Classic crumpets in a frying pan

Donuts are a favorite dish of many since childhood, which many mothers and grandmothers prepared from a minimal set of ingredients. Delicious, sweet donuts with tea can still be prepared in a matter of minutes, and the simplicity of the recipes allows you to prepare them with your children.

Classic kefir crumpets fried in a frying pan

Classic crumpets are prepared on the basis of kefir with the addition of sugar, salt, soda and flour to the dough. The volume of flour may be slightly more or less than indicated depending on the quality of the products.

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   How to cook classic fried donuts with kefir in a frying pan? Warm kefir is combined in a deep bowl with dry ingredients and (sugar, soda and salt). There is no need to quench the baking soda, since the acid in kefir will be sufficient for the baking powder to work.
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   The required amount of flour is gradually added to the mass, which must be sifted in advance.The dough can be considered ready when it stops sticking to your fingers, but it is important not to over-knead it, otherwise the finished donuts will be rubbery.
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   The dough is rolled into a sausage and cut into portions, sprinkled with flour.
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   Heat the oil in a deep frying pan or saucepan and place the dough balls in it, frying on all sides.
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   The finished donuts can be sprinkled with powdered sugar if desired.

Donuts with yeast, fried in a frying pan

Cooking time: 1 hour 20 minutes.

Cooking time: 10 min.

Servings – 3.

Ingredients:

• Dry yeast – 1 tsp.
• Vegetable oil – 3 tbsp.
• Salt – 1 tsp.
• Milk – 1 tbsp.
• Sugar – granulated – 1 tbsp.
• Egg – 1 pc.
• Flour – 3 tbsp.
• Sour cream – 100 gr.

Cooking process:

1. Milk is heated a little and yeast is diluted in it

2. Then add salt and sugar to the liquid, break the egg, stir in half the butter, all the flour and prepare the dough.

3. Place the dough under a towel to make it fit. You need to wait 1 hour.

4. The dough that has grown in volume is kneaded and kneaded, and then small balls are molded from it, which need to be slightly flattened. The thickness of the resulting blanks should be about 70 mm.

5. Heat the remaining oil in a frying pan and fry the crumpets in it until they turn golden.

6. To prevent them from turning out too greasy, excess oil can be removed by placing the finished products on a paper towel for a while.

7. Before serving, pour sour cream over each donut.

How to bake crumpets in the oven like grandma?

This recipe for delicious homemade crumpets was probably shared with each other by grandmothers and mothers in the last century. Now you can prepare them to immerse yourself in childhood, treating your family with aromatic pastries with freshly brewed tea.

Cooking time: 50 min.

Cooking time: 10 min.

Servings – 4.

Ingredients:

• Kefir – 300 gr.
• Egg – 1 pc.
• Vegetable oil – 3 tbsp + for greasing.
• Granulated sugar – 3 tbsp.
• Salt – 0.5 tsp.
• Soda – 0.5 tsp.
• Wheat flour – 300 gr.
• Butter – 50 gr.

Cooking process:

1. Warm kefir, egg, sugar, vegetable oil and salt are combined in a deep container.

2. Pour flour into the resulting mass, knead well and add a little soda. The dough is placed in a bag and left in the refrigerator for half an hour.

3. Next, the dough is divided into pieces, each size should be about a medium apple.

4. Each piece is rolled out and placed on parchment paper greased with vegetable oil. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees and bake for 30 minutes.

5. Place the finished products on a plate, grease them with butter and sprinkle them with sugar.

Step-by-step recipe for making crumpets with milk

Donuts go well with sweet sour cream sauce, powdered sugar or jam. Milk donuts are made from yeast dough and no vegetable oil is spared so that they brown on all sides.

Cooking time: 1 hour 30 minutes.

Cooking time: 10 min.

Servings – 4.

Ingredients:

• Milk – 1 tbsp.
• Egg – 1 pc.
• Dry yeast – 1 tsp.
• Salt – 1 tsp.
• Granulated sugar – 1 tbsp.
• Sunflower oil – 2 tbsp.
• Wheat flour – 2.5 tbsp.
• Vegetable oil - for frying.
• Sour cream - for serving.
• Granulated sugar - for serving.

