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Sufganiyot (Jewish Donuts)

Sufganiyot are traditional donuts that are made during the Chanukah season.  Every bakery in Israel fries them from November until January usually, but unfortunately they're usually fried in some hydrogenated oil.  Most of the time it's soy oil, which has a terrible taste and mouth feel, but it's cheap so that's what they use.  I couldn't find a single bakery in town that used a non hydrogenated oil, so I started making my own last year.  White flour still isn't the best thing for you, but I consider this a lesser evil.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup oat flour
  • 2 cups white flour or gluten free substitute
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 heaping tablespoon active dry yeast
  • 1 tablespoon silan or honey
  • 1 cup of warm water
  • fruit jam or preserves
  • honey for brushing

 

Instructions

  1. Mix the honey or silan with the warm water.
  2. Stir in the yeast until it dissolves, and let it set until it is foamy (the yeast is proofed).
  3. Sift the flours and salt into a large bowl.
  4. Pour in the yeast water, and begin to knead.  You may need more or less flour or water.
  5. Knead for at least 5 minutes on a floured surface.
  6. Put the dough in an oiled bowl, and cover it with a wet cloth.
  7. Allow the dough to rise until it has doubled.  This should take about an hour.
  8. Poke down the dough, and divide it into balls that are about 2-3 cm. in diameter.
  9. Place the balls on a pan, with some room between them, and cover them with a wet cloth.
  10. Let them rise until they've doubled in size.
  11. Heat some unhydrogenated palm kernel oil or coconut oil in a deep frying pan.
  12. When the oil is hot enough to fry, turn the heat under it to medium, and carefully place a few of the dough balls into the oil.
  13. When it is brown on the bottom, carefully turn it over to cook on the other side
  14. When they're done, place them on a cooling rack or a plate with paper towels or absorbent cloth.
  15. When they're cooled well enough, inject them with jam using a pastry syringe.
  16. Brush them with honey.

Serving Tips

These are good with coffee.  When you fry them in palm or coconut oil, one is quite enough, and you may get quite full.  So I'd say eat whatever fruit you're having first, and save this for last.

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