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Easy Healthy Cooking Recipe's Boston Cream Dough-nut |
Ingredients:
For the Dough:
· 1 package active dry yeast (2 1/4 teaspoons)
· 3/4 cup warm whole milk (105° to 115ยบF.)
·
1/3 cup sugar
·
3 1/4 cups
all-purpose flour
·
5 tablespoons
unsalted butter, at room temperature
·
4 egg yolks, at
room temperature
·
3/4 teaspoon
salt
·
1/2 teaspoon
ground cardamom
·
1/4 teaspoon
ground nutmeg
·
For the Filling:
·
1 package (3.4
oz.) JELL-O Vanilla Flavor Instant Pudding
·
1 cup cold milk
·
1 &1/2 cups
thawed cool whip
For the Glaze:
·
1oz. unsweetened
baking Chocolate
·
1 tablespoon
butter
·
3/4 cup powdered
sugar
·
2 tablespoons
cold milk
Instructions:
1) Place warm milk, yeast and 1 teaspoon
granulated sugar in bowl of electric mixer. Using a wire whisk, stir mixture
until yeast granules are evenly dispersed. Let stand for 3 minutes until yeast
is dissolved and mixture begins to foam.
2) Add 1 & 1/2 cups flour to yeast mixture.
Using paddle attachment (or with hands) beat on low speed 2 minutes. Remove
paddle attachment and cover bowl with plastic wrap. Let stand at room
temperature 45 minutes. Dough will have increased in volume.
3) Thoroughly grease a large bowl with 1
tablespoon room temperature butter and set aside. To dough, add remaining
butter and sugar, yolks, salt, cardamom and nutmeg. Mix on low speed until
blended. Add 1 & 1/2 cups remaining flour, 1/2 cup at a time. Beat dough on
medium speed 5 minutes. Dough will not form a ball – it will be soft and very
sticky. You can add the remaining flour 1 tablespoon at a time, as necessary.
4) Scrape dough into prepared bowl, turning over
dough so that the top of it is greased. Cover with plastic wrap. Let dough rise
at room temperature about 2 hours, or until it has slightly more than doubled
in volume. (Rising time will depend upon room temperature.)
5) After dough has risen/doubled in size, line a
baking sheet with parchment or wax paper and evenly dust with flour. Dust a
clean work surface with flour. Turn out risen dough onto surface and gently
press down on it to deflate. With your hands, flatten dough into a rectangle
about 1/2-inch thick. Cover loosely with plastic wrap and let dough rest 5
minutes.
6) Using a floured 2 & 1/2-inch round biscuit
or cookie cutter (I used a beer glass), cut out about 12 to 14 rounds of dough.
With a floured spatula, gently transfer rounds to prepared baking sheet,
reshaping them if necessary. Leave at least 1-inch between donuts to allow for
expansion. Let donuts rise for about 20 minutes, or until almost doubled in
size.
7) Pour enough oil in a deep-fat fryer or large
straight-sided saucepan to come halfway up sides. Oil should be a depth of 2 to
3 inches. Heat oil to 365ยบ F. Line a baking sheet with paper towels. Fry donuts,
3 or 4 at a time, for 1 to 1 minute 30 seconds or until golden brown, flipping
once in between. (The mid-line of the dough-nut will be lighter than the rest of
it) Remove donuts from hot oil using a slotted spoon and transfer them to paper
towel-lined baking sheet to drain and cool.
8) Prepare your filling by beating the pudding
mix and 1 cup milk in medium bowl with whisk for 2 minutes. Fold in the cool
whip and then let stand for 5 minutes.
9) Prepare your glaze by heating the chocolate
and butter in medium saucepan over low heat until butter and chocolate are
completely melted and mixture is well blended. Add the sugar and milk and mix
well until smooth. Feel free to add more milk if you want to thin it out a bit
more.
10) Fill a pastry bag with the filling. With a
knife (or even your finger) poke a hole into the side of each donut, trying to
make some space into the center. Just be gentle as you're doing this. Pipe the
filling into hole in middle of each donut until pastry cream bulges out and
donut feels full. Wipe off any excess cream. Place filled donuts on rack after
they are filled.
11) Dip top of each filled donut into bowl of
warm chocolate glaze, letting excess glaze drip back into bowl. Place glazed
donuts back onto rack to set. Let sit for 30 minutes before serving. The donuts
are best when prepared and served on the same day, otherwise store at room
temperature for a few days in an air tight container.