Doughnuts

 Mary says these doughnuts are "excellent for hungry teenagers", so I thought I would make some hungry teenagers some, as well as the younger, and not so young members of the family! Also, Tom has gone to a friend's house this afternoon and is getting together for a band practice later, so they really will get eaten by hungry teenagers! By the way,(for those of you who know him) Tom is singing, not playing. They are performing in a few weeks time, so we look forward to that! Michael Buble watch out!!
Anyway, back to the doughnuts. This was a perfect opportunity for me to use my new mixer, and it certainly saved time on the kneading front.
Tom helped me make them, and particularly enjoyed putting the jam in the middle. He learned the lesson that too much jam, and the jam escapes from the doughnut - i did try to tell him, but he said you can never have too much jam in a doughnut!
The tricky part to get right, once we had mastered the right amount of jam, was deep frying them. I do not own a deep fat fryer, as we only have oven chips (we are very cultured!), so we used a saucepan, and a whole bottle of vegetable oil.
For our first few doughnuts, the oil was too hot - see doughnuts that look like jacket potatoes! Actually, they tasted ok, but did not have the required look, I think you will agree.
Once we got down to the final 8, we had mastered the frying, and  I think you will agree, they look like the real deal - these were the ones that Tom took for his friends.
The kids loved them, and gave them 9.0
My verdict on the doughnuts  would be that although they were very tasty, they did require quite a lot of effort, and Morrison's doughnuts which are 10 for £1, are just as good, if not better! Also, it has left the house smelling like a fairground! A bit of fun, but probably not one to be repeated in a hurry!