Dessert
Malasadas – Portuguese-Hawaii doughnuts
Airy, sugar-coated malasadas from Hawaii's Portuguese bakery tradition — local Hawaii, not Native Hawaiian.
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Rate:
110 min total
12 servings
Medium
Ingredients
servings
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Ingredients
- 14.1 oz Wheat flour
- about 0.8 cup Milk
- 2 stk Eggs
- 1.4 oz Butter
- 1.8 oz Sugar
- about 0.2 oz Instant yeast
- ½ tsp Salt
- 4¼ cup Frying oil
- 3.5 oz Sugar for coating
Instructions
- 1
Make and rise the dough
- Warm the milk slightly. Dissolve the yeast with a little of the sugar in the milk. Mix the flour, remaining sugar and salt. Add the yeast mixture, eggs and melted butter, and knead into a soft, slightly sticky dough.
- Cover the dough and let it rise in a warm place until roughly doubled (60–90 min).
Bowl - 2
Shape and proof
- Divide the dough into about 12 even pieces (for the stated servings), shape soft balls, and place on oiled parchment. Let them proof until puffy (about 20–40 min).
- 3
Fry and coat in sugar
- Heat the oil to about 180 °C (keep about 175–185 °C). Fry the balls in batches, turning once, until puffed and evenly golden (about 2–3 minutes total).
- Drain briefly, then toss in sugar while still warm.
180°CFryingPan
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