The Dutchess doughnut
By Chatelaine205
PREP TIME
45 min
TOTAL TIME
3 hrs
Makes
12 doughnuts
Homemade dutchie doughnuts. Photo, Erik Putz.
Hacking a Canadian classic isn’t a task we take lightly, but we insisted on perfecting the Dutchie at home! The dough is impossibly fluffy and rich without being too sweet. A light glaze completes the magic.
Ingredients
- 1 cup sultana raisins
- 1 cup 2% milk
- 8-g pkg quick-rise instant yeast
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter , melted
- 1 egg
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- canola oil , for frying
GLAZE
- 2 cups icing sugar
- 1/4 cup water
Instructions
- SOAK raisins with 1 cup boiling water from the kettle in a small bowl until plump, 10 min. Drain well.
- MICROWAVE milk until warm, 45 sec. Pour into bowl of a stand mixer fitted with dough hook. Add yeast and stir. Let stand for 10 min.
- BEAT in raisins, granulated sugar, butter, egg and salt. Add flour. Beat on medium-high until dough forms a ball and pulls away cleanly from the sides and bottom of the bowl, about 5 min. (Mixer may move around the counter during beating process.)
- SPRAY a medium bowl with oil. Turn dough out of mixer bowl into oiled bowl. Lightly oil top of dough and cover with a damp tea towel (not terry cloth). Let stand in a warm place until dough doubles in size, about 1 hour.
- LINE a large baking sheet with parchment. Lightly spray with oil. Roll out dough on a floured surface to a 1/2-in. thick square. Cut into 12 squares. Transfer to prepared sheet. Cover with same damp tea towel and let stand until doughnuts double in size, about 45 min.
- POUR oil into a large pot until it reaches 1-in. up the sides. Clip a deep-fry thermometer to the side. Heat over medium until temperature reaches 350F. Adjust heat as necessary to keep temperature at 350F during cooking. Fry doughnuts, 4 at a time, flipping halfway through, until golden, 3 to 4 min. Drain on paper towels.
- SET a wire rack over a piece of parchment. Whisk icing sugar with water in a medium bowl until smooth. Dip each doughnut into icing mixture, turning with two forks to cover completely. Carefully transfer to rack and let stand until glaze is firm.
Substitution Tip
For the raisin-averse: this recipe works just as well with finely chopped dried figs.
