RECIPES
Old Fashioned Jam Doughnuts
Makes about 12
Kids and adults alike love these tasty treats!
30g compressed yeast
¼ cup lukewarm water
60g butter or margarine
1 cup milk
¼ cup castor sugar
2 eggs, beaten
3 ¾ cups flour
1 egg white
Raspberry jam
Oil for deep frying
Icing sugar
Dissolve yeast in the water.
Melt the butter into milk in a small saucepan, stirring occasionally.
Cool to lukewarm, then stir together the yeast mixture, butter/milk mixture,
sugar and eggs in a large bowl.
Beat well. All flour and beat in.
Cover lightly and allow to rise in a warm place for about 45 minutes or until
doubled in size.
Turn onto floured board and knead lightly.
Wrap in plastic and chill for 15 minutes.
Roll dough to 1cm thickness and cut into 5cm rounds using a floured cutter.
Brush half the rounds with lightly beaten egg white, and press jam into the
centre of the other rounds.