Sufganiyot or Hanukkah Jelly Doughnuts
 
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Sufganiyot are jelly-filled round doughnuts, traditionally prepared during the Jewish festival of Hanukkah
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Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: Jewish
Serves: 18
Ingredients
  • Yeast: 1 tsp
  • Lukewarm milk: ¼ cup
  • Sugar: 2 tbsp
  • Egg: 1 whole+ 1 yolk
  • Yogurt or sour cream: 2 tbsp
  • Vegetable oil: 1 tbsp
  • Salt: A pinch
  • Vanilla extract: ¼th tsp
  • Flour: 2 cups
  • Oil for deep frying
  • Strawberry or raspberry jam: ½ cup
  • Powdered sugar: 1 tbsp
Method
  1. Mix yeast in lukewarm milk with 1 tsp sugar and let it stand for 10 minutes till it froths.
  2. Beat the egg and yolk with the remaining sugar well. Now add yogurt or sour cream, vegetable oil, salt, vanilla and the yeast mixture and beat well.
  3. Sieve and add flour to it gradually. Mix everything to create a soft dough and knead it for 7 minutes. Adjust amount of flour while mixing and kneading.
  4. Smear oil on the dough and a bowl, cover and let it rise for two hours till it almost doubles.
  5. Now knead the dough again and roll into ¼th inch thickness. Cut into 1 ½ to 2 inches roundels.
  6. Put at least ½ tsp jam into a roundel, dab a little water around the edges and cover it with another one to tightly seal it. It will look like a ball now. Cover and let them rise for 30 minutes.
  7. Heat oil and deep fry them on medium heat till they turn golden and put them on some paper towels to drain excess oil.
  8. Let them cool for a few minutes and sprinkle powdered sugar on them.
  9. Note: You can also put the jam after frying the donut by using a cake frosting tip and piping bag. Or make a slit with a small knife and use a spoon to put the jam in. This looks pretty with the jam just oozing out and the powdered sugar around it. Just remember to make these donut roundels a little thicker, about ½ inch thick, when you cut them from the rolled out dough.
  10. They will stay fresh for a couple of days but you can also fry them and freeze them by wrapping in individual saran wrap. Just reheat in the microwave before serving.
Recipe by The Saffron Platter at https://thesaffronplatter.com/1196-sufganiyot-or-hanukkah-jelly-doughnuts.html