It’s difficult not to like donuts. Whether you prefer sweet or savory, ring or square, hollow or filled, there is something for everyone. Naturally, such versatility lends itself to one’s imagination, and the galaxy donut epitomizes thinking out of the box, and in this case, thinking out of this world.
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4 tsp (14g) active dry yeast
1/3 cup (75g) softened butter
5 cups plain flour + more for dusting
A drop of vanilla bean paste
Food colouring (we used electric purple, electric pink, navy blue and super black by Americolour)
1. Sprinkle yeast over ¼ cup of lukewarm water. Stir well to dissolve. Allow it to stand for 5 minutes till mixture turns frothy.
2. In a large mixing bowl, combine yeast mixture with milk, sugar, salt, eggs and butter. Whisk well to combine.
3. Continue to whisk in 2 cups of flour, then using a wooden spoon, stir in the remaining flour ½ cup at a time to form a dough. Feel free to add more flour if dough is too wet. Tip dough onto a work station lightly dusted with flour. Knead for about 5 minutes until the dough is smooth and elastic. You can test by pressing the dough with one finger. It should bounce back if it is ready. Place the dough in a greased bowl. Cover with a plastic wrap and leave to rise for 1 hour till it has doubled in size.
4. When the dough has doubled in size, knock out the air by punching the dough once or twice. Turn the dough out onto a floured work station and gently roll it out to ½ inch thickness. Using a floured doughnut cutter, cut out rings of doughnuts.
5. Cover doughnuts with a tea towel and let it rise until doubled in size.
6. Fill and heat 2 inches of oil in a deep-walled saucepan to 175C. Carefully lower the doughnuts into the hot oil. Fry doughnuts on each side until golden brown. Transfer to a cooling rack to drain off excess oil.
7. To make the glaze, combine icing sugar, milk, vanilla bean paste in a mixing bowl. Stir well and check the consistency. The glaze should flow in ribbons. Add a little more milk if glaze is too dry or more icing sugar if glaze is too wet.
8. Divide the glaze mixture into 5 ramekins. Add a food colouring of your choice in each ramekin. Stir well to distribute the colours. Our galaxy glaze consists of purple, blue, pink, white and black.
9. Scoop a little glaze from each ramekin into a flat-bottom bowl. Create colourful streaks by roughly mixing the glaze with a wooden skewer. Dip the donut into the glaze presentation-side down and gently glide the donut up. Place glazed donuts onto a wire rack to drip off excess glaze and enjoy!
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