6-8 servingsair fryall‑purpose flour

Jelly Bomb Doughnuts

By Donna-Marie Pye

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6-8 servings

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more than 2 hours

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Medium

Jelly Bomb Doughnuts
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Recipe Details

Course: Desserts, Kid-Friendly

Difficulty: Medium

Prep Time: 120 min

Cook Time: 7 min

Total Time: more than 2 hours

Cooking Technique: Air Fry, Proof

Cuisine: American

Yield: 6-8 servings

Ingredients

  • 2 cups all‑purpose flour
  • 1/4 cup softened butter
  • 1 package quick-rising (Instant) yeast
  • 3 tbsp granulated sugar
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1 large egg
  • olive or coconut oil cooking spray
  • 1 cup seedless raspberry jam
  • parchment paper
  • rolling pin
  • pastry (piping) bag or small sealable bag
Doughnuts have taken over the dessert treat market like wildfire. Most doughnuts have to be deep-fried, but this is where the Vortex shines. With just a light spritz of cooking spray, you have a delicious cake-style sweet. My son Jack loves to fill them with seedless raspberry jam, but if custard or glaze is more your style, then go to town.

INSTRUCTIONS

  1. In a large bowl, combine flour and softened butter. Using your fingers, rub the butter through the flour until it is completely broken up and looks like a shaggy dough. Stir in yeast, sugar and salt; mix well.
  2. In a 2-cup (500 mL) measure, whisk together warmed milk and egg. Add to flour mixture and stir with a wooden spoon until mixture can no longer be stirred. Turn out onto a floured surface and knead until the dough is smooth and elastic and only slightly tacky, about 5 minutes. Form into a ball and place in a lightly oiled bowl.
  3. Place dough onto drip tray and cover with plastic wrap. Slid into bottom position of cooking chamber. On the display panel, select Proof, set Temperature to 90°F (32°C) and set Time to 60 minutes, or cover and let sit in a warm area at least 1 hour or until dough has doubled in size. If using Vortex without Proof function, follow directions above, cover with clean tea towel and let rise in a warm location about 40 to 60 minutes.
  4. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and lightly spray with oil spray. Turn out dough onto lightly floured work surface and roll out to a 1⁄2-inch (1 cm) thick 6- by 8-inch (15 by 20 cm) rectangle.
  5. Using a 3-inch (7.5 cm) round doughnut cutter or rim of a glass, cut six to eight doughnuts, kneading scraps together and rerolling into more doughnut rounds. Spray dough rounds on both sides with oil spray and then roll in sugar to coat on both sides. Place doughnuts onto two cooking trays, ensuring they have space around each doughnut, and place in cooking chamber. Select Proof, set Temperature to 90°F (32°C) and set Time to 40 minutes for the second proof. Remove trays from cooking chamber when Proof function is complete. (If your Vortex does not have a Proof function, let rise in a warm location.)
  6. Place drip tray in the bottom of cooking chamber. Using the display panel, select Air Fry, adjust Temperature to 375°F (190°C) and set Time to 8 minutes. Preheat Vortex until display indicates Add  Food.
  7. Slide one cooking tray into middle position and cook until display indicates Turn Food. Turn doughnuts over and return tray to middle position. Cook until golden. Let cool 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack and cool completely. Repeat with second tray.
  8. Put jam into a pastry (piping) bag or small sealable bag with the corner snipped off. Using a sharp pointed knife, poke a hole into the side of the doughnut then squeeze in some jam. Serve warm.

Notes

Tips Milk should be warmed only to about 100 to 110°F (38 to 43°C). If you get it too hot, it will kill the yeast and your doughnuts will not rise. , Doughnuts can also be filled with pastry cream, vanilla or chocolate custard, or lemon or lime curd.

About the chef

Donna-Marie Pye

Donna-Marie Pye

Growing up in Whitby, Ontario, Donna-Marie Pye was introduced to great food at an early age. Memories of summers spent putting up beans, corn, peaches and tomatoes with her mother and sisters, picking and selling strawberries at a roadside country stand, catching fish off the east coast of Canada and cooking over campfires on family camping trips created Pye’s appreciation for unfussy, flavorful food. Pye’s straightforward style and easy-going manner are illustrated by her heartfelt belief that cooking is easy and anyone can do it. All anybody needs are a few tips and tricks, a handful of well-tested recipes and some time-saving cooking tools, all of which is offered at her and collaborator Maria Burjoski's cooking school and kitchen supply store, Relish Cooking Studio, with sincerity and humility. Pye is a Professional Home Economist (P.H.Ec) and holds a Bachelor in Applied Science in Food and Nutrition from Ryerson University, a diploma in Public Relations from York University and has taken cooking courses around the world. She is the best-selling author of four cookbooks including The Best Family Slow Cooker Recipes, 300 Slow Cooker Favorites and 300 Slow Cooker Winners. Her cookbook "The Essential Vortex Air Fryer Cookbook" was released in November 2020, and her newest slow cooker cookbook "Today's Everyday Slow Cooker" was released in March 2021. She is also a busy wife and mother to two grown and almost-gone children, daughter Darcy & son Jack.

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