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Fried kefir donuts with powdered sugar

Name: Fried kefir donuts with powdered sugar
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: About 15 donuts
Cuisine: Slovak
Ingredients: 2.5 cups All-purpose flour; 250 ml Kefir; 5 tbsp Sugar; 1 Egg; 3 tbsp Vegetable oil; 1/2 tsp Baking soda; 1 pinch Salt; for frying Vegetable oil; for dusting Powdered sugar

Kefir donuts made with baking soda instead of yeast, fried in vegetable oil and dusted with powdered sugar. Makes about 15 donuts.

Slovak cuisine · Translated from Slovak · October 24, 2026

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Recipe at a glance

Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Servings: About 15 donuts
Difficulty: Easy
Cuisine: Slovak

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Fried kefir donuts with powdered sugar are sweet treats that need no waiting for yeast dough to rise. Instead of yeast, baking soda reacts with the kefir to leaven the dough. The dough, made with kefir, egg, sugar, oil, and all-purpose flour, is easier to mix by hand so you can judge its consistency. The donuts are fried in oil and dusted with powdered sugar while still warm. Serve them with afternoon coffee or tea.

Ingredients

All-purpose flour 2.5 cups
Kefir 250 ml
Sugar 5 tbsp
Egg 1
Vegetable oil 3 tbsp
Baking soda 1/2 tsp
Salt 1 pinch
Vegetable oil for frying
Powdered sugar for dusting

1 cup = 250 ml (metric cup)

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Instructions

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First, mix together the kefir, egg, salt, and sugar.
Add the baking soda and 3 tbsp of vegetable oil and mix thoroughly.
Gradually add the all-purpose flour, mixing continuously.
Tip: Mix by hand to get a better feel for the dough's consistency.
The dough should be soft and elastic. Wrap it in plastic wrap and let it rest for 25 minutes.
Divide the dough into two portions and roll each into a circle about 1 cm thick.
Use a glass to cut out circles, then cut a smaller circle from the center of each to form a donut shape.
Heat plenty of oil in a skillet and fry the donuts on both sides until golden brown.
Let them cool slightly, then dust with powdered sugar.

Tip: Lightly flour the work surface and brush excess flour off the donuts before adding them to the oil; otherwise, the flour will burn and darken the oil.

Nutrition facts

Approximate values per piece, calculated from the ingredients

Energy: 140 kcal
Protein: 3.5 g
Carbohydrates: 23 g
of which sugars: 5.5 g
Fat: 3.5 g
of which saturates: 0.5 g
Fiber: 0.6 g
Salt: 0.3 g

Calculated from the raw ingredients, without frying oil. Where an amount is “to taste”, typical amounts are used. Food composition: USDA FoodData Central and product labels.

This recipe was translated from the Slovak original: Vyprážané kefírové donuty s práškovým cukrom