Prep: 15 minutes | Prepare dinner: 10 minutes | Complete: 25 minutes | Servings: 10 to fifteen servings | Yield: 15 to twenty doughnuts
These candy treats from Lebanon known as awamat are good for any event. Small balls of dough are fried till golden brown and crispy, after which coated with easy syrup. Ensure you make sufficient of those to go round—there isn’t any manner you possibly can eat only one!
By Saad Fayed
Elements
3 cups pastry flour
1/2 teaspoon sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoons energetic dry yeast
2 1/2 cups water
Olive oil, for frying
Easy syrup, for topping
Steps to Make It
1. In a big bowl, combine pastry flour, sugar, yeast, and salt.
2. Slowly add the water and blend till a dough types.
3. Flip dough out onto a floured floor and knead nicely for five to 7 minutes, till it’s shiny and smooth and barely sticky.
4. Spoon dough by the teaspoonful and kind ball shapes together with your arms. If the dough is sticking to your arms or spoons, calmly oil them to forestall stickiness. Don’t use water. Water will naturally sink within the oil pan because of density distinction. Then the water will vaporize immediately into steam, inflicting the oil to splatter as a result of the steam is attempting to flee. That is very harmful so be certain that to not introduce any water into the new oil. Place on a plate as soon as accomplished.
5. In a frying pan, add sufficient olive oil in order that dough shall be submerged. Warmth oil till 375 F. An excellent tip for testing the temperature if you do not have a deep-fry thermometer is to position the tip of a wood spoon into the oil; in the event you see small bubbles kind across the spoon then the oil is sufficiently sizzling.
6. Fastidiously place the dough balls into the oil, just a few at a time. (Don’t crowd the pan.) When the doughnuts are cooked they may rise to the highest of the oil and be golden brown.
7. Take away the doughnuts from the oil utilizing a slotted spoon and place on a plate coated with a paper towel to soak up extra oil. Let cool a bit till simple to deal with.
8. Drizzle with easy syrup and toss to coat. Serve instantly.
Ideas
– Easy syrup is only a mixture of water and sugar. For these doughnuts, and maybe different desserts, you possibly can mix 2 components sugar to 1 half water. All it is advisable to do to make easy syrup is dissolve the sugar in boiling water after which let simmer for about 10 minutes or so.
– Place it in a bottle with a tight-fitting lid and preserve it in a cool, darkish place. It is usually good for soaking cake layers (an excellent trick after they have dried out) or for making candied fruits.
– When you add taste to the syrup, the recipe choices improve enormously. From strawberry, cinnamon, and mint to florals like rose and lavender, these primary combos are a simple solution to convey different taste dimensions to any recipe.
Vitamin Info (per serving)
315 Energy | 20g Fats | 30g Carbs | 5g Protein
