Mini Donut Recipe
Easy and amazing homemade Mini Donut Recipe made with Ricotta cheese (and no yeast). Fried donuts topped with Nutella, powdered sugar or caramel.
Ingredients
- 32 oz full-fat ricotta cheese
- 1 large egg
- 2/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 3 tsp baking powder
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour, measured then sifted
- 1/2 cup Nutella for drizzling
- neutral oil for frying
Instructions
How to make the Mini Donuts:
- In a large bowl mix together ricotta cheese, egg, sugar, vanilla extract, and baking powder until combined. Then, add flour and mix together.
- Next, dust the working surface liberally with flour and dump the mini donut dough out onto it. Sprinkle more flour over the top of the dough, then using your hands or a floured rolling pin roll or press the dough until it's about 1-inch in thickness.
- Using a 3-inch cutter, cut out as many donuts as you can, then collect and press the scraps together and re-roll and cut out more circles. Keep repeating until you have no more dough left. Using a 3/4 inch cookie cutter cut out the centers of each donut.
How to fry the mini donuts:
- Preheat a heavy-bottomed pot with about 1-inch of oil until it registers at 375°F. Carefully add some mini donuts and fry them for about 3-4 minutes per side or until they're nice and golden. Once cooked through, remove from the oil onto a cooling rack to cool.
- Fill a plastic bag with 1/2 cup of Nutella, snip off the end and drizzle the donuts with Nutella or sprinkle with powdered sugar.
- Enjoy!