Sufganiyot (Jelly donuts)
Nick Cramer
Ingredients
2 tablespoons active dry yeast
1/2 cup warm water (100 degrees to 110 degrees)
1/4 cup plus 1 teaspoon sugar, plus more for dusting
2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for rolling
2 large eggs
2 tablespoons unsalted margarine, room temperature
1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg and/or cinnamon (optional)
3 cups vegetable oil+
1 cup seedless raspberry or strawberry jam
Powdered sugar
Baking syringe (for filling the donuts)
Directions
1. Combine yeast, warm water, and 1 teaspoon sugar in a small bowl. Set
aside until foamy, about 10 minutes.
2. Place flour in a large bowl, making a well in the center. Add eggs,
yeast mixture, 1/4 cup sugar, margarine, and nutmeg or cinnamon.
3. Using a wooden spoon, stir to form a sticky ball of dough.
4. On a well-floured work surface, knead the dough for approximately 8
minutes, until it is smooth and soft, and bounces back when poked with a
finger. Add more flour as necessary.
5. Place the dough in a lightly oiled bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Set
in a just warmed oven to rise until doubled, approximately 1 to 1 1/2
hours.
6. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured work surface and roll it to
1/4-inch thickness.
7. Using a 2 1/2-inch-round cutter or drinking glass, cut 20 rounds. Dip
the edge of the glass or cutter into flour as necessary to ease in the
cutting.
8. Cover the rounds with plastic wrap and let rise for another 15 minutes.
9. In a large frying pan, heat oil until a deep-frying thermometer
registers 370 degrees. Using a slotted spoon, carefully slip 4 rounds into
oil. Fry until golden, about 40 seconds. Turn sufganiyot over; fry until
golden on other side, another 40 seconds.
10. Remove the sufganiyot onto a paper-towel-lined baking sheet.
11. Once they are cool enough to handle, fill the donuts with jelly. Fill a
syringe with 5-10 cc of jelly. Place the tip of they syringe right inside
the edge of the donut. Squirt the filling inside, until you can see it
bubbling from underneath the surface of the donut. Be careful not to
overfill the donut.
12. Powder each donut with sugar on both sides.
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