Baked mincemeat doughnuts
By Mary Cadogan
Cooking time
Prep: 2 hrs, 15 mins Cook: 12 minsSkill level
Moderately easyServings
Makes 12Get into the Christmas spirit and enjoy the pure pleasure of baking these mincemeat filled doughnuts
Nutrition and extra info
Additional info
- Freezable
Nutrition
- kcalories
- 149
- protein
- 3g
- carbs
- 30g
- fat
- 3g
- saturates
- 2g
- fibre
- 1g
- sugar
- 17g
- salt
- 0.06g
Ingredients
- 200g strong white bread flour
- 1 rounded tbsp caster sugar
- 25g butter, cut into small pieces
- 1 x 7g sachet easy-blend dried yeast
- 5 tbsp milk
- 1 egg, beaten
- 4 tbsp mincemeat
To coat
- 3 tbsp icing sugar
- 85g caster sugar
- 1 tsp cinnamon
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Method
- Tip the flour, sugar and a good pinch of salt into a large bowl. Add the butter and rub into the flour with your fingertips. Stir in the yeast.
- Warm the milk to hand hot. Make a well in the centre of the flour and add the milk and egg. Mix everything together to make a soft dough. Tip onto a lightly floured surface and knead for 5 mins until the dough is smooth, elastic and no longer sticky. Put the dough back in the bowl, cover with a tea towel and leave to rise for about 1 hr or until doubled in size.
- Knead the dough again briefly, then divide into 12 equal pieces. Roll out each piece to a 9cm round and put 1 tsp mincemeat in the centre. Gather up the edges of the dough to enclose the filling, pinching it well to seal. Shape into a ball between your hands and put on a baking sheet lined with baking paper, sealed side down, allowing space for the dough to rise. Cover with a tea towel and leave for about 30 mins. Heat the oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5.
- Bake the doughnuts for 10-12 mins until risen and golden. Mix the icing sugar with 2 tbsp cold water in a shallow bowl. Mix the caster sugar and cinnamon in another bowl. Roll each doughnut first in the sugar syrup, then into the caster sugar to coat all over. Leave to cool.
Recipe from Good Food magazine, January 2010
Comments, questions and tips
Comments
I made this with 200g Doves Gluten Free white bread flour, and a little extra milk. It worked a treat and my non-coeliac friends voted with their tastebuds and finished the lot.
Moderators, <b>please</b> put this recipe in the gluten-free section as it is a rare occasion when a bread-like recipe actually converts so easily!
These were lovely and really easy to make. I will definitely make them again but I will make them smaller (more bite size) and rather than roll them in the sugar - which got clumpy with the glaze after a while - I will use a sieve to dust the tops. Looking forward to trying this recipe with other fillings.
Made these today. They are delicious.I will try freezing them and see what happens when defrosted. I used rice milk and dairy free marg.(husband avoids both milk and butter) and the results are still great. I managed 12 easily and will definately be making them again with but with different fillings.
I've made these a few times, always with brilliant results. I've always managed 12 doughnuts out of the dough, they are small but a good few bites of yumminess and not too much damage on the caloireometer-bonus! I've tried them with mincemeat and with a couple of different types of jam and they always go down a storm. Agree with Nicola on them being a bit messy to secure all the filling inside but always well worth the effort (and the sticky fingers!)
They were quite easy to make, other than trying to get it all sealed up with the mincmeat inside...predictably mine oozed a bit in the oven! They were very tasty, and a big hit with my friends, but I think they really need to be eaten very fresh as they went a bit sticky and damp after a day or so. if i make them again, I'll probably try to brush on the sugar syrup then sprinkle the dry sugar over them to avoid them getting so damp over time. But I will definitely make them again (and with jam after Christmas!).
Absolutely delicious. A fresh, soft doughnut is an absolute delight and these don't disappoint. In fact they are even better because you don't need to feel guilty about eating them since there is only 25g of fat in the whole recipe. I made these last week and they were a great success and were all gone within minutes... always the benchmark of success or failure in our household. Because they were so popular I then made a second batch using a good strawberry jam instead of the mincemeat and if anything they were even better. Both times I could only manage 8 doughnuts out of the mixture, but I didn't want to make them too tiny. These will definitely be made again.. and again... and again!
