Mina's Twisted Donut

Ingredients

• 3 cups all purpose flour for doughnuts, plus 2 tablespoons for dusting
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 packet of dry yeast (about 2¼ teaspoons: 7 grams)
• 2 tablespoons plus 3 tablespoons white sugar
• 1 cup milk
• 1 egg
• ½ teaspoon salt
• oil for frying
• ½ teaspoon cinnamon powder + sugar

Make the coating

• Add 2-3 tablespoons sugar and the cinnamon powder to a brown paper bag. Shake to mix well. Set aside.

Make the dough

1. Melt the butter in a small saucepan over medium heat.
2. Remove from the heat and add milk, sugar, and salt,mix well then add egg and mix well
3. Add the yeast and stir. Let it sit for 5 minutes.
4. Add 3 cups flour and mix well with a wooden spoon.
5. When everything is well mixed, use your hand to knead the dough for a few minutes, and shape it into a big lump.Cover with plastic wrap.
6. Let the dough rise until it doubles in size, usually about 1 hour.
7. After an hour punch down and knead the dough for a few minutes until it’s soft and smooth.
8. Cover with plastic wrap again and let it sit for 30 minutes to 1 hour until it doubles in size again.
9. knead it for a few minutes. Put 2 tablespoons of flour on the corner of your cutting board to use for dusting. #Divide the dough into 16 equal pieces.divided or depend how small you want.
10. Take a piece of dough and roll it out on your cutting board so it forms a rope 10 inches long and ½ inch in diameter. If it’s sticky, sprinkle some flour on the area you’re working in.
11. If it’s sticky, sprinkle some flour on the area you’re working in.
12. Roll each portion into a 10 inch cylinder and twist like a rope,repeat with the rest of the pieces of dough.
13. Let stand for 30 minutes or until double in size.
14. Fry in deep hot oil until golden brown
15. Roll on white sugar or you can use cinnamon sugar too.

• You can dip the donut in melt chocolate and sprinkle with cake sprinkle too. Enjoy ;-)