If you are looking for a Christmas dessert idea, you must try this recipe for easy vegan sufganiyot; they are absolutely mouthwatering filled with jelly and incredibly soft, airy, and melt-in-your-mouth delicious.
Donuts are the ultimate comfort food. The aroma from the oven and the little hint of jelly peeking out of the side make these irresistible. I am a sucker for classic holiday-baked treats like this Best Vegan Pumpkin Pie. I promise you these Vegan Jelly Donuts won’t disappoint you.
What are these Jelly Donuts?
Besides a Christmas dessert, it is also a traditional Jewish dessert made in the Hanukkah holiday. Typiclly they are deep-fried. They symbolize the miracle of the burning oil lamps in the ancient Holy Temple in Jerusalem celebrated during Hanukkah. Plump up each doughnut with your favorite fruit jam. For a wintry effect, sprinkle the tops with granulated sugar.
Is it better baked or fried?
Obviously, baking is healthier; however, if you use an air fryer, this option is the best! The classical Sufganiyots are always deep-fried. To put it delicately, baked donuts are the healthier option compared to traditional deep-fried donuts. If you decide to bake them, they won’t leave you feeling as guilty about your choices. You only need 1 Tbsp of melted butter to coat all 12 donuts! Are donuts good for you? In the end, they are still sugar-covered carbs… glorious carbs! Eat responsibly.
What is the Best Filling for Sufganiyot/ Jelly Donuts?
We enjoy changing up the type of jelly in these baked donuts; strawberry, blueberry, raspberry, huckleberry,.. you name it! Whether you are using jam, preserves, or jelly, pick one that is:
- Thick – a thick jelly won’t run out of the donut as easily
- Fairly Smooth – so the piping tip doesn’t get clogged
- Your favorite flavor – these are, after all, for you!
Are Baked Donuts Healthy?
To put it delicately, baked donuts are the healthier option compared to traditional deep-fried donuts. They don’t leave you feeling as guilty about your choices. You only need 1 Tbsp of melted butter to coat all 12 donuts! Are donuts good for you? In the end, they are still sugar-covered carbs… glorious carbs! Eat responsibly.
How to Make Strawberry Jelly:
Ingredients You Need:
1 Pound Fresh Strawberries
1 Teaspoon Lemon Juice
2-3 Tablespoons Agave Syrup or White Sugar
Instructions:
Start by washing, hulling and quartering your fresh strawberries
Place the strawberries, lemon juice, and sugar or agave syrup in a good quality pot and cook on medium heat for 25 minutes
Continuously smash the strawberries with a wooden spook to help release the juices of the strawberries and help the jelly to thicken
I like to leave my jelly with small chunks in it but if you want a smoother texture you can food process the jelly
Place in a Mason Jar and refrigerate for up to a week.
Easy Vegan Jelly Donuts
Equipment
- Cookie Cutter
- Mason Jar Lid
- Rolling Pin
Ingredients
- 3 cups White flour
- 1 packet (8.75g) Yeast
- ¾ cup Almond milk (or any non-dairy milk)
- 1 Flax egg* (1 1/2 tbsp flax meal + 3 tbsp water)
- ⅓ cup Brown, coconut or granulated sugar
- ¼ cup Vegan butter melted
- 1 tsp Vanilla
- 2½ cups of vegetable oil for frying you could also bake them
- 1 cup Strawberry jelly**
- ½ cup Powdered sugar
- ½ cup Granulated sugar
Instructions
Preparing the Donut Dough
- Heat the almond milk for 1 minute in a microwave. It kind feels hot like a hot tub butt Ican put my finger in it but it is definitely warm.
- Add a little bit of sugar ( 1 tsp) and thepackage of yeast .The sugar is gonna help these to activate
- Mix together and then set it aside forabout 10 minutes until it rises. It shouldbe nice and foamy It’s like gotten bigger in size it’s risen so it’s activated.
- Add the melted vegan butter to a bowl, then the flax egg.*
- Then theactivated yeast, mix together then add the sugar and the all purposeFlour andvanilla extract.
- You can make the dough kneading with your hands or with the help of a stand mixture. Till you get nice smooth dough.
- Add a splashof vegetable oil on the dough ball to coat the dough so this way it doesn’t Dry outwhile rising. Cover with a dish towel and set aside for 1 hour so it doublesIt' size.(Nice and chubby).
- Dust someflour on the clean counter and slice the big dough into two halves.Cover again the half that you are not working on.
- Using a adusted flourrolling pin, so the dough doesn’t stick and start rollingIt out .You want it to be probably about half an inch thick .
- And you can repeat this process again with allthe leftover scraps. Use a masonjar lid or a buiscuit cutter to cut outa bunch of circles.Then takethe scraps give it a little push together to make it back to a little ball dough.
- Once youhave them all cut out , cover again with a dish towel and leave them foranother20 minutesto rise a little bit more.
- After 20 minutes they woild rise and ready to be baked or deep fried .
Bake the donuts option:
- Preheat oven to 400°F/200°C. Brush doughnuts with oil, bake for8-10 min or until golden brown. When taking the doughnuts out of the ovenimmediately brush with another coat of oil.
Frying the donuts option:
- Heat 1” oil in aheavy-bottomed skillet to 360-370°F and fry donuts for 2-3 minutes per side,until golden brown. Transfer to a paper towel lined plate to blot excess oil.
Filling & Coating:
- Allow donuts tocool slightly while filling pastry bag with jam. Poke a hole in the side or topof your donut, then pipe about a tablespoon of jam/ Strawberry Jelly into each donut.
- Sprinkle with confectioners sugar before serving.
Notes
- * Egg flax: Mix 1 Tbsp flaxseed with 2 1/2 Tbsp hot water and let sit for 10 minutes to thicken as jelly as a sub of using an egg.
- ** Homemade Strawberry Jelly ( recipe above in the caption ) or you could use a regular strawberry jam
