Argentine Caramel Donuts: An Easy Guide To Home Cooking

Who wouldn’t want to try these delicious homemade Argentine caramel monks? It is a soft dessert made directly in your home kitchen that will charm you with its unmistakable and delicious taste that only the Argentine quince “ arequipe ” or “ dulce de leche ” can give to this delicacy. Since these are homemade Argentine caramel donuts, you can decide for yourself how much sugar you want to use in this version, which, as we would like to warn, is not very low.

Let us now focus on what makes this dessert so delicious, in addition to being a traditional delicacy in many places around the world and especially in Latin America. Argentine kinuski or arequipe is not part of every supermarket’s selection, so you can alternatively make kinuski yourself at home. This is not exactly a recipe similar to traditional caramel, so if you want to follow the recipe conscientiously, we recommend using arequipe caramel specifically. Similarly, you can of course try the recipe with traditional caramel as well.

Argentine caramel donuts: a high-sugar delicacy

Before you take action and start preparing this delicacy, you should be aware of the high sugar and carbohydrate content in the recipe. It is important that we follow a healthy and balanced diet and therefore it would be unfair for us to claim this recipe is this; on the contrary, it is a dessert that is not part of the daily diet. However, this does not mean that you could not enjoy every now and then if you are otherwise trying to eat as healthy and varied as possible.

In other words, your eating habits and lifestyle will more or less affect whether or not you prepare these types of desserts. Also, another thing to keep in mind is how many caramel donuts you are going to enjoy. Be careful not to collapse to consume too much sugar. So if you know you’re going to enjoy too much, but definitely want to try this recipe, we recommend inviting friends or family members to the village, for example, so you can share the delicacies you prepare with your loved ones and this way avoid avoiding eating too much yourself.

The structure of these Argentine caramel donuts depends a lot on how you make the donut dough. While the dough has a certain resemblance to a regular cake making process, you should keep in mind that the texture of this dough should be easily customizable and soft, just like you would make traditional donuts or donuts.

To achieve this goal, you’ll use an ingredient in this recipe that you may not have used in confectionery pastries before: potatoes. Yes, you read that right! If you want to know more about how a potato adapts to this sweet and quince-like recipe in a perfect way, just keep reading!

What if I can’t find arequipe, can I fill the monks with some other ingredient?

As we mentioned earlier, you might as well use traditional caramel or any other ingredient in this recipe if, for one reason or another, you can’t find or want to use the Argentinian version of caramel. The recipe does not have to be followed step by step; you can actually customize it as much as you want. If you can’t find arequipe in the store or want to make a recipe in your own home kitchen, no worries, we’ll leave you with an easy recipe to make a homemade arequipe at home in under a unit of time: Here’s how to make a delicious arequipe at home.

It is true, of course, that if you decide to use some other ingredient in this recipe, we would no longer be talking about Argentine caramel muffins. In fact, we recommend that you try this recipe in its original form at least once so you can see why so many people around the world love this simple treat.

Delicious Argentinian caramel donuts

Ingredients

• 125 ml of water
• 125 ml of orange juice
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 large potato
• 300 g of wheat flour
• 250 ml of condensed milk
• 1 egg
• 4 tablespoons rapeseed oil
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 4 tablespoons icing sugar

Preparation instructions

• The first thing you need to make these monks is a medium sized pot. Pour water, orange juice, butter and salt into the pot.
• Next, bring the ingredients to a boil in a saucepan. Mix the ingredients thoroughly to get the smoothest possible mixture.
• Next, prepare the potato: Remove the shells, cook it in a saucepan and cook the finished boiled potato into a smooth puree.
• Then combine the cooked mixture (water, orange juice, butter and salt) with mashed potatoes, condensed milk and egg.
• We recommend using a wooden spoon for mixing so that no lumps remain in the dough and the end result is as even a mixture as possible.
• Next, add wheat flour and baking powder to the mixture. Now continue kneading the dough by hand.

• At this point, make sure that there are no lumps or poorly mixed ingredients in the dough, as the shape of the donut may change during baking due to air bubbles inside.
• Next, sprinkle a small amount of wheat flour on a cutting board or table and set aside on top of the flour. Continue kneading the dough. Do not add more flour to the dough: just sprinkle them on the table for kneading. At this point, you should be really careful, because if you add too much flour to the dough, the end result will be hard and tough, and not airy and soft, as the monks should be in texture.
• Flatten the mixture with a rolling pin until the dough is no more than 1.5 cm thick.
• Cut the dough with biscuit or pepper molds and preserve for later use.
• Let the dough pieces stand at room temperature for 1 hour and 30 minutes. This means makes the monks soft and airy.

• Next, pour a tablespoon of oil into the pan. Heat the pan over medium heat and when the pan is hot fry the donuts in oil. One minute per donut is enough to bake the dough.

Finally: Fill them out!

• To fill the donuts, you should pour the caramel into an extruder bag or similar and make a small hole in the middle of each donut.
• Fill each monk with caramel.
• Finally, sprinkle with sugar, let them cool slightly and serve fresh.

These delicious Argentinian caramel donuts are warm and freshly fried at their best. Enjoy your meal!