Cooking process:

1. Yeast is diluted in heated milk, egg, sugar, butter and salt are added, everything is thoroughly mixed, gradually adding the specified amount of flour.

2. Knead the dough thoroughly again, cover with a towel and let rise for an hour at room temperature.

3. The finished dough is cut into pieces, from which small balls are rolled.

4.Each ball is turned into a cake, the thickness of which should be about 3 cm.

5. In a frying pan heated with oil, fry the crumpets on both sides, and then place them in a suitable container.

6. For sour cream sauce, mix sugar with sour cream and pour over the finished products before serving.

Simple crumpets on water, fried in a frying pan

A very simple recipe for crumpets that don’t even require dairy products for the dough. You can make such a delicacy even with water, but with the obligatory addition of soda slaked with vinegar.

Cooking time: 50 min.

Cooking time: 10 min.

Servings – 6.

Ingredients:

• Wheat flour – 2.5 tbsp.
• Water – 250 ml.
• Granulated sugar – 150 gr.
• Salt – 3 gr.
• Vegetable oil – 65 ml + for frying
• Soda – 1 tsp.
• Apple vinegar – 15 ml.
• Powdered sugar - to taste.

Cooking process:

1. Mix dry ingredients in a bowl - soda, salt, flour and sugar.

2. Separately, in a deeper container, combine liquids - vinegar, slightly warmed water and oil.

3. Add the dry mixture little by little to the resulting whipped mass and knead the fluffy thick dough, but do not stir it for too long, otherwise the crumpets will not be very soft.

4. The dough is wrapped in film and left for half an hour in the refrigerator.

5. After this, the dough is rolled out into a thick cake and the products are cut out with a glass or mold.

6. The preparations are fried in very hot oil until golden brown, sprinkled with powdered sugar and served.

How to make delicious crumpets with sour cream?

Donuts, the dough for which is prepared with sour cream, turn out to be as tender and tasty as possible. You can serve them with honey, jam or sprinkled with grated chocolate.

Cooking time: 50 min.

Cooking time: 10 min.

Servings – 6.

Ingredients:

• Egg – 1 pc.
• Salt – 1-2 pinches.
• Granulated sugar – 1.5 tbsp.
• Sour cream – 2 tbsp.
• Wheat flour – 1 tbsp.
• Baking powder – 1 tsp.
• Vegetable oil - for frying.
• Powdered sugar - for sprinkling.

Cooking process:

1. In a bowl, mix the egg with sugar and salt into a homogeneous mass.

2. Add sour cream, preferably fatty and thick, and continue stirring until smooth.

3. Sift the flour with baking powder and add it into the mass in small portions, stirring with a spatula. Then transfer to a cutting board and knead into a thick dough, cover with a napkin and leave for 20 minutes.

4. The workpiece is rolled out into a layer 5 mm thick, cut into portions with a knife or mold.

5. In heated oil in a frying pan, fry the crumpets on all sides. To bring them to readiness, you need to fry for 3-5 minutes on each side.

6. The finished products are transferred to a paper napkin to remove excess fat and sprinkled with powdered sugar.

Homemade donuts with honey

Donuts with honey are a delicious delicacy for those who like to prepare a homemade treat for tea, but do not want to spend a lot of time, effort and food on its preparation. The more aromatic the honey used for crumpets, the brighter the taste of the finished products.

Cooking time: 1 hour 30 minutes.

Cooking time: 10 min.

Servings – 4.

Ingredients:

• Kefir – 150 ml.
• Salt – 0.5 tsp.
• Granulated sugar – 1 tbsp.
• Vegetable oil – 1 tbsp + for frying.
• Honey – 3 tbsp.
• Wheat flour – 300 gr.
• Soda – 0.5 tsp.

