Plain or fancy, donuts are a quick, easy to make some bread.

Why this will click

Donuts are so easy to make and sell, says Erlinda Ferrer Soriano, lecturer at ESF Cakes and Bread House. Mothers who usually prepare their kids’ merienda can shoot two birds with one stone ny preparing more than their kids’ needs to earn more. Sell to friends and neighbors, tap coffee shops and offer donuts for concession, or accept orders.

Materials Needed

• Bowls and measuring cups
• Rolling pin
• Cutter
• Doughnut cutter
• Weighing scale
• Baking trays
• Spatula
• Plastic pastry bag with tips
• Manual whips
• Stir-fry pan
• Long chopsticks
• Strainer
• Serving trays
• Gas stove
• A kilo of bread flour
• 160 grams of white sugar
• 10 grams of iodized salt
• 20 grams of instant yeast
• 0.5 liter of drinking water
• 50 grams of lard

How To Make the Donut

1. The first process is preparing the dough. Sift a kilo of bread flour on a clean tabletop. Create a valley in the center and pour in the water in which you dissolve white sugar, iodized salt, and instant yeast. Then carefully mix in the flour by scrapping the inner part until everything is mixed.
2. Start kneading the dough by folding it toward you, then pushing it down and away from you with the heel of your hand. You may also use a mixer if you have one.
3. Add the lard while continuously kneading the dough until its surface becomes smooth and no longer sticky. Set aside and cover the dough with a bowl for 30 minutes to prevent it from having a dry or scaly surface.
4. While waiting, make the sugar icing by mixing powdered sugar, and 1/2 cup of water. Beat the mixture using manual whips until its consistency is similar to a condensed milk. Set aside and go back to your dough.
5. Also, prepare the powder coating by mixing powdered sugar and powdered milk until the consistency is even.
6. After 30 minutes, get dough and sprinkle flour on top of it. Then flatten it using a rolling pin until it is half an inch thick. Cut pieces using a doughnut cutter. Before putting aside, prick the doughnuts with a barbecue stick or a fork to avoid surface swelling during frying. Place the doughnut cuts in the baking tray and allow it to expand for 30 minutes or until it attains the desired size and volume, but not more than an hour.
7. Pour cooking oil into pan. When oil is hot enough, fry donuts until golden brown, but remember to keep distance between pieces. Use chopsticks to flip them over to cook the other side and to get them out of the pan. Use chopsticks to pick up the fried donuts to keep from distorting their shape. Drip oil from the donuts before placing them on a serving tray.
8. For a simple donuts, just dip in powder coating. For white frost donuts, dip one side in sugar icing prepared earlier. For a fancier donuts, add marshmallow or candy sprinkles on top. Serve or pack in boxes to sell.

How Much Will I Make

To get the retail proce, add the costs of the ingredients, then another P15 forthe packaging and for additional toppings or flavors. Multiply the sum by two to get a 100 percent markup, and then divide by the numver of yield to get the price for each piece. Plain doughnuts usually go for P2.25 and P1.50, those with icing for P7 and P3.