Jam and cream donuts

Jam and cream donuts

Tea o'clock!!!
Makes 8 - 10
Prep time: 25 minutes plus 1 hour rising time  
Cook time: 9 minutes  
 
Ingredients:

  • ½ tsp salt  
  • ¼ cup sugar  
  • 4T butter, melted and cooled 
  • 1 large egg  
  • 3 cups flour  
  • 1 cup milk, warm  
  • 2 ½ tsp yeast  
  • 1 tsp vanilla  
  • Jam to serve  
  • Whipped cream to serve

 Method:

To make the dough, combine 1t sugar, yeast and milk, mix and allow to rest until bubbly. Add the remaining salt, sugar and egg to the yeast. Add the butter and two cups of flour, mix until smooth, add the last to up of flour and knead until smooth. Cover with cling wrap for 30 mins. Punch down and roll out to about 3cm thick then cut into 7cm rounds. Allow to rise for another 15 mins on a greased tray.
 
While waiting to rise, spray drawer with vege oil and set to Air Fry for 7 minutes at 180C to pre-heat. Then add the donuts carefully and turn halfway. Check they’re done (if not allow another 2 / 3 minutes on Air Fry. Remove them and allow to cool slightly. While warm, lather in melted butter then coat in sugar and fill with jam and cream.