Filled Doughnuts from the Oven
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In Switzerland we have Fastnacht/Carnival at this time of the year, so I made the typical Doughnuts for this time.
Facts: Fasching or Karnival celebrations stem from various beliefs and needs. For Catholics, it provided a festive season of food and fun before the Lenten fasting period would begin. During the late medieval times, plays were performed during the Lenten period called Fastnachtspiele. In pre-Christian times, carnival celebrations symbolized the driving out of winter and all of its evil spirits. Hence the masks to “scare” away these spirits. The carnival celebrations in southern Germany and Switzerland reflects these traditions. (From about.com)
During these times we have a lot of different sweets that are being offered. Doughnuts are famous, even dough by now you can buy them all year long. This recipe is for baked doughnuts, I tried to avoid the oil, and they turned out pretty good.
Facts: Fasching or Karnival celebrations stem from various beliefs and needs. For Catholics, it provided a festive season of food and fun before the Lenten fasting period would begin. During the late medieval times, plays were performed during the Lenten period called Fastnachtspiele. In pre-Christian times, carnival celebrations symbolized the driving out of winter and all of its evil spirits. Hence the masks to “scare” away these spirits. The carnival celebrations in southern Germany and Switzerland reflects these traditions. (From about.com)
During these times we have a lot of different sweets that are being offered. Doughnuts are famous, even dough by now you can buy them all year long. This recipe is for baked doughnuts, I tried to avoid the oil, and they turned out pretty good.
Ingredients
600 g Flour
1 Pinch of Nutmeg
1 tsp Salt
80 g Sugar
11 g Dried Yeast
2 tbsp soft Butter
2 Eggs
320 ml warm Milk
50 g melted Butter
150 g Sugar
Raspberry Jam (brush it through a sieve)
Lindor Balls or other Chocolate Balls
Nutella
Vanilla cream
Cinnamon
Finishing touches:
To taste:
Instructions
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Step 1
Mix the flour with the sugar, nutmeg, and dry yeast. Then add the softened butter, eggs, and warm milk and knead. Once the dough comes together, add the salt. Knead the dough well and then let it rest for an hour under a cloth.
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Step 2
When the dough has risen to double its size cut it into 20 pieces.
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Step 3
Now there are several possibilities. You can form round small bread rolls and fill them after baking with jam or Nutella or whatever you want. Or you can fill it now with a chocolate ball, I used Lindor. You can also cut out shapes or form the doughnut with a hole in the middle.
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Step 4
I did form half of them like a bread roll, empty. After baking I used a piping bag with a small hole to pipe jam into the hot doughnut. You can do the same with Nutella or vanilla cream.
The other half I filled with the Lindor chocolate.
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Step 5
Put them on a baking sheet and cover with a towel, let rest for 30 minutes. Then bake at 170 C for 15-20 minutes.
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Step 6
Turn the hot rolls immediately in melted butter and sprinkle with sugar. If you leave the rolls unfilled add some cinnamon.
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Step 7
If you want to fill the rolls do it immediately. Pipe the jam in. I did it on top of the rolls so you can see what is inside.
Notes
The doughnuts are best eaten the same day! More Carnival Recipes
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