Pinisi - Twisted Donuts

This is a Filipino dessert and it is one of the best. My mom used to make this when I was a kid and here I am making it myself. It's the awesomest cycle ever. Another thing to mention, making this beats buying them from the store. One, they have better ingredients because you won't skimp out on anything and you can customize it if you feel that its lacking sugar or salt.

However, for the sake of this dessert, the sugar and salt proportions are good. This bread is sprinkled with some form of sugar therefore it does not need any other modifications. It's fried too so adding more butter is not necessary. Oh, if you haven't noticed, the bread recipe is very similar to other bread recipes I posted. That is because, this recipe is super easy and super versatile so look forward to other bread recipes that have this as the main ingredients or even the same recipe just with a twist.

Pinisi

1 package of active yeast
1 cup lukewarm water
7 1/2 tsp sugar
1/4 cup milk
4 tbsp butter (the way I did it was, I used my two fingers and measure it that way)
1/8 tsp salt
3 cups flour and some for kneading (about 1/2 cup)

Take the warm water and add into it the active dry yeast and sugar. Set aside to activate. This'll take about ten to 15 minutes. For me, the doubling in mass is the indication is good. The important thing is that it starts forming foam because
that's how you know that the yeast is viable.

Add the milk, salt and melted butter to the yeast mixture and lightly mix. Add your liquid mixture to a large bowl with exactly 3 cups of flour and mix for five minutes with a wooden spoon. Now, keep in mind that the dough is going to be very sticky but that's ok. In fact, it's good because the bread won't be so tough. Instead, it will be soft and great. Another thing to note is that you have to work with this dough very fast. Sprinkle some flour on your work surface and place a portion of the dough (about a palmful) to which will have to roll between your hands and long stretched dough. Once long enough, hold the center and grab one of the end piece and spin around the other. Place this on a greased pan, cover with a wet towel or wet paper towel and let it rise in a warm area.



This should take about an hour. If you're wondering who those two are, they're my brothers. The one wearing green is Mark while the smaller one is Matthew.


Once doubled in size, deep fry until golden brown and sprinkle some white sugar, a mixture of white sugar and cinnamon or parmesan cheese.