Delicate, fragrant and very appetizing curd donuts are a real taste of childhood. Each housewife has her own tricks on how to make them even more interesting. We decided to collect the best in a selection of 10 step-by-step recipes!
1. Curd donuts - a classic recipe
A basic recipe to start your culinary experiments with!
You will need: 180 g cottage cheese, 140 g flour, 1 tsp. baking powder, 2 eggs, 60 g sugar, a pinch of salt, oil for frying.
Preparation:
1. Beat eggs with sugar and salt on a high mixer speed until they brighten and increase in volume.
2. Add cottage cheese and stir again, but now at minimum speed.
3. Sift flour and baking powder into the dough and stir with a spatula.
4. Shape into balls about the size of a walnut with your hands in the flour.
5. Heat the oil to such an extent that a piece of dough almost immediately pops up and sizzles.
6. Dip donuts in oil with a fork and fry until golden brown on all sides. Then lay them out on a paper napkin. Sprinkle with powdered sugar before serving.
2. Curd donuts in the oven
This donut recipe is yeast-free and literally a drop of oil!
You will need: 250 g cottage cheese, 300 g flour, 1 egg, 80 g sugar, 50 g 15% sour cream, 1 tsp. baking powder, 1 tbsp. vanilla sugar, 1 tbsp. vegetable oil, a pinch of salt.
Preparation:
1. Beat the egg with sugar, salt, sour cream and butter. Add cottage cheese and stir until smooth.
2. Add flour and baking powder in several passes, knead the elastic dough and divide into 12 pieces. Shape each into a donut.
3. Put donuts on parchment, brush with milk and bake at 180 degrees for 25-30 minutes.
3. Curd donuts with butter
Another delicious variation for homemade donuts.
You will need: 500 g of cottage cheese, 200 g of butter, 4 eggs, a pinch of salt, 200 g of sugar, 1 tsp. soda, 800 g flour.
Preparation:
1. Combine curd with eggs, melted butter, sugar and salt. Add flour, baking soda and baking powder and knead the dough.
2. Cut the donuts into circles about 7 cm in diameter and make holes.
3. Fry them in a pan with vegetable oil for about 1.5-2 minutes on each side.
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4. Curd donuts with condensed milk
Donuts can not only be served with condensed milk, but also cooked right away with it.
You will need: 300 g of cottage cheese, 300 g of flour, 1 tsp. soda, 2 eggs, 0.5 tsp. salt, 40 g butter, 200 g condensed milk.
Preparation:
1. Stir the curd with baking soda, salt and eggs until smooth. Add heated butter and condensed milk, and at the very end - flour. Leave the dough for 15 minutes.
2. Roll small balls with walnuts with wet hands.
3. Fry donuts in hot vegetable oil over medium heat until beautiful golden brown.
5. Curd donuts with sour cream
Sour cream makes the donut dough a little bit softer, lighter and more tender.
You will need: 400 g cottage cheese, 3 eggs, 70 g sugar, 90 g sour cream, 0.5 tsp. salt, 1 tsp. soda, 1 tbsp. vinegar, 240 g flour.
Preparation:
1. Mix cottage cheese, eggs and sugar, and then add soda, salt and sour cream slaked with vinegar.
2. Add sifted flour to the dough and knead the viscous elastic dough.
3. Form balls with your hands in vegetable oil and fry in the same oil over medium heat.
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6. Curd donuts with almonds and chocolate
A real surprise that will surprise the whole family!
You will need: 350 g cottage cheese, 2 eggs, 300 g flour, 2 tsp. baking powder, 50 g sugar, half a banana, 6 squares of dark chocolate, 1 handful of chopped roasted almonds.
Preparation:
1. Mash cottage cheese with sugar, add eggs, and then slowly add flour with baking powder.
2. Chop the chocolate and banana and add them to the dough along with the almonds.
3. Shape into balls and fry them in hot oil over medium heat so they don't burn.
7. Curd donuts with semolina
It will be difficult to completely replace flour with semolina, but we found a more interesting recipe!
You will need: 200 g of cottage cheese, 2 eggs, 4 tablespoons. sugar, a pinch of salt, 0.5 tsp. soda, 1 tsp. vinegar, 1 cup flour, 6 tbsp. decoys.
Preparation:
1. Mash cottage cheese with egg, salt and sugar, and then add slaked soda. Slowly add flour and knead the dough.
2. Form small balls and roll each of them in semolina.
3. Fry the donuts in butter and place on paper towels.
8. Cottage cheese donuts with pumpkin
The amazing taste of donuts and the same unique color are guaranteed to you!
You will need: 500 g of cottage cheese, 6 tbsp. pumpkin puree, 1.5-2 cups of flour, 0.5 cups of sugar, 0.5 tsp. soda, 1 tbsp. orange peel, 2 eggs, 3 tbsp. coconut flakes.
Preparation:
1. Stir cottage cheese with pumpkin puree, and then add eggs, sugar and slaked soda.
2. Add orange zest to the dough, add flour and knead until smooth.
3. Shape into balls and roll in coconut flakes.
4. Fry the donuts in oil until a beautiful golden brown. Better to use corn.
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9. Curd donuts with a surprise
Instead of prunes, you can take dried apricots or other filling to taste.
You will need: 150 g cottage cheese, 4 tablespoons flour, 2 tbsp. semolina, 0.5 tsp. soda, 1 tbsp. sugar, 1 egg, 30 g of prunes.
Preparation:
1. Mix cottage cheese with egg, semolina, flour, sugar and soda until smooth.
2. Form small tortillas, place prunes in each and roll the tortillas into balls.
3. To keep the balls better, roll them in flour. And only then fry in hot boiling oil.
10. Yeast curd donuts
The yeast will make the donuts fluffier and fluffier, although the dough will take some tinkering!
You will need: 500 g of cottage cheese, 600 g of flour, 30 g of fresh yeast, 100 g of sugar, 1 egg, 250 ml of warm water, a pinch of salt.
Preparation:
1. Dilute yeast in 50 ml of warm water with 1 tbsp. Sahara.
2. Mix cottage cheese with egg, salt, sugar and remaining water. At the end, slowly add yeast and only then add flour. Leave the dough warm for 1-2 hours until it doubles in size.
3. Quickly puff the dough with wet hands, shape into balls and fry them in boiling oil on all sides.