Donut recipe?

[Guest guest]

Anyone have a good donut recipe? I couldn't find one in the files.

I'd prefer something that's fluffy like " real " donuts, but am

certainly willing to try a cake donut recipe also (rather, my kids are

certainly willing to try, lol)!

 

Thanks!

 

--Stacee

[Guest guest]

Here are my two favorite doughnut recips!

 

KRISPY KREME DOUGHNUTS

 

 

2 packages yeast

1/4 cup warm water (105-115 degrees)

1-1/2 cups lukewarm milk (scalded then cooled)

1/2 cup sugar

1 teaspoon salt

2 eggs

1/3 cup shortening

5 cups all-purpose flour

vegetable oil

Creamy Glaze:

1/3 cup butter

2 cups powdered sugar

1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla

4-6 tablespoons hot water

Dissolve yeast in warm water in 2 1/2-quart bowl. Add milk, salt, eggs,

shortening and 2 cups flour. Beat on low speed scraping bowl constantly, 30

seconds. Beat on medium speed scraping bowl occasionally, 2 minutes. Stir in

remaining flour until smooth. Cover and let rise in warm place, until double,

50-60 minutes. (Dough is ready when indentation remains when touched.) Turn

dough onto floured surface; roll around lightly to coat with flour. Gently roll

dough 1/2-inch thick with floured rolling pin. Cut with floured doughnut cutter.

Cover and let rise until double, 30-40minutes. Heat vegetable oil in deep fryer

to 350 degrees. Slide doughnuts into hot oil with wide spatula. Turn doughnuts

as they rise to the surface. Fry until golden brown, about 1 minute on each

side. Remove carefully from oil (do not prick surface); drain. Dip the doughnuts

into creamy glaze set on rack then when slightly cooled spread chocolate glaze

on top. Can dip in sprinkles or other

toppings after chocolate if desired. Creamy Glaze: Heat butter until melted.

Remove from heat. Stir in powdered sugar and vanilla until smooth. Stir in

water, 1 tablespoon at a time, until desired consistency. Chocolate glaze: 1/3

cup butter 2 cups powdered sugar 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla 4-6 Tbsp. hot water 4-oz

milk chocolate or semi-sweet chips Heat butter and chocolate over low heat until

chocolate is melted; remove from heat. Stir in powdered sugar and vanilla until

smooth. Stir in water 1 tablespoon at a time, until desired consistency. Makes

4.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dunkin Donuts Recipe

 

Makes 1 dozen donuts

 

DONUTS

One 1/4-ounce package active dry yeast

2 tablespoons warm water (98 degrees)

3/4 cup warm milk (30 seconds in the microwave does the trick)

2 1/2 tablespoons margarine or butter

1 egg

1/3 cup granulated sugar

1 teaspoon salt

2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour

3 cups vegetable oil

GLAZE

5 1/3 tablespoons (1/3 cup) margarine or butter

2 cups powdered sugar

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/3 cup hot water

FOR CHOCOLATE GLAZE

1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

 

In a medium bowl, dissolve the yeast in the warm water.

Add the milk, margarine or butter, egg, sugar, and salt, and blend with

an electric mixer until smooth.

Add half the flour and mix for 30 seconds.

Add the remaining flour and knead the dough with flour-dusted hands

until smooth.

Cover the bowl of dough and leave it in a comfy, warm place until the

dough doubles in size, about 1 hour. You can tell that the dough has risen

enough when you poke it with your finger and the indentation stays.

Rollout the dough on a heavily floured surface until it's about 1/2 inch

thick.

If you don't have a donut cutter, and don't intend to buy one, here's a

way to punch out your dough: Empty a standard 15-ounce can of whatever you

can find-vegetables, refried beans, even dog food. Be sure to wash out the

can very well, and punch a hole in the opposite end so that the dough won't

be held inside the can by a vacuum.

When you've punched out all the dough (you should have about a dozen

unholed donuts), it's time for the holes. Find the cap to a bottle of lemon

juice or Worcestershire sauce, or any other small cap with a diameter of

about 1 1/4 inches. Use this to punch out holes in the center of each of

your donuts.

Place the donuts on plates or cookie sheets, cover, and let stand in the

same warm, comfy place until they nearly double in size. This will take 30

to 45 minutes.

Heat the vegetable oil in a large frying pan over medium heat. Bring the

oil to about 350 degrees. It is easily tested with scrap dough left over

from punching out the donuts. The dough should bubble rapidly.

Fry each donut for about 30 seconds per side, or until light golden

brown. Cool 5 minutes on paper towels.

For either the plain or the chocolate glaze, combine the margarine or

butter with the powdered sugar in a medium bowl and blend with an electric

mixer.

Add the vanilla and hot water. Mix until smooth.

If you're making the chocolate glaze, melt the chocolate chips in a

microwave-safe bowl in the microwave for 30 to 40 seconds. Stir, then

microwave another 30 seconds and stir again until completely melted. Add to

the plain glaze mixture. Blend until smooth.

When the donuts have cooled, dip each \top surface into the glaze and

then flip over and cool on a plate until the glaze firms up, about 15

minutes.

TIDBITS

You can also make " donut holes " as they do at Dunkin' Donuts by cooking and

glazing the holes you've punched out the same way you prepared the donuts.

 

 

 

mainvillefamily <mainvillefamily wrote: Anyone have a good donut

recipe? I couldn't find one in the files.

I'd prefer something that's fluffy like " real " donuts, but am

certainly willing to try a cake donut recipe also (rather, my kids are

certainly willing to try, lol)!

 

Thanks!

 

--Stacee