Recipe

Filojos Portuguese Donuts Recipe

	Tcpr / All my dishes 1 year, 2 months ago fluffy little gems of goodness, total comfort food from Vovoa's (grandmas) kitchen Prep:60m Cook:10m Servings:8	Tcpr
	good timeconsuming worthit

Does this look good? Yeah! / Nope

Fans

rosemarybl

greekgirrr

luisascate

mamalou

binky67

seanmay

Ingredients

2 cups warm milk

5 cups flour, sifted

1 teaspoon salt

2 tablespoons sugar

4 eggs, well beaten

2 packages dry yeast

1/4 cup warm water

1 teaspoon lemon zest

Directions

dessolve yeast in warm water

place all ingredients in a mixing bowl and mix with electric mixer

when batter is climbing up the beaters stop mixing ( another one of Vovoa's interesting directions)

make sure that all of the flour is mixed in.

cover and let stand in a warm place for 30 minutes

drop by table spoonfuls into a deep fryer set on high

turn the do-nuts once before removing

when browned on both sides remove and drain off excess oil

shake do-nuts in a bag with 1 cup of sugar enjoy

you can also shake them in a bag of cinnamon and sugar or powder sugar

Recent Gawkers

Not quite what you're looking for? See more Dessert / Doughnuts

Or see more just like this

Comments

rosemaryblue 1 year, 2 months ago said:
Sounds easy and wonderful!

seanmay 1 year, 2 months ago said:
Sounds delicious and not too sweet! I've been looking for a good recipe for my first doughnut attempt--This is it! Thanks, Tanya!