Ingredients
For the dough:
- BUTTER 125 g
- SUGAR 125 g
- EGGS 2
- VANILLIN a sachet
- MARASCHINO 2 tablespoons (or other cherry liqueur, such as Ratafia)
- COFFEE 4 tablespoons
For the leaven:
- FLOUR 250 g
- MILK 250 ml
- BEER YEAST 10 g
To decorate:
- EGG 1
- CHERRIES IN SPIRIT 8-10
- SUGAR IN GRAINS
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Preparation
STEP 1: PREPARE THE YEASTER
- Mix together flour, yeast and milk in a bowl.
- When you have mixed the ingredients well, cover with a damp cloth and let it rise for about half an hour.
STEP 2: PREPARE THE BATTER
- Meanwhile prepare the dough: beat the softened butter and the sugar, working until you get a kind of ointment.
- Add the eggs, vanillin, maraschino and coffee.
- Mix well and add this mixture to the leaven, mixing everything well.
- Form small balls, which you will put back under the cloth to rise again for another half hour,
STEP 3: PREPARE THE DONUTS
- Take the dough balls and form donuts with a hole in the center.
- As you prepare them, place the donuts on a baking tin lined with baking paper.
- When you have prepared all the donuts, let them rise again for about twenty minutes.
- After this time, brush the donuts with an egg yolk lightly beaten with a fork.
- Then decorate with the cherries in alcohol and with the grains of sugar.
- Bake in preheated oven at 180 ° C and cook for 30 minutes
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