Recipe: Appetizing Homemade Donuts

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Homemade Donuts. Lots of Easy bake donuts to Choose From. Finally a recipe for a baked buttermilk doughnut that is crispy on the outside and light and airy on the inside! You won't think you're eating a donut-shaped muffin with this one!

In a small, microwave-safe bowl or glass measuring cup, add milk.

Then stir the foamy yeast into the flour mixture, adding the remaining ingredients as the recipe describes.

This recipe is very simple, quick, and tasty, and makes a perfect basic cake doughnut recipe.

You can have Homemade Donuts using 11 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Homemade Donuts

1. You need of Starter Dough :.

2. Prepare of bread flour.

3. You need of warm milk (about 110°F).

4. Prepare of sugar.

5. Prepare of active dry yeast.

6. It’s of Main Dough :.

7. Prepare of bread flour.

8. It’s of powdered milk.

9. You need of large egg.

10. Prepare of salt.

11. You need of shortening.

The dough doesn't have much flavor on its own, so for myself I would season them with cinnamon, citrus, vanilla, etc.

If you roll each doughnut quickly in flour before frying you'll get a nice, crispy exterior.

Cake doughnuts (my personal favorite) are made with a sweet dough leavened by baking powder.

These doughnuts have a tender, spongy interior with a slightly crispy exterior.

Homemade Donuts step by step

1. Mix sugar and milk. Stir. Sprinkle the yeast over and let stand for 5 minutes, or until foamy. Add in the flour. Stir with a wooden spoon until well combine..

2. Cover the dough and let it to prove for 1 hour at room temperature..

3. Place the starter dough into a heavy duty mixer bowl with the main dough ingredients except shortening. Knead with dough hook attachment until well combine. Add in shortening and continue knead till form smooth and elastic dough..

4. Place the dough in a greased bowl, cover it and let it to prove for 1 hour or until double in size..

5. Turn the dough out onto a floured surface, and gently roll out to 1/2 inch thickness. Cut with a floured donut cutter. Put the donuts on a floured baking sheet. Cover with a kitchen towel/cling wrap, and let rise in a warm place until they are slightly puffed up, about 30 minutes..

6. Heat oil in a deep-fryer or large heavy skillet to 350°F. Slide donuts into the hot oil using a wide spatula. Turn donuts over as they rise to the surface. Fry donuts on each side until golden brown. Remove from hot oil, to drain on a wire rack..

7. Glaze as you like. My 5 year old son cut the dough and dipped the donuts into the chocolate glaze and added his favorite stuff, sprinkles!!.

Yeast doughnuts, on the other hand, use yeast to help the dough rise, becoming fluffy and light in the process.

On National Doughnut Day, a food holiday of the utmost importance, we want everyone to embrace the joy of this pastry and make as many doughnuts at home, from scratch, as possible.

While we admit that this is a lot more work than driving to your local Dunkin' Donuts or Krispy Kreme, you'll be amazed to see that doughnuts are even better than.

Bite size donuts (AKA Donut Holes) with a lightly crisp and golden brown, sugar coated exterior, and a soft and fluffy, tender interior.

Just like an old fashioned cake donut but ready in a flash!