Yoji and the Foodies

While others are finding ways to shrink the size of food, our friendly neighborhood bakery has this to offer:

And here I thought they have already achieved economies of scale and wouldn’t mess with the portions/sizes of their bread products. It appears that the bakery is finding ways to save and earn more profit  (less bread to make due to size; higher profit per unit, etc.).

Friend: Aww, shut up and eat.

I’ve had this obsession with home-made doughnuts for the simple reason that I find Krispy Kreme (or Gonuts Donuts) too sweet. This obsession led me to about 20 doughnut recipes – one recipe looking better than the next. The basic dough mixture is the same across recipes but each of them added something unique in terms of flavoring. I am more than happy with a simple glaze or even a sprinkle of sugar mixed with cinnamon, so I took the very basic dough recipe from the list  and started working.

It’s easy to be intimidated when working with dough.  I am not. This is because I’ve been to dough hell and back. I’ve messed up many times in the past while working with cookie dough, bread dough, and pizza dough so I am no longer intimidated. It’s all part of the learning process.

Here’s the very basic doughnut recipe that I used.

2 cups flour
2 tsp.baking powder
1/2 cup caster sugar
icing sugar

1 egg
1/2 cup milk
50g butter
1 tbsp vanilla

optional:
icing sugar for glaze
cinnamon

Combine all ingredients to form a dough. REALLY! That’s how simple it is. Shape it into a big doughball and put in the fridge for at least 30 minutes.

After 30 minutes or so, knead the dough a few times to activate the baking powder. Use a rolling pin or a bottle to flatten the dough. When it’s ready, you can use a big cookie cutter to shape the doughnut. I used a “polvoron” mould because I don’t have a cookie cutter (you better believe it!). For the hole, use an apple corer or a much smaller cookie cutter. I used a bottlecap because I have none of those fancy contraptions.

You can either bake or deep fry the doughnut. I deep fried them because it’s faster.

To make the glaze, mix icing sugar and boiling water. Glaze the doughnut and let it cool for 5 minutes.

To make the cinnamon sugar, just mix cinnamon and sugar and sprinkle on the dougnut.

Not too sweet.

This sounds like the ultimate trashy food. They are fine on their own but when mixed together, that’s a totally different story. But that’s not to say I will not try it. It’s interesting enough to make me take one bite or two. Heck, if it’s good, I might order one more. Just a warning though: EAT AT YOUR OWN RISK.

SOURCE: Flickr ccaviness.