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Ingredients:
500 g of flour
100 g of sugar
100 g of butter
3 eggs
20 g of active dry yeast
1 teaspoon of salt
250 ml of milk
Vegetable oil (for frying)
Granulatted sugar (for coating)
Custard or whipped cream (for filling)
Instructions:
In a bowl, mix the flour, sugar and salt.
In another bowl, mix the milk and yeast.
Add the milk mixture to the flour mixture and mix well.
Add the eggs and butter and knead until the dough is smooth and elastic.
Cover the dough and let it rest for about 30 minutes.
On a floured surface, roll out the dough to a thickness of about 1 cm.
Cut out circles with a cookie cutter or a glass.
Cover and let the dough circles rise for about 30 minutes.
Heat the vegetable oil in a deep pan.
Fry the dough circles until golden brown on both sides.
Remove from the oil and let them drain on paper towels.
Coat the warm donuts with granulated sugar.
Fill a piping bag with custard or whipped cream and pipe the filling into the center of each donut.