Chanuka is not Chanuka without donuts fried in oil. But no one wants to spend lots of time on a complicated donut recipe when they would rather be spending time with their families, watching the menorah. This donut recipe is classic, so easy to make (they only need to rise for 45 minutes!) and come out looking perfect every time.

Directions

Prepare the Extra Easy Donuts

1. Dissolve yeast in water or juice, then combine the rest of the ingredients. Knead dough until smooth. Let rise 30 minutes.

2. Place dough on a well floured board. Form into one and half inch balls and let rise another 15 minutes.

3. Heat two and half inches oil in a deep skillet. Deep fry in hot oil, turning once, until golden in color. Drain on absorbent paper.

4. Dust liberally with confectioners sugar.

Tips:

Deep fry in large double roaster pan for large volume frying.

Notes:

Slices of raw carrots in the oil will prevent oil from burning and allow doughnuts to fry at even pace.

Credits

Photography and Styling: Tamara Friedman

Recipe tags

Chanukah Chanukah get-together Classic Donuts Doughnuts Fried food Hanukah Hanukkah Party food Sufganiot Sufganiyot

Extra Easy Donuts for Chanukah (Sufganiyot)

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Eliana Abbe

2 days ago

What would be the difference in outcome between using juice vs water?

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1 day ago

The juice adds flavor and helps browning happen. Using water is great if you just need a liquid and don’t want the extra carbs.

Leah Shapiro

3 years ago

Yeast What type of yeast is this?

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3 years ago

Active Dry Yeast

sarah

2 years ago

looks good!

Goldie

2024 years ago

Delicious! I made half the recipe because we are a small crowd and it came out great. Consistency was a little too sticky so I added a drop of extra flour. I put in the whole amount of sugar . Really easy too!

Estee

5 years ago

Great These were fantastic! Made them filled with custard and chocolate glaze. And donut holes coated in confectioners sugar. Both delicious!

IZP

5 years ago

Fluffy dough. Not sweet Dough Rises nicely and the donuts cook nicely but it has very little sugar so the donuts are not sweet. Needed a lot of icing and/ or jelly