easy donut recipe | chocolate donut recipe | chocolate doughnut recipe

Recipe Snapshot

  • Prep time: 120 minutes
  • Cook time: 15 minutes
  • Total time: 135 minutes
  • Yield: 16 Servings
  • Category: Dessert
  • Cuisine: international

Ingredients

  • ½ cup milk (warm)
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 1 tsp dry yeast
  • 2 cups maida / plain flour / all purpose flour / refined flour
  • ¼ tsp baking powder
  • 2 tbsp butter (room temperature)
  • pinch of salt
  • ½ cup water (or as required)
  • oil to grease & deep fry

for chocolate glaze:

  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • ¼ cup cocoa powder
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract / essence
  • 3 tbsp milk

Method

  1. firstly, activate yeast by adding milk and sugar.
  2. now add maida, baking powder, butter and salt.
  3. combine and knead to smooth dough adding water as required.
  4. grease, cover and rest for 1-2 hours.
  5. punch the dough and roll slightly thick using rolling pin.
  6. now with the help of donut cutter, cut round.
  7. allow to rest in warm place for 2 hours.
  8. deep fry in medium hot oil to golden brown.
  9. dip the doughnuts and serve chocolate donuts sprinkled with sugar crystals.

Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note

Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.