Warm the milk and pour a bit of it over the yeast to dissolve it.

Melt butter and allow to cool.

Place in the bowl of a stand mixer or a mixing bowl : the milk, yeast, butter, vanilla, sugar, egg, and a pinch of salt.

Blend the all.

Add the flour and salt, and knead for 5 minutes (the dough may be slightly sticky, depending on the flour's absorption).

Only add flour if it's really sticky.

Let it rise for 1 to 1.5 hours; the dough should double in size.

Roll out the dough to a thickness of 1 cm (0.4 in) if you want plump donuts, on a well-floured work surface.

Using an 8 cm (3.14 in) round biscuit cutter or cup, cut out discs.

make a hole in the middle of the doughnut using a small round cookie cutter or a bottle cap. doughnut cutter.

Place them on a sheet of parchment paper, cover, and let them double in size.

If you are afraid of deforming them when you put them in the oil, cut around the parchment paper and place it with the donut in the oil.

You can cut small squares of parchment paper before and put a donut on each square before letting them rise.

Fry them in a hot oil bath. As soon as the donut floats, remove the parchment paper. Turn them over when the bottom side is golden brown.

To give them time to cook through and turn a lovely golden color, the heat should be medium.

After frying, use a suitable skimmer to remove them from the oil for efficient draining, then put them on absorbent paper. Leave to cool before icing and filling with nutella or jam.

You can use homemade nutella: Nutella by French Chef Christophe Michalak

Fill a bowl with powdered sugar and pour over a few drops of milk, then mix well. Add the milk a drop at a time to avoid making it too liquid.

You can always make up for it by adding more powdered sugar, but you don't want to end up with more icing.

Whisk the icing thoroughly to lighten it and make it shiny. It needs to be quite thick. Add more milk to achieve the right consistency. Go really slowly, one drop at a time.

If you use a little more milk than necessary and the glaze is too runny, add a little powdered sugar. You can also color it to make donuts like Homer's from The Simpsons.

If you place a teaspoon of icing on the back of your hand, it should not drip.

Dip the plump side of the doughnut into the bowl containing one of the icings, let it drain a bit, and place it on a dish. Decorate with chocolate pearls or rainbow sugar pearls⁣⁣⁣⁣.

Put melted chocolate in a paper cone or just a freezer bag with a small hole and make zigzags on the top of your donut.

Depending on your taste, You can simply roll them in powdered sugar.

I hope you'll enjoy this easy and foolproof homemade doughnuts recipe and feel inspired to try it out.