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 3,5 tablespoon butter
  • 1 egg
  • 8 cups sunflower oil *this depends on the size of your pan

For the strawberry glaze

  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 2 tablespoons strawberry jam
  • 1 tablespoon milk
  • Sprinkles or anise sprinkles *optional
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Instructions

How to make the mini donuts

  • Place the flour, yeast, sugar, and salt in a mixing bowl and stir well.
  • Add the milk and melted butter and mix into a smooth dough.
  • Knead the dough for about five more minutes until you have a soft and smooth dough. The dough should be a little bit sticky.
  • Place the dough in a greased mixing bowl and let it rise covered with a tea towel for about an hour until doubled in size.
  • Roll out the dough to about ½ inch or 1 cm and carefully cut out doughnuts with a round cutter of about 5 cm or a glass. Use the nuzzle or a piping bag or small cutter about 1 inch or 2 cm from the center. You can add these rounds to the remaining dough or make mini donut holes by frying them!
  • Place the doughnuts on baking paper and cover them to rise for another half hour.
  • Preheat the oil to 356 F or 180C.
  • Carefully lower the doughnuts into the hot oil and fry for about 3 minutes on each side until golden brown. Caution! Do not fry too many at once.
  • Remove them from the fryer with a slotted spoon and drain them on kitchen paper.

How to make the strawberry glaze

  • In a small bowl, stir the powdered sugar with the jam and a little water until you have a thick glaze. If your glaze is too thin, you can add more powdered sugar. Is your glaze too thin? Stir in a few drops of water.
  • Dip the cooled donuts in the glaze and let them dry on a rack.

Notes

The nutrition facts are for the ingredients BEFORE baking.

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 123kcal | Carbohydrates: 22g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 3g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 15mg | Sodium: 82mg | Potassium: 40mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 89IU | Vitamin C: 0.2mg | Calcium: 17mg | Iron: 1mg