FRENCH DOUGHNUTS (BINET)

Source: Yochana

Ingredients:

• 180 gm. water
• 180 gm. milk
• 100 gm. butter
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 240 gm. plain flour
• 60 gm. sugar
• 1 tsp. vanilla essence
• 4 nos. eggs
  

For dusting: 100 gm. very fine sugar + 1 tsp. cinnamon powder

Method:

• Boil milk, water, butter and salt together till simmering boil.
• Pour in all the flour, take the pan off the heat and stir vigorously till it combines into a dough.
• Return dough onto stove and stir till dough leaves the side of the pan.
• Pour into a mixing bowl and let it cool till warm till break in the eggs and beat till smooth, adding eggs one at at time.
• Add in vanilla essence and put dough into a piping bag fitted with a star nozzle.
• Brush some greaseproof paper with shortening and then pipe the dough onto the paper.
• Heat oil in a wok and deep-fry doughnuts till golden brown. Take it out and leave it on top of some kitchen towels.
• Coat doughnuts with cinnamon sugar.