Easy Doughnuts

Extra soft and fluffy doughnuts 

Ingredients
All purpose flour/ bread flour - 3cups + extra for kneading
Instant yeast - 1sachet(10grams)
Unsalted butter - 4tbsps
Egg - 1large
Honey/sugar - 5tbsps
Nutmeg - 1/2tsp(optional)
Warm water/ milk - 1cup/ 500ml (use in bits)
Oil - for frying

Method
- Melt the butter and cool it
- Add sugar + egg and mix thoroughly until all sugar is dissolved
- Add half cup of milk/water and stir in well
- Sift flour (All 3 cups) + yeast + nutmeg and begin to mix
- When roughly mixed, move the dough to a clean surface  and knead from there, adding a little water/milk at a time till you achieve a soft but not sticky dough.
- Oil the dough by just applying some on your palm and smearing around the dough.
- Put it in a container, big enough, and cover with cling film or a lid.
- Put it in a warm area for 1hr or 1.5hrs so it can rise and double in size
- Remove and knead lightly to seal off the air in the dough
- Dust your working space where you'll arrange your doughnuts.
- Roll out the dough to 1/2inch thickness, use a tumbler or glass or circular cutter of your desired diameter to cut out the circles, use a smaller diameter  for the inside hole (use a bottle mouth).
- Cover your doughnuts and let them rise again, double in size (about 10 to 15mins)
- Heat up your oil on medium low heat so that the doughnuts don't burn.
- When hot (not smoky hot)  dip in your doughnuts and don't crowd them.
- As soon as it begins to puff flip it ( this avoids cracks or holes in your doughnuts)
- Keep flipping each side till golden brown, take it out and let them cool on a rack
Note: I divided my dough into two so that I could space out my doughnuts well to rise. Cooked the first batch, turned of the heat to fix the second batch and repeated the process.

Bring the tea people!

Serve your doughnuts with tea, milk or drink of choice .

Enjoy!