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Everything Bagel Sufganiyot

Published by Amy Kritzer Becker on December 17, 2017
Amy Kritzer Becker
By Amy Kritzer Becker
Author of Sweet Noshings · as seen on Food Network, GMA & The NYT
Everything Bagel Sufganiyot
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Oh yeah savory Everything Bagel Sufganiyot aka Hanukkah doughnuts aka savory sufganiyot are stuffed with lox and schmear because I love you.Everything Bagel Sufganiyot

Everything Bagel Sufganiyot

This Hanukkah is LIT!

I’m about to head out to my 5th (!) Hanukkah party just this weekend (good thing I have a dozen or so Hanukkah ensemble options.) Yesterday I made 50 latkes for my brother’s party (which was complete with the inaugural Dreidel Olympics and an acoustic rendition of Adam Sandler’s Hanukkah song. For real. But today I bring you the other Hanukkah treat- doughnuts!! AKA savory sufganiyot.

Traditional sufganiyot are filled with jelly or chocolate and dusted with powdered sugar. But there are no rules that say they can’t be savory! And I like to break rules anyway. These are just barely sweet, fried, cream cheese-stuffed everything bagel savory sufganiyot are they are AWESOME and totally Hanukkah breakfast worthy.

Everything Bagel Sufganiyot

Did you know Costco makes delicious lox? Now you know!Everything Bagel Sufganiyot

Basic doughnut recipe. And easier than you think!Everything Bagel Sufganiyot

Just fry baby, fry.Everything Bagel Sufganiyot

Use the basic recipe and get creative with your filling. Or maybe go for some flavored schmear? I did green onion and lox but get creative, people!Everything Bagel SufganiyotStacks on stacks.Everything Bagel Sufganiyot

A little everything bagel spice on top, and your bagels may be jealous. Everything Bagel Sufganiyot

Check out that filling shot! Drool.
Everything Bagel Sufganiyot

Everything Bagel Sufganiyot

Everything Bagel Sufganiyot

Amy Kritzer

Savory Everything Bagel Sufganiyot aka Hanukkah doughnuts are stuffed with lox and schmear because I love you.

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Prep Time 45 minutes mins
Cook Time 30 minutes mins
Total Time 1 hour hr 15 minutes mins

Course Breakfast
Cuisine Jewish

Servings 12 doughnuts

Ingredients

  

  • For dough:
  • 2 ¼ teaspoons 1 packet active dry yeast
  • ⅔ cup warm whole milk 110 degrees
  • ¼ cup granulated sugar plus 2 teaspoons, divided
  • 3 ¼ – 4 cups all-purpose flour plus more for rolling out dough
  • 2 large eggs at room temperature
  • 1½ teaspoons kosher salt
  • 4 tablespoons unsalted butter at room temperature
  • 4 cups+ oil for frying Use an oil with a high smoke point like canola or vegetable
  • For filling:
  • 1 8 oz container cream cheese
  • 1/4 cup sour cream
  • 2 tablespoons green onions diced, plus more for garnish
  • 2 tablespoons lox diced, plus more for garnish
  • Everything Bagel Spice for garnish http://whatjewwannaeat.com/everything-bagel-spice/

Instructions

 

  • First, let’s make the doughnut dough! Combine yeast, warm milk and two teaspoons sugar in a large bowl of a stand mixer and stir to dissolve. Wait 10 minutes, the mixture should get foamy. If it doesn’t, the water is the wrong temperature or your yeast is dead. Try again!
  • Then add 3 cups flour and remaining sugar. Add eggs one at a time and mix with the paddle until it starts to comes together. Then add salt and combine.
  • With the mixer on low, add the butter, a little at a time, mixing until it’s all incorporated into the dough. Then, mix on medium speed with the dough hook for about 5-10 minutes until dough is smooth and shiny, adding flour as necessary.
  • Then, knead on a floured surface for 5 minutes until slightly tacky but not sticky, adding flour as needed.
  • Place the dough in a large bowl, cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled in size, about 2 hours. You can also slow rise in the refrigerator overnight. Bring to room temperature before using.
  • While your dough it rising, make your filling by whipping together cream cheese, sour cream, green onions and lox until combined and whipped. Set aside in the refrigerator.
  • When the dough has doubled, punch it down and place on a lightly floured surface. Roll the dough out to ¾ inch thick and cut out doughnuts using a 3-inch round cutter. Make more doughnuts with the scraps. Place doughnuts on parchment paper lined cookie sheets about 1 inch apart. Cover loosely with plastic wrap or a towel and let rise in a warm place until they puff up, about 1 hour. At this point, you can refrigerate them for up to 2 hours if it’s not time to fry. Bring to room temperature before frying.
  • When ready to fry, heat 2 inches of oil in a heavy-bottomed pot until it reaches 350 degrees F. Working in batches to fry the sufganiyot; be careful not to overcrowd the pot. Fry for 1-2 minutes per side, until golden. Sprinkle immediately with everything bagel spice and let cool on cooling rack.
  • Place cream cheese mixture in a pastry bag with a round tip for easy filling.
  • When the sufganiyot are cool enough to touch, poke a hole in the top using the tip of the pastry bag. Fill using cream cheese mixture and eat up!!

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Everything Bagel Sufganiyot

About the chef

Amy Kritzer Becker

Jewish food expert, cookbook author of Sweet Noshings, owner of ModernTribe, and culinary-school-trained chef. Featured on Nickelodeon, The Drew Barrymore Show, Good Morning America, the New York Times, and Food Network.

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Amy Kritzer Becker

Amy Kritzer Becker

Amy Kritzer Becker is a Jewish food expert, cookbook author of Sweet Noshings, owner of ModernTribe, and culinary-school-trained chef behind What Jew Wanna Eat — a modern Jewish food blog redefining heritage recipes since 2010. Her recipes have been featured in Food Network, Bon Appétit, Forbes, Good Morning America, and the New York Times.

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7 Comments

  1. M. Edmonds says:
    December 31, 2017 at 7:01 PM

    Ok I’m not Jewish but I love love love Jewish food! I’m making these sufganiyot tomorrow and your site has given me the courage I need to attempt my own lox?. You are so much fun and the recipes look simply amazing. Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
    • Amy Kritzer says:
      January 1, 2018 at 9:26 PM

      Awesome! Let me know how it goes. You certainly don’t have to be Jewish to like Jewish food!

      Reply
  2. Kobus Greyvenstein says:
    April 18, 2018 at 2:25 AM

    All is fantastic

    Reply
  3. Amazon | Sufganiyot Recipes | Kosher Working Mom & Dad says:
    November 8, 2018 at 10:42 PM

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  4. Max Barish says:
    December 18, 2020 at 9:09 PM

    5 stars
    ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS! I used my newly bough stand mixer and mixed havarti, capers, and dill into the filling and it was amazing! The dough was an odd consistency at first, but it turned out prefectly. 10/10!

    Reply
    • Amy WJWE says:
      December 20, 2020 at 10:59 AM

      Awesome! Happy to hear that.

      Reply
  5. Charles Friedman says:
    December 6, 2022 at 2:56 PM

    I have Costco’s lox for my bagels with a schmear. However they don’t pay me to advertise it. Boo hoo! ?

    Reply

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