Cooking process:

1. It is better to take kefir for crumpets that is fattier and heat it a little before using.

2. Add sugar and salt to the dairy product, then a little butter, soda and flour.

3. Knead the dough and place it in a bag for an hour.

4. Roll out the dough and roll it into a sausage.Cut into portions, each of which needs to be slightly flattened.

5. Preparations for donuts are fried in heated oil until golden brown.

6. Before serving, the finished products are still hot and brushed with honey.

Leningrad donuts - a classic recipe

The beloved donuts, according to the traditional Leningrad recipe, are known far beyond Russia. Tasty and tender crumpets melt in your mouth, and even an inexperienced housewife can prepare them.

Cooking time: 3 hours 50 minutes.

Cooking time: 10 min.

Servings – 8.

Ingredients:

• Wheat flour – 750 gr.
• Egg – 1 pc.
• Fresh yeast – 20 gr.
• Water – 310 ml.
• Granulated sugar – 60 gr.
• Vegetable oil – 30 ml.
• Salt – 5 gr.
• Vegetable oil - for frying.
• Powdered sugar - to taste.

Cooking process:

1. Fresh yeast is diluted in a small amount of warm water with sugar and allowed to brew for 5 minutes.

2. Add the remaining ingredients, except vegetable oil, to the prepared yeast and knead the dough. Then add the oil and knead the mixture for about 10 minutes.

3. Cover the workpiece with film and leave in a warm room for 2-3 hours.

4. The dough is lightly kneaded and left to rise again. After increasing in volume again, roll out to medium thickness and cut out the crumpets.

5. Fry the pieces in hot oil and place them on a paper towel to remove excess fat. Finished products are sprinkled with powdered sugar. Enjoy!

Step-by-step recipe for making crumpets with cheese

An original recipe for unsweetened crumpets with a bright cheese flavor. To make the treat even more interesting and piquant, you should use varieties of cheese with a rich aroma and characteristic taste.

Cooking time: 30 min.

Cooking time: 10 min.

Servings – 6.

Ingredients:

• Kefir – 1 tbsp.
• Grated cheese – 1 tbsp.
• Granulated sugar – 0.5 tsp.
• Salt - to taste.
• Soda – 0.5 tsp.
• Wheat flour – 2 tbsp.

Cooking process:

1. Warm kefir is combined with grated cheese.

2. Mix sugar and soda into the mixture, as well as a little salt.

3. Gradually add flour. Its final quantity may depend on the quality of the flour. The mass is quickly and actively mixed.

4. Place the dough in a heated frying pan with a tablespoon and fry the crumpets over medium heat for a few minutes on each side.

5. Place the finished products on a paper napkin, removing excess fat, and serve hot with herbs and ham.

Very tasty curd donuts

Curd donuts are a healthy and tasty treat for quick preparation for tea. In addition, this dish is suitable for breakfast for the whole family. It is better to choose cottage cheese with a higher fat content so that the crumpets come out more tender.

Cooking time: 30 min.

Cooking time: 10 min.

Servings – 6.

Ingredients:

• Cottage cheese – 250 gr.
• Egg – 1 pc.
• Sour cream – 70 gr.
• Granulated sugar – 70 gr.
• Vanilla sugar – 1 pack.
• Baking powder or soda - 1 tsp.
• Lemon zest – 1 tbsp.
• Wheat flour – 300 gr.
• Vegetable oil - for frying.

Cooking process:

1. Cottage cheese is mixed with other dough ingredients - sour cream, egg, regular and vanilla sugar, and lemon zest is added.

2. The mass is punched with a blender. If you don’t have it, you can first rub the cottage cheese through a sieve and then combine it with other ingredients to make the crumpets more tender.

3. Flour is mixed with baking powder and gradually added to the dough base with cottage cheese.

4. The dough must be kneaded until it is ready, until it stops sticking to your hands.

5. The dough is rolled out into a layer whose thickness does not exceed 5 mm. Blanks for crumpets are cut out of it.A cut is made in the middle of each circle and turned inside out, as is done when making brushwood.

6. The donuts are fried in very hot oil, and then the fat is allowed to drain onto a paper towel. Before serving, the crumpets are sprinkled with powdered sugar.