Sprinkled Doughnuts

These soft, fluffy baked sprinkled doughnuts are coated with a sweet layer of icing and finished with a cheerful topping of hundreds and thousands or your favourite alternative. Perfect for birthdays, parties, or a colourful afternoon treat, they’re as delightful to make as they are to eat.

Sprinkled Donuts Recipe - TheRecipe.Website

Prep Time 25

Cook Time 10

Rising 1

Total Time 1 35

Servings Doughnuts

Ingredients

For the doughnuts:

300 g strong white bread flour
7 g yeast sachet fast-action
40 g caster sugar
½ tsp salt
150 ml warm milk
1 medium egg free range
40 g unsalted butter softened

For the icing:

150 g icing sugar
2 tbsp milk water
3 drops vanilla extract strawberry extract
Food colouring

For the topping:

Hundreds and thousands alternative toppings like sprinkles, crushed nuts, desiccated coconut, etc.

Instructions

In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, yeast, sugar and salt.
300 g strong white bread flour, 7 g yeast, 40 g caster sugar, ½ tsp salt
Make a well in the centre and pour in the warm milk and egg. Mix until it begins to come together.
150 ml warm milk, 1 medium egg
Add the butter and knead the dough by hand for about 10 minutes (or 5 minutes in a stand mixer with a dough hook) until smooth and elastic.
40 g unsalted butter
Cover the bowl with a clean tea towel or cling film and leave the dough to rise in a warm place for about 1 hour, or until doubled in size.
Once risen, knock the dough back and roll it out on a floured surface to about 1.5cm thick.
Use a round cutter (around 8cm) to cut out circles, then use a smaller cutter (around 3cm) to cut out the centres to make rings. Re-roll the dough as needed.
Place the doughnut rings on a baking tray lined with parchment. Cover lightly and leave to rise for another 30 minutes.
Preheat your oven to 180°C (160°C fan) / 350°F / Gas Mark 4.
Bake the doughnuts for 10–12 minutes until golden and slightly puffed. Allow to cool on a wire rack.
Mix the icing sugar with just enough milk to make a thick, spreadable icing. Add extract or food colouring if desired.
150 g icing sugar, 2 tbsp milk, 3 drops vanilla extract, Food colouring
Dip the tops of the cooled doughnuts into the icing, then immediately dip into your chosen topping (hundreds and thousands, sprinkles, etc.). Leave the sprinkled doughnuts to set for 10–15 minutes before serving.
Hundreds and thousands

Notes

These sprinkled doughnuts are best enjoyed fresh on the day, but they can be kept in an airtight container for up to 2 days. If you’d like to freeze them, do so before icing and decorating.

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