Baked Light Donuts - Non Fried Krapfen

It is Carnival and along the streets there is a bewitching and seductive scent of sugary sweets! And who resists? Yes but with the line how do we put it? No problem: we can find a compromise between fried desserts and fasting! I propose you some light light donuts, baked in the oven!

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• 266 KCal Calories per serving

• Ingrediants

  To serve

  • About 20 g of powdered sugar

  For the leavening

  • 20 g of Manitoba flour
  • 20 g of sugar
  • 140 ml of milk
  • 9 g of brewer's yeast

  For the filling

  • 100 g of jam
  • 40 g (1 medium) of egg white

  For the main dough

  • 70 g of sugar
  • Grated rind of untreated lemon
  • 1 pinch of salt
  • 50 g of butter
  • 80 ml of milk
  • 40 g (2 medium) of egg yolks
  • 400 g of Manitoba flour

  Materials Needed

  • Bowls of various sizes
  • Wooden ladle
  • Scale weighs food
  • Transparent film
  • Brush
  • Baking trays
  • Baking paper
  • Pastry board
  • Rolling pin
  • Round pasta bowl or glass glass
  • Teaspoons
  • Grater
  • Sieve

  Preparation

  1. First prepare the leavening. Dissolve the brewer's yeast in the warmed milk. Sift the flour into a bowl and mix it with the sugar. Pour the dissolved yeast into the flour and sugar mixture, then mix thoroughly to avoid the formation of lumps.
  2. Cover with a sheet of cling film and let the leavening rest in a warm place (e.g. oven off) for at least 30 minutes.
  3. After the necessary time, proceed with the preparation of the main dough. Sift the Manitoba flour and add the two egg yolks, soft butter, warm milk, a pinch of fine salt and sugar in the center. Flavor the mixture with the grated zest of an organic lemon. Then add the leaven (which in the meantime will have swollen) and mix vigorously, first with a wooden spoon, then by hand, until you get a soft and smooth dough.

  Please note
  Don't throw away the egg whites! We will need the donuts for the next phase!

  4. Place the dough in a bowl, cover with cling film and let it rest in a warm environment for 2 hours or until the dough has tripled its volume.
  5. Arrange the leavened dough on the pastry board and roll out the dough with a rolling pin to form a rectangle (or circle) with a thickness of 6-7 mm.
  6. Line 2 baking plates with the special greaseproof paper.
  7. With a round cookie cutter with a diameter of 7 cm, cut out many discs (about 20-24). Place half of the discs obtained (10-12) on the oven plates, maintaining a certain distance between one and the other.
  8. Fill each disc with a teaspoon of apricot jam and brush the exposed edges with lightly beaten egg white. Cover the stuffed base with another disk of dough, pressing lightly along the edges to facilitate adhesion.

  Did you know that
  The albumen acts as an adhesive and promotes adhesion with the second cover disk.
  The original donuts - in addition to being clearly fried - must be rigorously stuffed with apricot jam; moreover, the traditional recipe requires stuffing them BEFORE frying (they must not be syringed after cooking).
  When the filling is different from apricot jam, the "Krapfen" loses its connotation to take on the more generic name of "donut".

  9. Leave the donuts to rise again in a warm (but off) oven for about 30 minutes.
  10. Preheat the oven to 180 ° C and bake the donuts for 13-15 minutes.
  11. Serve with a sprinkling of powdered sugar.

  Alice's comment - PersonalCooker

  It's time for lightness! Let's celebrate Carnival together with sweets of all kinds, but always in line with the Carnival tradition: baked pancakes, light baked crostoli (or chiacchiere) and super crunchy streamers! Baked donuts are the icing on the cake! Also try the soft donuts with potatoes!

  Nutritional values ​​and Health Comment on the recipe

  The Donuts in the Oven are sweet foods quite caloric but much lighter than the traditional fried analogue. They provide high quantities of carbohydrates (mostly simple), a good ration of proteins and a modest concentration of lipids (mostly saturated). fibers are scarce and cholesterol is quite significant.
  Baked Donuts are not suitable for the diet of overweight subjects, nor for those suffering from metabolic diseases such as diabetes and dyslipidemia. However, it is a food to be consumed in moderation and in portions not exceeding 45kcal (120kcal).