Malasadas

Name: Malasadas
Yield: Makes 12 malasadas
Ingredients: 2 1/4 cups (12 1/3 ounces), bread flour; 1/4 cup (1 3/4 ounces), sugar, plus 1 cup for coating; 2 1/4 teaspoons, instant or rapid-rise yeast; 1/2 teaspoon, salt; 3/4 cup, whole milk; 2 , large eggs; 2 tablespoons, unsalted butter, melted and cooled; 1 tablespoon plus 2 quarts, vegetable oil

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Appears in Cook's Country June/July 2018

Desserts or Baked Goods

One taste of these pillowy, sugar-dusted Hawaiian favorites and you may never go back to glazed raised.

SERVESMakes 12 malasadas

TIME1¼ hours, plus 2 to 2¾ hours rising

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Balancing a soft and slightly chewy interior with a crunchy exterior was the key to success for these hole-less doughnuts, which originated in Portugal and found their way to Portuguese American enclaves all over the United States. Since ma...

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