Krofne are a fried, airy doughnut very common to the Balkan countries. I like mine airy and coated in powdered sugar mixed with vanilla sugar.
They remind me of being a kid again and the excitement you feel when you smell the dough hitting the oil, and trying to find the beignets with the most amount of powdered sugar.
I love to serve these on checkered sheets for a carnival, or kid-like, touch: Combo pack of 50 deli checkered sheets or Combo pack of 100 checkered paper sheets.
SaveKrofne (Doughnuts)
Ingredients
Scale
- 5–1/2 cups bread flour (sifted)
- 4 teaspoons active dry yeast
- 2 cups milk
- 3 eggs
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup oil
- Zest of 1 lemon
- 3/4 quart oil for frying
- 2 packets of vanilla sugar to add to sugar (optional)
Instructions
- In a small bowl combine 1/2 cup warm milk (110F), yeast and pinch of sugar and let it rest until fluffy.
- Heat remaining 1.5 cups milk until lukewarm.
- Sift flour.
- In a mixer bowl start mixing eggs, add oil, lemon zest, sugar and then add milk.
- Add activated yeast.
- Add 1 cup of flour, mix.
- Add salt.
- Start adding remaining flour and keep mixing until all ingredients are incorporated.
- Transfer to a bowl, cover with plastic wrap or kitchen towel and leave to rise until doubled.
- Beat the dough with a wooden spoon and let it rise one more time, until doubled again.
- Transfer to a floured surface and stretch with a rolling pin to about 1/2 inch thick.
- Cut rounds using a cookie cutter, let it sit uncovered for 20 minutes.
- Pour about 3/4 quart of oil in a deep pot and heat.
- To check if the oil is ready dip a wooden spoon handle into the oil and if it is bubbles around the spoon it’s ready.
- Add a few donuts at a time. The top of the donuts while were rising should be on the bottom side when put into hot oil.
- Cover with a lid.
- Once the donuts are lightly brown turn so the other side gets fried.
- Remove to a tray.
- Coat with powdered sugar mixed with of vanilla sugar.
Looking for more doughnut content? Donut worry 😉 we have you covered:
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