What would you say if I told you that I don’t really eat donuts for breakfast? Or, honestly, any sweets? I’m more of a savory kind of girl when it comes to breakfast.
All that sugar first thing in the morning? No, thank you.
Then I saw these donuts. And I died.
Then I promptly whipped up the dough (easy!), stuck it in my fridge, and set my alarm for about 3 hours earlier than I normally wake up (not so easy!) so that I could get up and cut out some donuts.
It was totally worth the loss of sleep.
Totally, absolutely, completely worth it.
I may not eat donuts for breakfast, but that doesn’t mean that I don’t eat them as sweet afternoon treats and I certainly know a good donut when I taste one. These donuts? Are the best I have ever tasted.
The original recipe called for filling them with pastry cream, but that sounded a little too boring for me. I chose Nutella. It just felt right.
Tasted right, too. However, I’d be hard pressed to choose a favorite between the sugary, un-filled donuts and the melty Nutella filled ones. They were both out of this world good. I should know…I ate two of each. Then I died again.
Nutella Filled Sugar Donuts
Ingredients
- 1 package (2 1/2 teaspoons) active dry yeast
- 2/3 cups milk, at room temperature
- 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/3 cups sugar
- 2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 3 eggs
- 7 tablespoons butter, at room temperature, cut into 7 pieces
- Canola oil, for frying
- Nutella, for filling
Instructions
- In the stand mixer fitted with the dough hook, combine the yeast and milk. Allow the yeast to dissolve, about 1 minute. Add the flour, 1/3 cup of the sugar, salt, and eggs and mix on low for about 4 minutes to develop the dough. Begin adding the butter, one piece at a time, and continue mixing for 5 to 6 minutes.
- Remove the dough from the bowl and tightly wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate for 6 - 15 hours.
- Lightly flour a baking sheet. Flour your work surface and roll out the dough into a 12 inch square about a 1/2 inch thick. Using a 3 1/2 to 4 inch round biscuit cutter, cut out the donuts. (I ended up with 11 total.) Arrange the donuts on the prepared baking sheet and cover in plastic wrap. Allow to rise in a warm spot for 2 - 3 hours or until doubled in height and feel poufy and pillowy.
- When ready to fry, heat 3 inches of oil in a heavy pot to 350 degrees. Line a try with paper towels and add the remaining 1 cup of sugar in a small bowl. Add the donuts to the hot oil, being careful not to crowd the pan, and fry on each side until golden brown, about 2-3 minutes per side. Remove from the oil with a slotted spoon and allow to drain on the lined tray. When cool enough to handle, toss in the sugar to coat. Return each donut to the tray to cool completely, about 3o minutes.
- Fill a pastry bag fitted with a small round tip with Nutella. Poke a hole in the donuts equidistant between the top and bottom and squirt in about 1/3 cup of Nutella. Serve immediately.
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http://www.bunsinmyoven.com/2011/04/07/nutella-filled-sugar-donuts/
recipe from flour
oh my goodness. this is just torture!
they look incredible.
Eeep! I am so going to make these sometime soon. They look so fluffy and light. I looove filled doughnuts and I looove nutella. Although right now I have to steer clear of anything chocolate because it upsets baby’s tummy.. so I may have to experiment with the filling.
Um…you are a genius. GENIUS. And now we can totally kiss our diets goodbye…these look DIVINE.
I’ve never made donuts before. Frying scares me. But these look unbelievable.
Oh. My. God.
I can’t make these right now because I’m on No Sugar (weeping sound) but I have been living vicariously through food pr0n. If I ever save up for a cheat day, these’d have to be there.
Fantastic shots! You capture the sinfulness.
Um…so yeah. Know how we’re friends and all that? well…it turns out that friends make friends donuts. So….looks like you better get on it.
I’ll be waiting with plenty of napkins.
OH I’m in heaven!
There are definitely few things in life worth getting up early for. And nutella is totally one of them. These look amazing!
