Baked anise donut recipe

Traditional Spanish pastry is wonderful, both for all the historical wealth that supports it, and for its great taste and variety. The alternatives in desserts and Bollerías is so wide that you will surely find a sweet for you. Magdalenas, biscuits of many styles, churros, torrijas, nougat, panellets, roscons, filloas … barely represent a minimum part of all their culinary heritage. For this reason, in recipe Typical Holy Week: Baked anise donuts. Aromatic, tasty and lighter! In Venezuela this sweet is also known as anise donuts and consume them at any time of the year. I invite you to try this baked Rosquillas recipe Emlight /Emo less caloric than those that are fried. Lighter and crispy!

Ingredients to make baked anise donuts:

1. assemble the egg with the sugar until a spongy consistency.

Trick: Prepare a trays or fountain with paraffin paper (oven). If you do not have the source grease. Booking.

2. Add the liquid ingredients: milk, oil and anise liquor. Remove the preparation very well to incorporate completely.

Trick: If you do not have anise liquor you can prepare an anise infusion, the result is almost the same.

3. Add the orange zest and continue stirring. Once integrated, reserve.

Trick: You can also use the zest of a lemon or combine both, it will be a very aromatic and refreshing combination.

4. On the other hand, it sifes dry ingredients: flour, salt and yeast. Mix very well until they integrate completely.

5. It is time to join the dry ingredients with liquid ingredients! Add the mixed flour to liquids very slowly. Remove with a tablespoon of wood until you can no longer remove. Try that the mass of home anise donuts is compact and without lumps.

6. Its time to work! Add little flour on the countertop. Place the dough and work until a very smooth texture is achieved and does not stick to the table. Otherwise you must add more flour but do it cautiously, little by little until the right consistency is achieved. Extending with the flour will affect the final texture of the baked anise donuts.

7. knead a ball, place it inside a bowl and cover it. Let it stand for 20 minutes. Remember previously sprinkle flour in the bowl.

8. past the rest time, take out the ball of dough and place it again on the countertop. Work the dough again for a few minutes.

Trick: Pre-the oven at 180ºC.

9. cut the ball into small pieces of dough. The amount varies according to the size that proportions to the pieces.

10. Create small balls with the pieces of anise dumps.

11. Place the balls on the tray or reserved fountain, accommodated with sufficient space of separation between them, so the spongy oven donuts will not be glued when growing. Put your finger in the center of each ball and shape it.

Trick: ensure that the centers hole is large.

12. Bake the baked anise donuts at 180 degrees for approximately 20 or 25 minutes or until somewhat golden are seen. After the time, take the tray out of the oven and sprinkle the donuts with icing sugar. On this occasion I preferred to prepare a simple glaze to cover this tasty homemade donuts. The preparation is very simple: 4 tablespoons of lemon juice mixed with 100 grams of impalpable sugar and … to taste! Do not miss this white glaze recipe for donuts to prepare it on another occasion that you want.

Trick: The glaze is optional. It remembers that while they are still hot (warm-height) the impalpable sugar will be stuck more easily.

13. These exquisite baked anise donuts are perfect for soaking them in coffee or in a cup of hot chocolate. Watching television, snacking or for a rainy afternoon. Delicious for any occasion! Cheer up to prepare them! These spongy baked donuts are very simple and tasty, and they will all love. Tell me how yours looked.