Easy Loukoumades Honey Puff Greek Donuts Recipe

Best Loukoumades Recipe (Honey Puffed Greek Donuts).

1 cups lukewarm water

1/2 cup lukewarm milk

1 package dry yeast

2 cups all purpose flour

1 Tbs sugar

1 Tbs sugar

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 tsp vanilla essence

2 ½ cups canola oil for frying

Syrup:

1 C sugar

1/2 C water

1/4 C honey or syrup of your choice

1/2 cinnamon stick or ½ tsp cinnamon powder

Method

Dissolve yeast in half cup of lukewarm water, whisk in 1 tablespoon of sugar and set aside for 10 minutes until the mixture gets foamy.

Combine the flour, salt and sugar in a bowl.

Add the flour mixture to the yeast mixture with the remaining water, milk and vanilla extract.

Mix well with a hand mixer on medium-high speed until the lumps disappear in the batter.

Cover the bowl that the batter is in with plastic wrap or with a clean cloth and set it aside in a warm place to rise for 45 minutes.

Make sure the bowl is big enough. When the batter rises it will double in size.

While you are waiting for the dough to rise, make the syrup.

Combine all of the syrup ingredients in a small saucepan and bring to a boil while stirring.

Lower the heat and cook for about 3-5 minutes, stirring occasionally until the sugar dissolves.

Allow to cool.

Heat the oil for frying in a saucepan until very hot, but not smoking.

Use a skewer to test the oil.

With gloves grab a portion of the mixture. Squeeze until a ball forms.

Pick it up with a tablespoon and drop in the oil.

My pan usually fits 6 puffs at a time.

Clean the spoon with water after each set.

Fry the loukoumades until golden brown. About 3 minutes flipping them.

Transfer them onto a plate lined with paper towels to absorb the excess oil.

You can soak them with syrup using one of these two methods:

Either, dip them into the honey syrup a few at a time, or just pour the syrup over them.

Optional: Sprinkle some powdered sugar and cinnamon over them and serve immediately!!!!

Enjoy :)

Note: you can add ¼ Cup of cornstarch and 1 ¾ C of flour to make it extra crispy.

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