Yum! They look beautiful. Frying scares me too, and I wouldn’t know what to do with the leftover oil. Also, I’m sure if I ever tried frying something, I would burn myself lol. Nutella donuts sound so delicious! I’m sure donuts with pastry cream with chocolate glaze would be amazing too. It’s been such a long time since I saw the word “equidistant”. I
Yowzas!
These look so tasty. I’m not a huge sugary breakfast person but when you put something like this in front of me, well like you said, I die!
i hate u. damn your flour and sugar!
I will make these. I don’t have a choice.
Please. Stop. My resolve to only buy one jar of Nutella a year (I’m in it nonstop when it’s in my pantry. Seriously, I have no self control) is slowly breaking down.
Yum is all I have to say!
SWOON! And, you said ‘equidistant’! Wow. Nutella is a food group…
Karly if there is a heaven I want to eat ONLY these when I go there. These are beautiful!!! I’m drooling over here
I usually don’t like filled donuts, but filled with nutella is a whole different story. *faint*
OMG kill my diet. Thanks uggggggggghhh
I don’t like sweet at breakfast much either, Karly. Perhaps a bit of jam is about as far as I would go, and even then, only when I’m traveling.
These donuts look wonderful. I don’t have to eat them in the morning, either. How about lunch??
I wish I had about 3 of these sitting next to me right now. : )
Renee — September 4th, 2012 @ 4:42 am
@Michelle, I literally just ate three of these… WOW!! Soooo delicious!
Nutella Filled Sugar Dolnuts which are Lovely ,Nice to Eat.
I feel like a stalker already commenting on another post but you have to be reading my mind. I just cracked open a fresh jar of nutella yesterday, can you say fate?
oh. my. gosh.
karly… you’re killing me. in the best way to be killed, though.
these look amazing!!!!!
i’m glad you woke up early in the sake of this recipe.
i’ve never had nutella… isn’t that crazy? you make it look oh-so-good, though.
savory for breakfast, sweets for dinner–you’re a crazy woman! no, you clearly have all of your mental faculties going strong because these doh!-nuts are amazing.
Wow, these look amazing!
I just saw the title of this post and died! Then, I saw the title of the next post (S’mores French Toast) and died again!
I need to buy me some Nutella, like now!
p.s. I love breakfast for dinner!
i have decided that i really can’t read your blog anymore…well, at least until after my baby is born.
as fate would have it, i was eating an english muffin smothered in nutella as i read. but a nutella filled doughnut? pure genius!
these doughnuts look to DIE for!
I don’t think I’ve ever had a Nutella filled donut. This needs to change!
Did you thin the Nutella out at all? At the risk of instigating a food fight, seems like the texture could be a little thick for delicate donut.
Abbie,
I didn’t thin the Nutella. The remaining warmth in the donut seemed to melt it a bit and it was the perfect consistency. We did eat them warm though. You could certainly thin it with a bit of milk if you’re worried about it though!
Karly
I am part of the sun as my eye is part of me. That I am part of the earth my feet know perfectly, and my blood is part of the sea. There is not any part of me that is alone and absolute except my mind, and we shall find that the mind has no existence by itself, it is only the glitter of the sun on the surfaces of the water.
I told myself I would never fry donuts and always bake them but I think I’m going to have to fry these babies. They just look too good to be baked. It has all the right amount of wrong so I will go all the way and give these donuts some justice!
Oh my gosh, these donuts look amazing. I’m just thanking god I don’t have any Nutella in the house. It is tempting to drive to the store though. I must resist!
OMG—-two of my most FAVORITE FOODS, combined to create a luscious, decadent, must-have NEW food!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GENIUS, BRILLIANT, THANK YOU!
So I’m eight months pregnant and craving donuts! I’ve just made a batch of almost twenty of these, I’ve eaten three and I’m full full full………. Yet dreaming of eating the rest! Such a wonderful recipe! Thank you..
You’re a genius! Your recipe for doughnuts is the best of all. Finally found the light and fluffy ones. I just ate 4 of them while frying the rest. Thank you for sharing the recipe.