10th October 2019

2 Ingredient Donuts

Name: 2 Ingredient donuts
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 3 cups self-raising flour (See note 1); 1 ½ cups plain unflavored yogurt or buttermilk (See note 2)

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My easy recipe for 2 Ingredient Donuts makes a quick treat or snack. Yeast-free and no kneading required, turn the classic donuts into a simple and delicious dessert or breakfast.

Donuts are such a great comfort snack but sometimes takes up to an hour to prepare. Now with this yeast-free, no-knead, 2 ingredient recipe, you can have a delicious batch of donuts in under 30 minutes.

INGREDIENTS IN THE DONUTS

There are just 2 basic ingredients used in this recipe

Self-raising flour: There is no yeast used in this 2 ingredient donuts, the self-raising flour is what helps the donuts to rise while frying.

If you do not have self-raising flour, then make your own. For each cup of flour, whisk together with 1 ½ teaspoons of baking powder and ¼ teaspoon of salt. Make sure to whisk all of these ingredients together well so that the baking powder and salt are both evenly distributed within the flour.

Plain unflavored yogurt or buttermilk: This ingredient contributes to the soft texture of the donuts. Either Greek yoghurt, plain unflavoured yoghurt or buttermilk can be used to make the donuts.

If you do not have yogurt then make your own by adding 1 Tablespoon/ 15ml lemon juice or vinegar to 1 ½ cups/ 375ml milk. Set aside for 5 minutes before using in the recipe.

ADD STUFF TO THE DOUGH

Besides the 2 simple and basic ingredients of this recipe, you can add other ingredients to the mixture to create unique and delicious flavours

Castor sugar can be added to the mixture before forming into a dough
Add a teaspoon of vanilla extract to the buttermilk before mixing into the flour.
Toss a few chocolate chips into the dough
Make coffee-flavoured donuts 🙂 Mix a teaspoon of instant coffee into the buttermilk. Warm the buttermilk, just a bit making it easier for the instant coffee to dissolve.

HOW LONG CAN I STORE THESE DONUTS

As with most donuts, these are best eaten on the same day on which it has been prepared. I promise that you are not going to have a problem with eating them all on the same day 🙂 These donuts are way too yum to store anyway.

DELICIOUS SWEET TOPPINGS

Roll the warm donuts in a mixture of cinnamon and sugar
Dip in warm melted white, dark or milk chocolate
Add a bit of fun with colour sprinkles over the chocolate
Drizzle glaze over the donuts

MAKING THE 2 INGREDIENT DONUTS

This is a super easy recipe.

In a mixing bowl, combine the flour and yoghurt. Mix and knead lightly to form a soft dough.

Turn out the dough onto a well-floured board. Press out the dough to about ½ inch / 12mm thickness and cut out using a donut or cookie cutter.

In a deep-frying pan or pot, heat up oil to deep fry the donuts.

To check whether the oil is hot enough, fry a little bit of dough in the oil. You will know when the oil is ready if the dough turns a golden brown and floats to the top. Carefully drop the donuts into the oil. Allow the donuts to fry for about 1 minute per side or until golden brown.

Transfer the cooked donuts onto a plate lined with paper towels. If you are coating the donuts in cinnamon sugar, then this is best done while the donuts are still warm. The sugar holds on better to the warm donuts

Add your favourite toppings.

Enjoy ♥

If you like this recipe, be sure to check out my other amazing doughnut recipes

Baked Doughnuts

No Yeast Soft Doughnut Recipe

Soft Homemade Doughnuts

Nutella Filled Doughnuts

Potato Doughnuts

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