Quick Easy Donut Holes

I came to know and love donuts after a few years while living in Chicago. Dunkin’ Donuts stores are everywhere in the City of Chicago. I think a donut or donut hole is a comfort food; no one can refuse a cup of coffee and a donut in on a deep, cold winter day in Chicago. As my memory recalls, there is always a donut shop at a bus or train stop. I used to enter the donut shop to buy a cinnamon sugar coated donut or simple glazed one while waiting for the bus to arrive. Police men and women are frequent customers at the donut shop. Even though a donut is not a healthy comfort food, it connects with a simple life for so many people. The most commonly used ingredients for making donut dough are flour, yeast, eggs, and butter. Afterwards, deep fry the batter. This method to make donuts, or, today, donut holes results in an extremely light dough. However, in this recipe as in many of my easy baking methods, I use the self-rising flour with nonfat Greek yogurt. The result surprises me quite a bit that the donut holes are still light and fluffy. This is the fastest and easiest way to dispel the urge for donut holes, and it tastes like the donut holes at a donut shop.

 

Ingredients:

1 cup self-rising flour

5.3 oz nonfat Greek yogurt

1 egg

1/4 cup milk 

Other ingredients:

Oil for deep frying

Powdered sugar

Butter

Cocoa powder

Cinnamon powder

Directions:

Combine yogurt, egg, and milk in a bowl and whisk well.

Add the flour and whisk to combine. The batter should be thick.

Preheat oil in deep sauté pan or deep pot. 

Use a small ice cream scoop, sprayed with some oil to prevent the batter from sticking in the ice cream scoop, to drop the batter into the hot oil.

Donut holes will float on top of the oil in a few seconds. Deep fry the donut holes until golden brown on all sides (gently turn the donut holes to get them evenly brown).

Use a sieve spoon to transfer the donut holes onto paper towels to absorb the oil. 

Simple glaze:

1 tbs sugar with 2 tsp cinnamon powder

1/2 cup powder sugar with 2 tbs melted butter

2 tbs melted butter with 1 tbs cocoa powder

The above simple glaze is proportioned for this recipe. You can make more glaze to your liking. Roll the donut holes into the glaze as soon as you can after deep frying.