I made it (followed everything as directed) and it's so good!! Thank you for the recipe and clear instructions Sifu. It's still soft even on the second day.
Alr, so I made this today and holy hell this was good, so here's my tips: -it took me a solid 3-4 hours. do this pretty early in the day cuz of all the fermentation, also the frying alone took me close to 40 min. -i actually had to add around 1-2 tbsp milk..? so idk what went wrong, but I measured w/scale. I used unbleached ap flour so maybe it's just my flour type -you want to put more oil than you think. about halfway up ur cast iron. I put about the same amount shown in the video and on donut #7-12, the area around the hole got darker than the rest of the donut. If you don't care about that, then it's fine. -would recommend u do no more than 3 at a time cuz you'll be taking donuts out, and drying it off, and then tossing it in sugar. That will take around 1-2 min, since you are taking 3 donuts out (which is around the time you want to check on your donuts). -each donut piece weighs around 45g. Doesn't have to be exact. Would recommend you using a scale to weigh each out. -honestly. if you have a donut cutter, just use it. the whole ball rolling and finger poking took me WAY more time that it should've lmao - although I personally don't mind because the donut looks a lot prettier and the hole isn't that big, so the extra effort was worth it. -kneaded around 6-7 min. dough will be smooth, but still kinda sticky. it's fine, still great donut. (will not be as smooth as the one shown in the video). -so the ball step is basically pushing all the ugly bits on the bottom and making the top smooth and pretty, also making the ball taunt. You'll basically end up with one really nice side, and one side with weird lines through it. doesn't affect taste or anything, but if that's just not how you vibe, then roll it out until it's about 1/2" thick and use donut cutters to cut out the circles. Amazing recipe, 10/10 would recommend using it so enjoy! :) sorry for any misinfo I put out; this was just how my donut process went.
do you recomend us to put in the freezer before frying (and take them out other day and fry) or when are already fryed and just take them out from the freezer, wait to templed and eat them??
Hi sister. .. When I frying. The shape only one side puffing while the other remained flat when I flip over. Why is this so? Appreciate your advice. Thanks