Best Baked Doughnuts (donuts)

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• 250 g sugar
• 250 ml milk
• 220 g shortening (i used half butter and half margarine)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 500 g plain flour
• 9 g baking powder
• 6 g salt
• 1/4-1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4-1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg

Recipe

• 1 sift flour with salt, baking powder, cinammon and nutmeg.
• 2 melt the shortening in a small bowl in the microwave and allow to cool.
• 3 in a large bowl, beat the eggs until foamy and gradually add the sugar while beating constantly.
• 4 add the milk alternately with the melted shortening and then add the vanilla essence.
• 5 add the flour mixture and beat until combined.
• 6 cover and chill in fridge for around 30 minutes until dough is firm.
• 7 grease a doughnut pan with 12 holes carefully.
• 8 pre-heat oven to 200 degrees celcius (450 f) with the fan-forced option on.
• 9 carefully spoon the cool dough into a large piping bag with a large plain nozzle and pipe a ring of dough into each hole.
• 10 you can just use a small spoon to fill the doughnut pan but it takes ages and isn't as even. i used a disposable bag, filled it then snipped a hole at the end to pipe the mixture.
• 11 bake for around 10 minutes or until doughnut has risen and is lightly browned.
• 12 turn out onto a wire-rack to cool.
• 13 ice with chocolate glaze, doughnut icing (e.g.easy bakery-style doughnut topping glaze ) or dip in half a cup of melted butter and then toss in a cup of sugar mixed with a teaspoon of cinammon.