These Mini Donuts With Coconut Flakes are delicious and easy to make. With just few ingredients, you can make this yummy dessert in no time. Recipe is from Babble (with few tweaks to suit my liking).
Before I started writing this post, I wanted to make sure I use the correct grammar for doughnut or donut. It turns out it’s fine to use either one.
Anyways, who does not like to eat donuts? I do for one good reason. One donut is too much for me. Everytime I eat one, I tend to have a leftover. In other words, one regular-sized donut is just a lot for me to eat on one sitting.
For the past couple of weeks, I learned how to make my own donuts. Instead of making the regular-sized donuts, I make mini donuts. They are half as small as the regular-sized one but they look and taste really good.
Of course, I don’t make donuts just myself. I share them with my family especially my daughter. I, sometimes, bring them to my wife’s pot-luck parties or friend’s parties.
So far, I have more than 12 different flavors. What’s my favorite mini donut flavor? The answer is mini donut with coconut flakes. It’s one of the simplest flavors I have made so far. Nothing fancy with the flavor but it’s the one that I always love to eat. So do the rest of my family.
When I make these donuts, I make sure that I make at least 12 pieces. I can eat 2 in a couple of minutes. My daughter and wife on the daughter can devour the rest in no time. Because the ingredients are basic (meaning that they are always available in my home sweet home), I am able to make them just about anytime we crave for these yummy donuts.
Without further ado, here is the recipe for the mini donuts with coconut flakes.
In a large bowl, stir yeast, water, and sugar together. Set it aside until the mixture is foamy. If it doesn’t foam, then, it means that the yeast is inactive. In this case, throw the mixture and get a fresh yeast.
Note: Some yeast products have specific way to activate the yeast. If you find that the way to activate it is different than what I stated above, please follow the product’s process for yeast activation only.
Add flour, milk, 2 tbsp butter, egg, and salt to the yeast mixture. Stir until the dough is soft and sticky. Set aside for an hour.
Flour surface. Turn dough and pat with floured hands until it is around 1/2 inch thick. Cut as many rounds as possible using a small round cookie cutter. Poke a hole in each cut dough with your finger and stretch it out a bit. Cover with towel and let them rise for 30-35 minutes.
To create the coconut flake mixture, mix butter, sugar, and coconut flakes in a small bowl. Heat the coconut flakes mixture in the microwave for 30 seconds or until butter is melted. Stir to fully mix the ingredients.
Heat 2″ – 3″ of oil in a saucepan. Cook the donuts, turning occasionally until golden brown. Transfer to a paper towel and pat dry.
Using a brush, put a small portion of the coconut flake mixture on top of each donut. Serve donuts either warm or cold.
- 1 package active dry yeast
- 2 tbsp warm water
- 3¼ cups all-purpose flour, with additional for sprinkling and rolling out dough
- 1 cup milk
- 2 tbsp butter, softened
- 1 egg
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 1 tsp salt
- Oil, for frying
- 2 tbsp butter, softened
- 2 tbsp sugar
- ¼ cup coconut flakes, chopped
- In a large bowl, stir yeast, water, and sugar together. Set it aside until the mixture is foamy. If it doesn't foam, then, it means that the yeast is inactive. In this case, throw the mixture and get a fresh yeast.
- Add flour, milk, 2 butter, egg, and salt to the yeast mixture. Stir until the dough is soft and sticky. Set aside for an hour.
- Flour surface. Turn dough and pat with floured hands until it is around ½ inch thick. Cut as many rounds as possible using a small round cookie cutter. Poke a hole in each cut dough with your finger and stretch it out a bit. Cover with towel and let them rise for 30-35 minutes.
- To create the coconut flake mixture, mix butter, sugar, and coconut flakes in a small bowl. Heat the coconut flakes mixture in the microwave for 30 seconds or until butter is melted. Stir to fully mix the ingredients.
- Heat 2" - 3" of oil in a saucepan. Cook the donuts, turning occasionally until golden brown. Transfer to a paper towel and pat dry.
- Using a brush, put a small portion of the coconut flake mixture on top of each donut. Serve donuts either warm or cold.
