How To Make Homemade Donuts
How To Make Homemade Donuts: a blog on how to make homemade donuts from methods and ingredients.
Introduction
While I was growing up in a small town, donuts were not exactly something that we had in abundance. We did have a local bakery that made them, but they weren’t the best and they certainly didn’t beat the ones you can get at Dunkin’ Donuts or Krispy Kreme. When I moved to the city and started working at an office downtown, however, things changed. There were so many places to get donuts! And these weren’t just plain old glazed doughnuts; there were rainbow sprinkles everywhere and chocolate drizzled over everything imaginable. It was like being enveloped by deliciousness every day when I came into work—and yet none of my coworkers could ever agree on what place had the best donuts (in fact, most of them insisted theirs were better than everyone else’s). After much debate and experimenting with different recipes at home over time (and yes), I finally solved this problem once and for all:
1. Making the Glaze
The glaze is one of the most important parts of making donuts at home. It’s an essential component that brings out the best flavor in your homemade donuts, and it can also be used as a decorative element to make them look even more delicious. If you have time, making your own glaze is very rewarding for many reasons:
- You can control exactly what goes into it, so you know there are no artificial or unhealthy ingredients like preservatives or coloring agents added.
- The cost will be much lower than buying a store-bought version, because most commercial brands contain very little actual food content (a lot of sugar).
- Making your own allows you to use all-natural ingredients that are great for your health!
2. Making the Dough
- Ingredients:
- 1½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 3 tablespoons sugar, divided use (2 tbsp., 1 tsp.)
- ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon (pinch)
- Pinch of freshly grated nutmeg (pinch)
- 3 eggs and 2 egg yolks; beaten well with electric mixer until thickened but not fluffy in color. Add the milk and vanilla extract to this mixture. Set aside to use later on in this process.
3. Frying the donuts
You can now fry the donuts. You should use a frying pan with oil in it and let it heat up to 350 degrees Fahrenheit, but not much over that. If the oil gets too hot, your donuts will burn on the outside before they’re cooked through.
When you add your donuts to the oil, make sure there’s room between them so that they can float freely and make sure that there is enough space around them so that they aren’t touching each other either (you’ll see why later). When you put one in, don’t move it or disturb it until you take it out—this will prevent it from getting stuck to any other donuts in there.
When they’re done on one side, flip them over and cook on their other side for another 1 – 3 minutes until golden brown. Then remove them from the pan using tongs or chopsticks; if possible use kitchen mitts when handling hot objects like this because burning yourself sucks!
4. Decorating the Donuts
Once you’ve fried up your donuts, it’s time to decorate them. If you’re making holes in the doughnuts (for filling with jam or jelly), do this now with a toothpick. Don’t forget to make sure the donuts are fully cooled before attempting this step!
To create designs on your donuts, use a knife or other sharp object to cut out shapes from the top of each one. You can also create designs by piping melted chocolate onto hot uncooked cake batter and then letting it set. You can then sprinkle on sprinkles for an extra festive touch!
You can make your own homemade delicious donuts.
You can make your own delicious donuts. You can use a donut maker. You can also use a frying pan to fry the donuts instead of using a deep fryer or even an electric skillet for that matter. You can also use a donut pan if you want to make the perfect round shape for each one and then use a special tool called a «donut cutter» which will cut out holes from the center of each circle shaped doughnut so that when it’s done baking and frying, you’ll have a delicious treat!
Conclusion
Homemade donuts are so much better than store-bought ones, and they’re a lot easier to make at home. With these ingredients, you can make delicious donuts that will have everyone coming back for more!