50 mins
Not Too Tricky
makes 24
Ingredients
50g dairy-free margarine
120ml organic soya milk
1.5 litres sunflower oil
250g plain flour
1½ teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon sea salt
50g golden caster sugar
200g ripe raspberries
1 heaped tablespoon icing sugar
½ an orange
For the vanilla sugar
1 vanilla pod
50g golden caster sugar
Method
Hot, crisp and sweet, these doughnuts are a fantastic sweet treat that everyone will love
- Melt the margarine, soya milk and 2 tablespoons of the sunflower oil in a small pan over a medium heat. Meanwhile, combine the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar in a large bowl. Make a well in the middle, then tip in the melted mixture.
- Gradually bring the mixture together with a fork until it forms a wet, thick dough, then divide and roll into 24 golf-ball sized balls.
- Heat the remaining sunflower oil in a medium-sized deep pan over a high heat. To test if the oil is hot enough, drop a piece of bread into the pan – if the bread floats to the surface, sizzles and turns golden, it’s about right. Reduce the heat to medium, then use a slotted spoon to carefully lower six dough balls into the hot oil. Cook for 3 to 5 minutes, or until golden, cooked through and they’ve floated to the surface, turning occasionally.
- Meanwhile, make the vanilla sugar. Halve the vanilla pod lengthways and scrape out the seeds. Bash the seeds and half the sugar in a pestle and mortar, then place into a large bowl with the remaining sugar.
- Transfer the cooked doughnuts to a double layer of kitchen paper to drain. Allow to cool for a few minutes, roll in the vanilla sugar to coat, then place on a tray. Repeat with the remaining dough balls.
- Meanwhile, make the raspberry dip. Place the raspberries, icing sugar and a squeeze of orange juice into a bowl, then crush well with the back of a fork. Serve the mini doughnuts with the raspberry dip, then tuck in!
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