Homemade jelly doughnuts are a fun treat to share with your family. These cake donuts are stuffed with your favorite jelly, fried, and rolled in confectioner's sugar.
Prep Time2 hourshrs20 minutesmins
Cook Time45 minutesmins
Total Time3 hourshrs5 minutesmins
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: American
Keyword: homemade jelly doughnuts
Servings: 24
Author: Laura Warnke
Equipment
1 quart Vegetable oil for frying
medium mixing bowl
Large Mixing Bowl
3" Doughnut Cutter
Deep Fryer or large 12" deep frying pan or cast iron skillet with high sides
cooking thermometer
Ingredients
4cupsflour
4teaspoonsbaking powder
1/2teaspoonsalt
1/4cupbutter
1cupsugar
2eggs
3/4cupmilk
1teaspoonvanilla
1cupof your favorite flavor seedless jelly
Confectioner's Sugar for dusting
1egg whitebeaten
Instructions
In a medium mixing bowl, sift flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter. Add sugar and beat well. Add eggs and beat well.
Add milk and vanilla and stir until combined.
Slowly add flour mixture and mix until dough holds together. Roll into a ball.
Cover and chill 2 hours.
On a floured board, roll out doughnut dough to 1/4" thick and cut with a doughnut cutter (3" rounds).
On the bottom of one of the rounds place about 2 teaspoons jelly (or however much will fit). Leave at least 1/4" open around the outside for sealing the doughnut. Moisten the edges of top and bottom rounds with the beaten egg white.
Place the top on and press the edges together either with your fingers or with a fork, sealing the edges well. Let rest while the oil heats up.
Heat at least 2" of vegetable oil in a large frying pan or deep fryer to 365 degrees and fry until lightly golden brown. Use a cooking thermometer.
Drain on a plate lined with paper towel briefly and then dip into a plate of confectioner's sugar. You may need to do this twice if the confectioner's sugar soaks in to the doughnut right away.
Notes
***You can also use a flour sifter to sprinkle the confectioner's sugar on the jelly donuts. Just place them on a baking sheet and coat them evenly. Enjoy!